GameMakers

GDC 2026: Relationships Are the Last Moat in Gaming

Listen now | How the Product LiveOps Growth Symposium Reveals What Actually Survives the AI Supercycle

Mar 10 • Joseph Kim

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February 2026

The Gaming Industry Isn't in a Downturn. It's Losing Its Moat.

What the GDC State of the Industry report actually says — when you read between the lines

Feb 17 • Joseph Kim

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13:54

Trends That Will Define Gaming in 2026 (And 1 Nobody Wants to Talk About)

What I learned (and held back) from a panel on the future of gaming.

Feb 10 • Joseph Kim

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January 2026

Who Killed Ubisoft? | Pixels & Profits

Inside the efficiency gap, family politics, and strategic failures that destroyed $15 billion in value

Jan 19 • Joseph Kim

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December 2025

💸 AppLovin Paradox: 82% Margins, Nervous Publishers, and What Breaks Next | Pixels & Profits

The bull case, the bear case, and what one operator's portfolio data reveals about AppLovin's real moat

Dec 30, 2025 • Joseph Kim

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Product IS Marketing: The Brutal Truth of F2P Scale

Why marketing and product can't be separate functions in free-to-play mobile

Dec 17, 2025 • Joseph Kim

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29:32

November 2025

Your validation passed. Your players hated it. Here’s why. | MAG #10

Validation is art, not science. Here's a framework for knowing when to trust your gut—and when to trust the data.

Nov 17, 2025 • Joseph Kim

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India's $2B Gaming Reset – Where Banned RMG Money Flows Next (Part 1) | MAG #9

India's $2B gaming reset: Where banned RMG money flows next

Nov 3, 2025 • Joseph Kim

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32:36

October 2025

The New Meta for Product Analytics: Save Your Studio Now

How to choose the right analytics infrastructure for your mobile game studio in 2025: SDK Analytics Vendors vs. Firebase + Google BQ vs. PostHog vs…

Oct 29, 2025 • Joseph Kim

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🎙️ Why Your Game Studio's Organizational Structure Is the Real Problem (Not Your Talent)

A veteran producer from Microsoft, Mojang, and Relic reveals the framework that eliminates friction and ships games

Oct 24, 2025 • Joseph Kim

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55:21

UCLA's Miracle & Battlefield's 7M Sales: The Leadership Alpha No One Talks About

A deep dive on EA's 7M-unit launch , a leadership case study from UCLA's 0-4 turnaround , and Chris Casanova on outcome-based team structures.

Oct 20, 2025 • Joseph Kim

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💸 Exposing the EA-Saudi Deal: Why the $55B 'LBO' Breaks Every Private Equity Rule | Pixels & Profits

The accounting myth game pubs and I got wrong, why Silver Lake isn't running this show, and what 'patient capital' means for gaming studios"

Oct 13, 2025 • Joseph Kim

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