The creator of Deus Ex and industry legend Warren Spector will be chatting to indie devs at GI live: Online.
He is one of our special guests for the event, joining Brenda Romero, John Romero, Team17 CEO Debbie Bestwick and UKIE head Jo Twist. The industry experts will be popping into our Discord between Wednesday, April 14th - Friday, April 16th to answer your questions. Tickets are on sale now.
Alongside the special guests, GI Live: Online boasts a full 1-to-1 meeting system, a series of talks from industry leaders, plus roundtables from platform holders, investment experts and more.
Talks include sessions with former EA, Xbox and Liverpool FC exec Peter Moore, Minecraft head Helen Chiang, Velan Studios president Guha Bala, IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak, LEGO Ventures Rob Lowe and NDreams business development manager Nadine Oehmcke. We can also announce two new talks set for the event. Amy Wu, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, will be delivering a session looking at inve
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Fundamentally Games today announced its intention to enter into both games publishing and UA funding. It is promoting an approach that they hope will “end the kind of indentured servitude that many developers fear that they will fall into when working with a publisher,” said a statement
The company, which was founded in 2019, already specialises in live ops and engagement-led strategy. Now it will look to build “lasting partnerships” with developers where there are “clear dividing lines between ‘Making’, ‘Operating’ and ‘Marketing’ the game, freeing the development team to concentrate on their vision.”
The company notes that live operation account for 78 per cent of game revenue (Superdata), yet many publishers are still focused on a one-off transactional model. The plan is for Fundamentally to get involved early in process and provide guidance as well as funding, to bring the game to market.
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