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PocketGamer.biz Podcast7 Habits of Incredibly Effective Gaming Jedis: Special EditionIn 2024, our hosts Peggy Anne Salz and Brian Baglow interviewed 45 experts across the gaming industry, from straightforward studio heads and energised executives to data-driven developers and monetisation mavens. In this special edition episode, Peggy and Brian look back on the Top 7 shows of this year, recapping the pure-gold lessons and learnings from the marketers you enjoyed hearing from the most in 2024.
As this is the year’s final show, all of us at Steel Media and the Pocketgamer.biz Podcast want to wish you a happy holiday season and a joyful new year. Thanks for listening, and we’...
2024-12-1733 minPocketGamer.biz Podcastustwo games’ María Sayans On The Sustainable Strategy Behind The Monumental Game: Monument ValleyA hit game can harbour hope for an up-and-coming games company. But living up to the game's name and weathering the changing tides of player needs, industry upheavals, and privacy concerns can test the limits of any studio. In this episode, María Sayans, CEO of ustwo games peels back the layers of ustwo’s monumental success, Monument Valley—now celebrating its 10th anniversary and over 160m+ downloads—and offers indie developers concrete advice on cultivating a sustainable studio that can succeed despite any storm. She sheds light on how ustwo games adapts and evolves its keystone game to keep pa...
2024-05-2846 min
A Spark Of Awareness86. Leadership Journey At Ustwo Games - with Maria Sayans and Daniel GrayToday is a special episode as we're witnessing an intimate leadership conversation between Maria Sayans and Daniel Gray, respectively CEO and Chief Creative Officer at Ustwo Games. What is it to be a leader at Ustwo Games?----Thank you to our sponsor! Visit go.solsten.io and mention Rise x Play for a demo and receive a free feature, theme, and art style study included with your Navigator purchase, a $20,000 value. Offer valid through 8/31/23.----Maria will share her leadership evolution from the McKinsey days to CCP Games to late...
2023-07-1831 min
A Spark Of Awareness42. Making Games With Impact At Ustwo Games - with Maria SayansI am kicking off a new season for Rise and Play with our special guest Maria Sayans, the CEO at Ustwo Games.Maria has been helping games companies succeed in the digital space, build great brands, launch games and engage players for nearly two decades. She spent 14 years at EA building online functions and on marketing leadership roles for franchises like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Dead Space, Star Wars, Mirror’s Edge and Battlefield. In 2015 she joined CCP Games, the Icelandic developer of EVE Online, as their Chief Customer Officer. Since she joined Ustwo games, she ha...
2022-09-1338 min
AppStories2021 Apple Design Award Winners: The AppStories Interviews
For today’s special bonus episode of AppStories, Federico and John interview the creators of four 2021 Apple Design Award winning apps and games: Winston Chen, creator of Voice Dream Reader; Esther Huybreghts, Mathijs Demaeght, and Melissa Cash from Pok Pok, creators of Pok Pok Playroom; Brian Mueller, creator of CARROT Weather; and Maria Sayans and David Fernandez Huerta from ustwo games, creators of Alba: A Wildlife Adventure.
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Apple Design Award Winners Interviewed
Winston Chen, the developer of Voice Dream Re...
2021-06-151h 07AppStories2021 Apple Design Award Winners: The AppStories InterviewsFor today’s special bonus episode of AppStories, Federico and John interview the creators of four 2021 Apple Design Award winning apps and games: Winston Chen, creator of Voice Dream Reader; Esther Huybreghts, Mathijs Demaeght, and Melissa Cash from Pok Pok, creators of Pok Pok Playroom; Brian Mueller, creator of CARROT Weather; and Maria Sayans and David Fernandez Huerta from ustwo games, creators of Alba: A Wildlife Adventure.
On AppStories+, Federico and John consider what makes the apps that win ADAs special and Federico explains that he has restored his iPhone and is beta testing AudioOS 15 on th...
2021-06-151h 07
Hyper CuriousFrom Marketer to CEO, Making Beautiful Games at ustwo with Maria SayansIf you’re wondering if it’s too late in life to change vocation, today’s guest will show you it isn't. “I'm somebody who came to the games industry a little bit late. Even though I've been in it now for 20 years, I've always felt a little bit like an outsider looking in.”Maria Sayans has been helping games companies succeed in the digital space, build great brands, launch games and engage players for nearly two decades. Oh, and she’s the CEO of ustwo games - that’s not a bad ach...
2020-09-0339 min