Gaming Insights Digest
Weekly Digest of Insights and Conversations for gaming studios
Fixing RuneScape’s Monetization & Game pass is killing them
AI Hype: The New Dot-Com Bubble? & Slay the Spire: The Game That Won by Not Giving Up
📊 Analytics tell you what. Players tell you why.
Rethinking AI in Games & The Curation Crisis
Long Live Sustainable Studios & Visibility Is Everything: Lessons from PEPPERED’
Dredge’s Secret? Outweird the Competition & Unity Policing Personal Licenses is Hurting Developers
Hard Truths About Finland’s Game Industry & AI Isn’t Optional Anymore
The Marketing Masterclass Behind Balatro & A sad goodbye to Hardball Games
Players Are Sticking, Not Sampling & Understanding the Success of Monopoly Go!
Do Gamers Care About Epic vs. Apple? & The End of Vertical Slice Funding
Indie Game Triumph: AI Dreams vs. Market Reality & Hidden Foundation of Hybrid-Casual Puzzle Monetization
Turkey’s Mobile Gaming Boom: The 5-Year Rise & Supercell’s "mo.co" Explodes to #6
The Privacy Paradox: Protect Kids or Protect Data & Life After Roblox: Where Do Gamers Go?
Gaming’s Tough Spot & 18 Years in Games: A Wild Ride
AppLovin Report: Nothing New & "Oh wow"!
The Gaming Industry's Uncertain Future & Think Sequel, Not Clone
Key Takeaways from DICE 2025 & Supercell Shakes Things Up
Indie Devs Disrupt Gaming Industry & Mass Effect’s Make-or-Break Moment
The Push for Pricier Games & Don’t Bet on Telegram to Save Your Game
Predictions for the Gaming Industry by market experts
Why Mobile Gaming Startups Struggle & Gaming Leaderboards deep dive
The Cost of Siloed Teams on Growth & AI in Hollywood: Facilitator or Disruptor of Creativity?
Is the system broken? & Monetization in Mobile F2P
Escape the 30% Cut w/ Browser Gaming & AAA Struggles, Indie Agility Wins?
Gen Alpha’s Play Style & Great Products Need Great Distribution
Gaming Investments Trends and AI-Washing & “Cozy Gaming” deep dive
Hyper-Casual Studios Driving the Future & Key Metrics Driving Success in Top Mobile Casual Games
Surprising Gender + Age Trends @Roblox Games & Console Wars 2.0: A Decade of Gaming Chaos
Can Ubisoft Bounce Back? & 10 Hard Truths from 20+ Years in Game Dev
Warhammer Beats D&D: Is It the Video Games? & UGC: The Future of Game Development
ROAS Can't Wait: Act Now or Fail & Unity’s New Leadership: Hitting Reset
Monopoly GO's $3B Success & $100M+ Games: Rare Success Stories
Data Reporting granularity = Decision granularity & New Study Shakes Up SBMM Debate
LEGO's $1 Billion Fortnite Gamble: Was It Worth It? & A new era for Xbox
[Manor Lords Special] Early Access Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint & Why 40 Hours of Gameplay is a Success
Game Industry Salaries: Experience and Tips & Netflix Games: mistakes and opportunities
Self-publishing before funding & From Zero to $30K: The Power of Game Analytics
Inside Voodoo’s BeReal Deal & Netflix’s Gaming Lesson from TikTok
Roblox: The Next PC Gaming Leader & Netflix Games Shake-Up: What's Next?
Fortnite Payout Shake-Up & Why Studios Are Shelling Out for Video Game Movies
“AAA Experience Required” & “Voodoo Model is NOT for Indie PC”
Supercell is killing it! & Perception vs. Reality in Game Monetization
Game of the Year Titles and the Paradox of Closing Studios & Don't create games if you don't love them
Easing the Gaming Investment J-Curve & The End of the $70 Game Era?
AAA's fumble is VC's gain & Gaming VC: Chasing Dreams or Nightmares?
AI and the Limits of Virtual World Creation & "Too many games" VC excuse