Gamesbrief

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At GamesBrief, we’re passionate about the business of games. We track the rapidly-evolving games industry, to tell you what is happening and to predict what will happen.

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United Kingdom, England, London

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2009

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Dec 25, 2016	5 lessons from the $15 billion virtual goods economy	While tempting to dismiss virtual goods as a niche category, constrained to online games and messaging apps, its real market impact is far larger than many might think. Since the earliest social networks, virtual goods have played a critica...
Jul 2, 2015	Gaming On-The-Go: The Business Of Starting An Indie Mobile Game Studio	Lauren Keating, Tech Times 02 July 2015, 09:07 am Gaming On-The-Go is a weekly series that explores the mobile gaming industry, as well as uncovering the current trends, with hands-on guides for the latest smartphone and tablet games. There...
May 31, 2015	Incremental Design Won’t Save You	Tadhg Kelly Contributor More posts by this contributor Games After Gamergate Is The Windows 10 Store The Next Step For PC Apps And Games? Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a video game design consultant and the creator of leading blog What Game...
Apr 27, 2015	Why King and Supercell spent nearly $500M marketing their games — and how you can spend way less	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Over the last several months, King and Supercell have crossed the $1 billion revenue mark. Both companies are also close to achieving a...
Apr 20, 2014	What Games Are: Worrying About Indie Games	Tadhg Kelly Contributor More posts by this contributor Games After Gamergate Is The Windows 10 Store The Next Step For PC Apps And Games? Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a game designer and the creator of leading game design blog What Games A...
Mar 9, 2014	What Games Are: Patreonomics And “Supposed To Be”	Tadhg Kelly Contributor More posts by this contributor Games After Gamergate Is The Windows 10 Store The Next Step For PC Apps And Games? Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a veteran game designer and creator of leading game design blog What Gam...
Nov 10, 2013	What Games Are: Squeaky Bum Time	Tadhg Kelly Contributor More posts by this contributor Games After Gamergate Is The Windows 10 Store The Next Step For PC Apps And Games? Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a veteran game designer and creator of leading game design blog What Gam...
May 25, 2013	What Games Are: Xbox One Is Microsoft’s Spruce Goose	Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a veteran game designer, creator of leading game design blog What Games Are and creative director of Jawfish Games. You can follow him on Twitter here. During the 1940s Howard Hughes spent millions developing a...
Jan 19, 2013	What Games Are: Playing In Interesting Times	Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a game designer with 20 years experience. He is the creator of leading game design blog What Games Are, and consults for many companies on game design and development. You can follow him on Twitter here. It’s n...
Sep 30, 2012	Games Are A Difficult Investment Proposition, But Crowdfunding Could Change That	Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a game designer with 20 years experience. He is the creator of leading game design blog What Games Are, and consults for many companies on game design and development. You can follow him on Twitter here. The op...
Sep 19, 2012	A Hard Paywall Can Be A Huge Barrier Between A Customer And Paying You	Paywalls are one of those things that have had us scratching our heads for a while. We had questioned the New York Times for its paywall and have shown that it might not be quite as successful as it claims. The main problem with such paywal...
Feb 8, 2012	The Rise Of The 'Professional Amateur' And The Fall Of Gated, Exclusionary 'Clubs'	As the gatekeepers continue to see their carefully constructed walls crumbling, they have rushed to shore up the walls using any means at their disposal, whether it’s legislation, lawsuits or simple exclusion. But those within the gates are...
Jan 18, 2012	Customer loyalty is key to gaining a share of the in-app purchase riches	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. In-app purchases are predicted to dominate the mobile-app market in the next few years. Revenue from in-app purchases, worth $970M in 2...
Jan 18, 2012	Customer loyalty is key to gaining a share of the in-app purchase riches	In-app purchases are predicted to dominate the mobile-app market in the next few years. Revenue from in-app purchases, worth $970M in 2011, is expected to rise to over $5 billion by 2015, and a study by Localytics highlights the importance ...
Dec 5, 2011	EA continues to target freemium market – offering $60 rides on Theme Park iOS game	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. In an attempt to further monetize its iOS gaming portfolio, Electronic Arts is releasing a freemium version of the popular real time st...
Nov 30, 2011	Free To Play Video Game Makes Over $2 Million Selling Just One Item [Update: Or Not]	For whatever reason, some people falsely seem to think that part of what I argue is that no one should ever try charging money for digital goods. Nothing is further from the truth. I have said over and over and over again, the important thi...
Nov 25, 2011	Over $1K for a virtual spaceship? 2000 Dark Orbit players say ‘yes’	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. In the world of free-to-play games, there is a theory that small numbers of players are willing to spend large amounts of money on the ...
Nov 23, 2011	€1000 Virtual Item For Game Raises €2 Million In 4 Days For Bigpoint	The free-to-play model, while disparaged by some developers as exploitative of players, has certainly proved itself over and over to be financially sustainable if done right. And although I myself have paid a buck or two for extra in-game c...
Jun 2, 2011	If British games companies want VC, they need to ditch the consoles and get social	This is a guest post by Nicholas Lovell, director of GAMESbrief, a blog on the business of games, and a consultant who helps companies make money from games. Together with Nic Brisbourne of DFJ Esprit, he is writing a book on 50 questions y...

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FAQ about Gamesbrief

When was Gamesbrief founded?

Gamesbrief was founded in 2009.

What has the press written about Gamesbrief?

Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Gamesbrief, among them “5 lessons from the $15 billion virtual goods economy” (Dec 25, 2016) and “Gaming On-The-Go: The Business Of Starting An Indie Mobile Game Studio” (Jul 2, 2015).

Is Gamesbrief still active?

Yes, Gamesbrief is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 25, 2016.