Archive - GameMakers

Brawl Stars Shop Design: Mastering Motivation Over Monetization Pressure

How Supercell’s Shop Strategy Engages, Retains, and Monetizes a Global Player Base

Jun 30 •

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The Strategic Case for Microsoft Xbox Gaming Division Spin-Off and Epic Games Merger

A comprehensive analysis on the business case for Microsoft to spin out Xbox Gaming and to acquire Epic Games in a new stand-alone whup-ass company…

Jun 16 •

Evolving PM: Navigating Seismic Shifts in Game Dev – Insights from Product Leaders

Major macro changes have disrupted and continue to disrupt the gaming industry, as PMs we are experiencing seismic changes to our industry…

Jun 13 •

💸 Unity's Data Dilemma: Why Gaming's Underdog Needs to Stop Playing It Safe (Pixels & Profits)

How Unity's 70% engine dominance could break AppLovin's 81% profit monopoly—if they're brave enough to try

Jun 9 •

The HTML5 Gaming Gold Rush (Discord, Telegram, X, and more)

The huge potential for games on Discord, Telegram, and every platform with a browser

Jun 5 •

🔍 Design Discipline: The Difference Between Shipping and Sinking

The mistake every game studio keeps making: stop jizzing the game design!

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Why Marvel Snap Players Hated Their Most Profitable Event

A tale of two events: 92% revenue boost vs. community backlash (and what we can learn from it)

May 27 •

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🔍 Breaking the Failure Trap: Why We Choose 99% Failure Over 10% Success

The psychology behind our worst strategic decisions—and how to escape it

May 23 •

Solo Quest: From Peloton to Reinventing Fitness as a Solo Game Developer in 2025

Discover how a solo developer combined fitness tracking with RPG gameplay and leveraged AI and deep community engagement to power a unique approach to…

May 20 •

🔍 Playing to Win

Beyond Effort: Finding your point of greatest leverage and going all in

May 16 •

📍 The Definitive Mobile Game Tech Market Map (May 2025 Edition)

Following the success of our AI x Gaming Market Map, I’m excited to present the Mobile Game Tech Market Map. This comprehensive overview highlights the…

May 13 •

🔍 On Product Velocity

Data: Shift from hypercasual to hybridcasual, IAP Rev +67% YOY

May 10 •

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