Foundational

Sometimes it can be difficult for Ex Dev partners to express their needs at the start of an engagement This can lead to challenges that are often preventable Whether it involves technical onboarding, workflow guidance, or regular routines, sharing in......

As game development becomes increasingly complex and global, co-development has become a cornerstone of modern game production The shared efforts are performed by service providers but also developers proposing their team to support others team withi......

Rory McGuire (Blackbird Interactive) hosts a topic where studios discuss supporting and collaborating with studios with who operate in multiple business models, all the way from co-development, to full scale work-for-hire projects, and build......

What makes a first meeting truly great, for both developers and vendors In this collaborative table talk, we’ll explore what developers and vendors really hope to get out of that first conversation Whether you’re doing the pitching or being pitch......

Sometimes it can be difficult for Ex Dev partners to express their needs at the start of an engagement This can lead to challenges that are often preventable Whether it involves technical onboarding, workflow guidance, or regular routines, sharing in......

In an industry defined by rapid production cycles, high creative stakes, and growing reliance on external partners, true success no longer comes from scale alone - it comes from trust Ethical development today means building partnerships rooted in tr......

As game development becomes increasingly complex and global, co-development has become a cornerstone of modern game production The shared efforts are performed by service providers but also developers proposing their team to support others team withi......

Rory McGuire (Blackbird Interactive) hosts a topic where studios discuss supporting and collaborating with studios with who operate in multiple business models, all the way from co-development, to full scale work-for-hire projects, and build......

What makes a first meeting truly great, for both developers and vendors In this collaborative table talk, we’ll explore what developers and vendors really hope to get out of that first conversation Whether you’re doing the pitching or being pitch......

Outsourcing has evolved, we are no longer just sending a list of assets to be done, Co-development is becoming the standard This brings a new set of challenges such as fully allowing external teams into your ecosystem and being a part of your team Ho......

Over the past decade, the appetite from traditionally underrepresented players to see characters like them in the games they play has grown As studios and their Ex Dev partners look to meet this need by adapting this diverse reality into their games,......

One of Hollywood’s biggest models - such as the Marvel model - focuses on large, IP-centric creative teams at the core, surrounded by specialized units that help deploy content across formats and marketsThis structure is now mirrored in the game in......