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How to make bundles work on Steam
Piotr Bajraszewski breaks down the mechanics of 11 Bit Studios' Bundle Madness sale, and how it sold nearly 1m units in a week
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What you need to know to ensure your ad creatives are successful in China
Nativex's Irene Yang guides mobile developers who wish to enter the lucrative Chinese market
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How to take full advantage of Steam Festivals
TinyBuild's Michael Kuzmin details best practices when it comes to making the most out of Valve's events
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Seven steps for a winning hypercasual prototype
Crazy Labs' Rotem Eldor details the right steps for a prototype that can pass the marketability test and later become a successful hypercasual game
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Five reasons why game localization matters
Keywords' Yago Sagrado explores the many reasons why developers and publishers should consider localizing their games into more languages
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Improve your user experience with passwordless authentication
Sponsored article: Learn how Xsolla Login and passwordless authentication can remove the risk of weak, reused, and leaked passwords during registration
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Growing customisable first-party data analytics for mobile games
Exient's production director Thomas Leinekugel explains the benefits of building a first-party analytics solution
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Estimating Steam and console sales: Two battletested methods
GameDiscoverCo and Fellow Traveller offer developers two models to forecast their games' sales potential
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What to do if you are harassed in the workplace
We look back at advice given by Cinzia Musio and Anisa Sanusi during the GamesIndustry.biz podcast on handling toxicity
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An introduction to games user research
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy talks to veteran user researcher Steve Bromley about what the job entails and what you can do to become one
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Optimizing for the first 24 hours: Conversion values and iOS 14.5+
Adjust's Katie Madding explains the importance of leveraging behavioral activity in the first 24 hours of the player's journey
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Resources for victims of sexual harassment in the workplace
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy compiles materials to give employees tools to get mental health support, and options to seek action from an impartial body
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Tips from the Games and Online Harassment Hotline on stamping out toxicity in the workplace
Hotline director Jae Lin reflects on the initiative's first year, and share advice on how games professionals on any level can help stop discrimination and harassment
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Lessons learnt from launching a studio while at university
Waving Bear Studio's co-founders talk about the challenges of transitioning from student to becoming your own boss
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Get a Job in Games month: The full guide to finding your place in the industry
Everything we published as part of the GamesIndustry.biz Academy event in one place
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Winning the business development game (without feeling like a sell-out)
Fundamentally Games' Oscar Clark details ways to connect with people, build relationships and find business opportunities
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The GamesIndustry.biz Academy Jobscast: Recruitment and diversity
Final episode of our four-part series now available, discusses how to improve your hiring process and appeal to a broader range of applicants
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How to get a job in game design
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy looks into how to get a job as a game designer
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Best practices to hire and retain diverse talent | GDC 2021
Unity's Movell Dash, Niantic's Trinidad Hermida, and PlayStation's Davina Mackey sat down with IGDA Foundation's Nika Nour to discuss ways to improve diversity in games
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How do you make hitting something fun?
A panel of experts answered this burning question at Devcom, and gave advice on the skills you need to become a combat designer
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How to patch out implicit bias from your hiring process
Speaking at Ludicious X, Celia Hodent suggests avoiding discrimination when recruiting is much like improving a video game
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How to get a job as a diversity and inclusion officer
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy explores the role and impact of a D&I officer
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How to get a job as a community manager in games
As communities keep growing and companies look to engage with them more genuinely, the GamesIndustry.biz Academy looks into how to get a job in community management
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How to not ruin your job interview
The games industry share their stories of job interview fails (and not-so-fails)
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How to get a job in the games press
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy looks into how to get a job as a games journalist