8 NOV 2020 · Nordic Game is a video game developer conference and trade show held annually in Malmö, Sweden. The conference hosts lectures from the computer gaming industry and serves as a company-dating venue where developers and marketers meet. Next event is coming up, NG20 is November 25th-27th. You can register online here. Also check out the new podcast of Oliver, listen here to his first one.

30 AUG 2020 · This week in Episode 41 I have the remaining parts of the interview with Ivan Filletti of MaltaGaming and Timothy Bendt of Tamatem Games. Both are the seconds parts of conversations I had earlier this month. Ivan is telling why gaming studios should land in Malta and Timothy is giving us a look inside his publishing company that is focussing on the Middle East. The episode 39 and episode 40 have both first parts of their interviews. I got realy some interesting feedback on Malta and MENA. One fun example is that Pascal Claryssebecame more convinced to bring his studio Big Karma to Malta. News & Insights I have as now every Sunday a Weekly Game News Recap.  This week we had also other news; Gamescom 2020 Opening Night Live Event Fall Guys Crosses 7 million Mark Unity files IPO and reveals massive losses If you want to read more news around gaming, then visit our News and Insights section. GamingMalta GamingMalta is an independent non-profit foundation set up by the Government of Malta and the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). Tasked with the remit of promoting Malta as a centre of excellence in the digital and remote gaming sector globally, it is also responsible for liaising with the local relevant authorities to improve Malta’s attractiveness as a jurisdiction and enhance the ecosystem surrounding the gaming industry. GamingMalta primarily aims to: Promote Malta as the world’s premier online gaming jurisdiction and a centre of excellence and raise Malta’s profile as a quality jurisdiction for the licensing and regulation of gaming companies, both locally and internationally. Ivan Filletti is the Chief Operations Officer for the Gaming Malta Foundation. Prior to joining GamingMalta, Ivan was CEO for advertising agency, TBWA/ANG across both Malta and Greece. Tamatem Games Tamatem is the leading mobile games publisher in the MENA market. Tamatem’s HQ is in Amman, Jordan. The company works hand-in-hand with international studios and developers, to localize and make their games culturally relevant for the Arab gamer. They are entirely focused on serving Arab smartphone users with games tailored for the language and culture of the region. Timothy Bendt is Chief Growth Officer of Tamatem Games. If you want to listen to more episodes of our games podcast, then click here for all episodes.

23 AUG 2020 · The games podcast is back, a small break and re-energyzed. Look and feel of the site has changed, better hosting, fresh new logo, new intro and outr music. So I hope you like it! Today two territories; India and the MENA. I have chat with Tim and Rahul are talking about the regions, their companies and lots about gaming what you should know. Cris Reed is talking about Joe Rogan and his opinion about gaming & addiction. Check out what Cris what writing on linkedin! Also I did start to work with Sergei and Anton on their project InvestGame.net. They keep track of all financials in and around gaming. Do check out the site if you want more financial information. This episode you can listen on spotify here and youtube here! So more information about the gaming companies that are featured in today's episode. Games24x7 Founded by New York University alumni Trivikraman Thampy and Bhavin Pandya in 2006, Games24x7 is one of India’s leading gaming companies with a full-stack portfolio of Skill Games and Casual Games including RummyCircle and My11Circle.  Backed by the marquee firm Tiger Global and a host of investment entities from the US, Games24x7 continues to expand its stronghold in the Indian gaming industry, while diversifying and investing in other technology opportunities and expanding its gaming business to the international gaming markets. With a 450 strong team, Games24x7 has offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Miami.  By leveraging technology, product innovation, data science, and experience, Games24x7 aims to become a 21st-century scientific gaming company: built out of India for the world. Visit www.games24x7.com for more information. Tamatem Games Tamatem is the leading mobile games publisher in the MENA market. Tamatem’s HQ is in Amman, Jordan. The company works hand-in-hand with international studios and developers, to localize and make their games culturally relevant for the Arab gamer. They are entirely focused on serving Arab smartphone users with games tailored for the language and culture of the region. Their experience is in localization, user acquisition, distribution, cross-promotion, monetization, community, support and whales management can help get your game on the top of charts, increase revenue and ensure its success in the Arabic market. Whether you are looking to publish a newly successful international game or trying to revive an old hit title, Tamatem is your best partner in the MENA region. Next week remaining parts of these interviews. If you want to listen to more episodes of our games podcast, then click here for all episodes.

9 AUG 2020 · GamingMalta, Malta and Gaming, have you heard about it? Well, today an interesting talk with Ivan Filletti, who is representing his government Malta. Lots of us do know the island because of Igaming, but there is so much more. Besides being a wonderful island to relax during your holiday’s, they are working on a gaming eco-system. Next to that, I have the second part of my interview with Eitan Reisel. He started a games fund Vgames. Interesting enough I was already able to talk to some people and mention his new initiative. It was refreshing to listen to an investor that talks with so much passion about our beloved games industry, and actualy understands it.  Malta And Gaming; Home Of Gaming Excellence GamingMalta is an independent non-profit foundation set up by the Government of Malta and the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). Tasked with the remit of promoting Malta as a centre of excellence in the digital and remote gaming sector globally, it is also responsible for liaising with the local relevant authorities to improve Malta’s attractiveness as a jurisdiction and enhance the ecosystem surrounding the gaming industry. GamingMalta primarily aims to: Promote Malta as the world’s premier online gaming jurisdiction and a centre of excellence and raise Malta’s profile as a quality jurisdiction for the licensing and regulation of gaming companies, both locally and internationally. Ivan Filletti is the Chief Operations Officer for the Gaming Malta Foundation. Prior to joining GamingMalta, Ivan was CEO for advertising agency, TBWA/ANG across both Malta and Greece. He was instrumental in leading his agency to winning major new business accounts including Bank of Valletta and servicing blue chip clients such as McDonald’s, Nissan and Mr Green. During his tenure, the agency gained international recognition for a McDonald’s Quality campaign and Nissan brand positioning for Malta. He has also held senior marketing roles in the private sector focusing on beverage and retail specifically with Simonds Farsons Cisk pls, Malta’s largest brewer. Vgames, a new games fund; People used to think of games as the “future of entertainment,” but the future is here! Games already are a major part of the global entertainment industry. VGames is the venture fund for game entrepreneurs. Having worked with some of the youngest and most mature developers, they have a deep understanding of what it takes to build a great game. They are passionate about games, and about supporting companies as they grow to become global leaders. In episode 39 the second part of my talk to Eitan Reisel. If you want to listen to the first part, then click here. In 2013, Eitan founded the Google Games team based out of Tel Aviv, working with the largest publishers globally to build the right tools and services to support game companies. Eitan worked closely with CEOs on building the right organization for scale, data driven models and moving the needle in terms of the value Google provides to game publishers, regardless of size. Now he wants to help game founders with investments. More episodes of PodcastGameConsultant.com, you can find here!

16 FEB 2020 · 30 minutes of gaming update. Hope you will enjoy it. I want to thank the following people for assisting with answers to my questions; - Joakim Achrén Of Elite Game Developers, his podcast; https://podkite.link/HSBOaX1 - Tom Buscaglia, The Game Attorney - Rene Otto; Van Iersel Luchtman Attorneys - Chris Reed; Esports Start Up Advisor - Joshua Swerdlow; Growth Consultant - Dirk Schmitt; Workshop 'How to prepare a Games Conference': https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gaming-san-francisco-tickets-82196789811 - Tim Wilson; Qutee - Alfonso Villar; Playspace - Celine Pasula; Fingersoft Special Thanks to; JEFF GRUBB of GamesBeat and Matthew Forde of PocketGamer  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gameconsultant/message

8 FEB 2020 · Read more about the episode here; https://www.game-consultant.com/game-news/2020/02/08/podcast-game-consultant-episode-4-gdc-and-corona-virus-mobile-revenues-funding-and-marketing/  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gameconsultant/message

5 FEB 2020 · This weekend a brand new episode of Game Consultant.  I am going to talk about the growing revenues of mobile gaming. 2019 was, yet, another stellar year for mobile gaming revenues. Sensor Tower estimates show that worldwide spending in games grew 12.8% across the App Store and Google Play, from $54.7 billion in 2018 to $61.7 billion in 2019. Hold on to that! So quickly discussing; - Kolibri Game got acquired by Ubisoft - Funding; how difficult is it today? - Marketing; is it getting too expensive? - And.... what gaming companies are on our watchlist!! Till then. Send us your feedback. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gameconsultant/message

1 FEB 2020 · Changed the format a bit, not just one topic per episode, but address things that I feel that are relevant for & about the gaming industry.  GameBizCon with Dirk Schmitt had a conference this week, a jury selected a top 10. Realy nice talking to people via video calls, but also the panels were realy great. Of course my panel was awesome, jokie-joke, but seriously all panels had great gaming people involved and they shared their vision, epxerience and thoughts. And you know, it was great cause you could sit at your desk and be part of it! Also with Dirk, I am thinking about a concept where the top dogs of the gaming industry will help the young and potential gaming companies to be able to visit conferences like GDC and Gamescom. More to come asap! China is in the news. Does this Coronavirus affect you, your company and/or others?  Let me know since learnings are important. Pascal Clarysse is working on something new; Big Karma. A social impact entertainment startup in stealth mode. Big Karma is taking the Best Fiends/Angry Birds playbook, which is to create a character-centric entertainment franchise through mobile gaming first, and applies it to the first ever cast of action heroes who overcome their disability to win. I am going to assist Pascal to find angel investors to fill up a 500K initial funding. So angels, do you want to know more, ask me or pascal.  Lastly; GameRefinery. The guys did well in the GameBizCon pitch and announced an acquisition. Congrats to Markus and his team. Big thanks for listening, more episode here, and do send me input, thoughts and topics, but also the latest news.  Love to you all, Reinout reinouttebrake@gmail.com https://www.game-consultant.com  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gameconsultant/message

25 JAN 2020 · Game-Consultant.com Podcast time; Why da heck are you going to game conferences?  My personal view what should be crucial for the gaming space when it comes to gaming conferences. Also a bit about myself, improve the podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gameconsultant/message

17 JAN 2020 · Explaining the Game Consultant podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gameconsultant/message