Podcasts by How Games Make Money
How Games Make Money is a podcast where host and GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb talks to people in and around the business of video games. The purpose of each episode is to find out how different people are bringing in cash from games. Jeff talks with developers, publishers, executives, content creators, tool makers, and more.
Look for new episodes every Friday.
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How devs can more intelligently spend money to make money from 2021-11-24T19:39:01
Adam Lieb sits down with me to talk about GameSight, which is a performance marketing company for the rest of us. While performance marketing has dominated mobile gaming, it’s coming late to the...
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How Serenity Forge ships physical games when China runs out of cardboard from 2021-10-13T17:24:53
I talk with Z and Kevin Zhang of Serenity Forge, which is here in Colorado. I met these fellas back at a Denver Comic Con a few years ago, and now they have found themselves in the business of p...
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How empathy can make your game money from 2021-08-31T15:51:59
I talk to Steven Spohn and Dr. Chris Power from Able Gamers about their APX certification for game developers. This is a certification that teaches best practices for accessibility to game creat...
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How Plitch is trying to bring back game cheats from 2021-07-26T19:50:07
On this episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb speaks with one of the cofounders of Megadev, Robert Maroschik, about its game-cheat service Plitch. That is a subscription program that ...
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How to build a studio that builds a game about building cities from 2021-05-27T18:46:47
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How Intel is helping people fall in love with gaming laptops from 2021-05-13T19:59:36
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How to bring Frostbite Engine to Nintendo Switch from 2021-03-02T00:14:23
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How making games has changed over 30 years (w/ David Whatley) from 2021-02-05T19:58:58
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How PUBG creative director Dave Curd keeps the game fun from 2020-12-14T23:25:19
On this episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb talks to the new creative director on PUBG, Dave Curd. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is at a stage where it's continuing to build content...
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How Dead Cells lives on after the cooperative model from 2020-11-10T02:39:38
On this week's episode, host Jeff Grubb talks to Evil Empire chief executive officer Steve Filby about starting Evil Empire to take over development of Dead Cells. He also speaks about the advan...
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Chris Person on saving Highlight Reel and going solo from 2020-10-21T00:30:14
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How Tempo Storm is building the Bloomberg of esports from 2020-10-07T05:23:22
On this week's episode, host Jeffrey Grubb talks to Andrey “Reynad” Yanyuk, who is the chief executive officer of the esports organization Tempo Storm. He started out as a pro gamer, but...
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Is the world's first PS4 owner ready for PS5? from 2020-09-14T21:48:36
What it takes to run a game store and the Video Game History Foundation from 2020-09-02T14:29:27
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Patreon and episode update from 2020-08-31T22:21:57
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How security shaped gaming from 2020-08-25T00:10:36
On this episode, host Jeff Grubb talks to ModernVintageGamer. He’s a YouTuber and game developer who works with Limited Run Games and Night Dive Studios. And he explains that weird amalgamation of ...
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What Xbox is doing to help the next generation of indie games from 2020-08-17T17:16:04
How games PR agents help developers protect themselves from 2020-08-10T04:49:53
Stephanie Tinsley joins me to talk about running public relations for a number of video game developers and publishers. Stephanie has her own shop where she provides a much-needed connection bet...
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How Thatgamecompany uses data to build a loving relationship with players from 2020-07-20T19:42:31
How a GIF can sell a game from 2020-07-09T23:25:04
How a bootstrapping games startup makes money from 2020-06-26T19:07:42
How Tonic Games Group Plans To Thrive On Live-Service Games from 2020-06-20T02:24:40
How does PC Gamer puts together its PC Gaming Show for E3? from 2020-06-12T08:02:32
Why Brazil needs an indie game festival from 2020-06-01T21:15:51
How publishing indie games is like building a band from 2020-05-22T18:38:17
Guillaume Jamet is the VP of publishing and marketing at Dear Villagers, which is the indie-publishing division of game-distribution company Plug-In Digital. Guillaume joins How Games Make Money...
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How gaming YouTubers make money from 2020-05-15T14:15:03
How Xbox Game Pass freed Microsoft to make Gears Tactics from 2020-04-24T20:27:14
Microsoft is releasing Gears Tactics for Windows 10, Xbox Game Pass for PC, and Steam next week, so host Jeff Grubb sits down with the company to talk about it. How did The Coalition settle on a...
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How to make an indie game that can survive (with Rootpew) from 2020-04-17T20:10:52
Rami Ismail on why games aren't "recession proof" from 2020-04-10T02:12:31
How do designers create games that make money? from 2020-03-27T21:28:11
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How Spawn On Me makes money talking about people of color in gaming from 2020-03-19T23:28:21
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How does Kinda Funny make money talking about video games? from 2020-03-13T12:41:49
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How do sports-management games make money? from 2020-03-06T16:24:07
On this week's episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb speaks with Out of the Park Developments chief operating officer Rich Grisham. Out of the Park is the name of the studio as well a...
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How do hypercasual games make money? from 2020-02-28T00:36:11
On the pilot episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeffrey Grubb talks with Ironsource chief financial officer Omer Kaplan about serving up ads in hypercasual games. Do those ads really make mon...
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How Games Make Money: It's A Podcast! from 2020-02-27T02:05:58
This is going to be the How Games Make Money podcast. It isn't that, yet -- but it will be! For now, this is just a quick intro to explain what the show is. If you don't want to listen, here's t...
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