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Topics covered: New World — Amazon’s Rollercoaster Hit Social media company Snap falls as much as 23% after a blow to its Q3 earnings from Apple privacy changes and supply-chain disruption 5 Reasons Why I Became Bullish on Blockchain Gaming Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam Telfer and Eri...

Topics covered: New World — Amazon’s Rollercoaster Hit Social media company Snap falls as much as 23% after a blow to its Q3 earnings from Apple privacy changes and supply-chain disruption 5 Reasons Why I Became Bullish on Blockchain Gaming Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam Telfer and Eri...

While we all know of Playrix, we also know very little about the company. There are almost no English-speaking articles on how they make games or what is their organizational structure. I don’t remember ever reading about their culture nor hearing about their future plans. The company prospers behind an iron curtain. And if you don’t speak Russian, you’d likely be clueless, until now… I had the pr...

Topics covered: Steam Bans and Epic Allows NFTs Kixeye shareholders sue Stillfront for $30M over earnout dispute AppLovin SDK Re-Routed Apple’s SKAdNetwork Postbacks To Itself Ironsource will buy mobile ad and app monetization firm Tapjoy for $400M Unity reveals Ad Mediation and Bidding coming to its Dashboard Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of F...

I think we can all agree that Deconstructor of Fun is pretty good at predicting the mobile games market. Well, here's another prediction: FunCraft is going to be one of the rising stars of 2022. I got to sit down with my good buddy Michael Martinez to talk about his company's path to finding early success and how they are planning to feed the fire and grow. If you're savvy, you'll join this fun ro...

Topics covered: How to be a Great Product Manager (by Joe Kim and Brett Nowak ) EA promotes Laura Miele to COO, making her one of the most powerful women in gaming NFTs, Ultima Online, and player-run game economies (by Eric Seufert) Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam Telfer and Eric Seufer...

Audio ads. It's not a new thing. In fact, audio ads is the oldest way to deliver an ad from one human to another. So in this podcast we discuss the thesis behind audio ads on mobile in the post IDFA era, go into the weeds on how audio ads work and of course discuss the monetization potential they offer. Links: ODEOO Case Study in Hypercasual games Amit Monheit Get in Touch: Send us Questions and F...

Seemingly every week a crypto gaming company raises a monstrous amount of capital for a game that not so many of us in the industry are even familiar with.  These are staggering numbers seem to make very little sense. So what better way to understand what's going on than asking an investor, who invests into blockchain gaming, and a founder who has just recently raised a massive investment rou...

Netflix entry in the games business has been rapid, methodical and diverse.  In this episodes we'll discuss what has happened till date, review Netlix' strategy and offer predictions of what could happen next.  Links: Chris Heatherly Ethan Levy Get in Touch: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff Sponsors: Fac...

The way I think about instant games is different after recording this podcast with Justin Waldron . As do you, I had certain perception of instant games that were based on what has been done before. You know, the HTML5 games, the Facebook Messenger games, and the iMessage games. Yet what Playco sees as an opportunity is quite different from what has been done before. I think you'll enjoy this podc...

Topics covered: When you ‘Ask app not to track,’ some iPhone apps keep snooping anyway New World is Already Steam's Most Played Game of 2021 Despite Server Struggles Niantic Shutting down AR Catan Game Zynga Announces FarmVille 3 for Mobile UK Cracks Down On In-Game Ads And Microtransactions Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Host...

During the past couple of years the market has been crazy about merge games. And it's easy to understand why. The core mechanic is simple and engaging leading to high rates of engagement. Merge games are also very simple to soft launch as it takes about 8 weeks to get one of these games into the hands of players. The low entry barrier is also the reason for the market getting flooded by merge game...

Topics covered: Deep games for the masses FIFA 22 is bringing back 'preview packs,' but regular loot boxes are staying too NBA Top Shot creator Dapper Labs raises another $250 million Links: The We Works book to read "We Works the Cult of We" Send us Questions and Feedback   Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter   Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam Telfe...

The court has ruled that Apple must allow iOS apps to offer payment options besides the ones subject to App Store's 30% fees. Essentially, these payment methods link outside of the core app experience. We explore the best ways for game studios, large and small, to capitalize on this massive change.  Guests: Chris Hewish Eric Seufert Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun N...

Topics covered: Can Supercell Boost Beatstar Into a Major Hit Apple must allow other forms of in-app purchase, rules judge in Epic v. Apple The App Store is the Games Store. Apple should recognize this. Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam Telfer and Eric Seufert Image: Apple

1047 Games is the developer of Splitgate, a portal-like shooter in beta that has amassed 13 million installs. And now this fully remote team of 40 up-and-coming developers has been laced up with hundred million Dollars to take grow their first game into a household name. In this episode we discuss how they achieved their amazing launch numbers after the first beta felt somewhat flat. We'll also ch...

Topics covered: 1) What’s really going on in the market at the moment? 2) Creative testing in iOS 14 3) How to produce creatives 4) Trends in creatives 5) Snap and TikTok Links: Miri Growth Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Host: Mishka Katkoff

Headlines: Supercell's Everdale: a Genre Definer or a Pretty-Looking Social Appointment System? Nifty Games adds $38M to its coffers for sports Clash mobile games Axie Infinity’s $1.2 Billion Annualized Revenue Overtakes Candy Crush’s 2020 Total Revenue Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam T...

The sudden rise of the weight companies put on cross-promotion is of course due to the IDFA deprecation that has to some extent further accelerated consolidation in the industry. As large publishers grow larger and operate across all the key gaming genres they are looking for tools to increase the life-time values of their large and diverse player base. Paytika is one of the main consolidators in...

Headlines: Apple will let developers accept payment outside App Store, in major concession amid antitrust pressure — The Washington Post   Facebook Undercounted SKAdNetwork Conversions For iPhone 12 Users Since February Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam Telfer and Eric Seufert

A great Art Director will make your game stand out. They will build a strong art team and inspire both the developers and the executives with their creative vision. A perfect art director is just as a important as your technical director - and one could argue that sometimes Art Director should be the first hire on the team. In this podcast we discuss: Who's an AD? When to hire an AD? What kind of...

Headlines: New Game Releases Madden, Call of Duty Vanguard , Marvel Analyzing Riot Games’ move to mobile Liftoff and Vungle agree to merge into one mobile growth company LILA Games’ Values Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam Telfer and Eric Seufert

Headlines: T he Problem with VR App Annie: Mobile games on track to surpass $120B in 2021 Is app store regulation too little, too late? Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam Telfer and Eric Seufert

In this podcast we're going to discuss: From Disruptor Beam to Beamable Working with Big IPs and publishers Defining Metaverse Creator Economy and NFTs Investing into Metaverse links: Jon Radoff Building the Metaverse blog Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Host: Mishka Katkoff ,

Headlines: Zynga’s Q2 2021 bookings of $712M are up 37% from a year ago Zynga acquires StarLark studio and Golf Rival game for $525M FIFA Ultimate Team's new Preview Packs actually boosted loot box sales, EA say s Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff , Eric Kress , Adam Telfer and Eric Seufert