# Naavik Gaming Podcast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499.md RSS feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/naavik-gaming-podcast Official site: https://naavik.co/podcast Author: Naavik Episodes: 461 ## Resource The Naavik Gaming Podcast is a business-focused exploration of the companies, trends, strategies and leaders that are defining the future of games. To learn more and see other great content visit www.naavik.co. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499.md ## Episodes - [What Game Studios Still Get Wrong About DTC](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/what-game-studios-still-get-wrong-about-dtc) — 2026-07-16T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: How the AI Boom Is Rewiring the Console Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-how-the-ai-boom-is-rewiring-the-console-business) — 2026-07-12T18:00:00+00:00 - [Can Performance Marketing Finally Work On Steam?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/can-performance-marketing-finally-work-on-steam) — 2026-07-07T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: The Next Wave of Creator-Led Growth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-the-next-wave-of-creator-led-growth) — 2026-07-05T18:00:00+00:00 - [Inside Cannes Lions: What Makes Award-Winning Gaming Campaigns?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/inside-cannes-lions-what-makes-award-winning-gaming-campaigns) — 2026-06-30T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Two Underrated Mobile Development Regions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-two-underrated-mobile-development-regions) — 2026-06-28T18:00:00+00:00 - [What Game Studios Can Learn from the AI Microdrama Boom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/what-game-studios-can-learn-from-the-ai-microdrama-boom) — 2026-06-23T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: 30 Years of Gaming at LEGO](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-30-years-of-gaming-at-lego) — 2026-06-21T18:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: The Microdrama Volume vs. Value Paradox](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-the-microdrama-volume-vs-value-paradox) — 2026-06-14T18:00:00+00:00 - [Lessons from Real M&A Transactions: Getting Studios Bought](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/lessons-from-real-m-a-transactions-getting-studios-bought) — 2026-06-09T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Embracer Splits Again](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-embracer-splits-again) — 2026-06-07T18:00:00+00:00 - [How to Reduce Churn and Keep Players Playing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/how-to-reduce-churn-and-keep-players-playing) — 2026-06-02T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Dissecting Scopely's Mobile Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-dissecting-scopely-s-mobile-empire) — 2026-05-31T18:00:00+00:00 - [True Crime, Now Playable: Inside Scriptic's Cross-Platform Bet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/true-crime-now-playable-inside-scriptic-s-cross-platform-bet) — 2026-05-26T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Where will Asha Sharma take Xbox?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-where-will-asha-sharma-take-xbox) — 2026-05-24T18:00:00+00:00 - [Listening to Players at Scale](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/listening-to-players-at-scale) — 2026-05-20T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: The Eastern Playbook for Dominating Western Audiences](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-the-eastern-playbook-for-dominating-western-audiences) — 2026-05-17T18:00:00+00:00 - [Premium: Driving Back Catalogue, DLC, and the Long Tail](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/premium-driving-back-catalogue-dlc-and-the-long-tail) — 2026-05-14T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Inside Saudi Arabia's $38 Billion Gaming Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-inside-saudi-arabia-s-38-billion-gaming-empire) — 2026-05-10T18:00:00+00:00 - [Building for the Fandoms Gaming Forgot: Inside Dorian's No-Code UGC Platform](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/building-for-the-fandoms-gaming-forgot-inside-dorian-s-no-code-ugc-platform) — 2026-05-05T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Why China’s Gaming Giants Are Pivoting to Lifestyle-Sims](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-why-china-s-gaming-giants-are-pivoting-to-lifestyle-sims) — 2026-05-03T18:00:00+00:00 - [Fandoms, Writing Moats, and the Future of Interactive Fiction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/fandoms-writing-moats-and-the-future-of-interactive-fiction) — 2026-04-28T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Unity’s Ad-Driven Turnaround](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-unity-s-ad-driven-turnaround) — 2026-04-26T18:00:00+00:00 - [Building AI Tools for Roblox Creators](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/building-ai-tools-for-roblox-creators) — 2026-04-21T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Is The Era of Mobile “AI Slop” Games Here?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-is-the-era-of-mobile-ai-slop-games-here) — 2026-04-19T18:00:00+00:00 - [The Role of Co-Development in Modern Game Development](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/the-role-of-co-development-in-modern-game-development) — 2026-04-14T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Music Games and the Setlist Problem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-music-games-and-the-setlist-problem) — 2026-04-12T18:00:00+00:00 - [How Game Devs Use AI Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/how-game-devs-use-ai-today) — 2026-04-08T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Epic’s Strategic Shake-Up](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-epic-s-strategic-shake-up) — 2026-04-05T18:00:00+00:00 - [The Future of Games Media: AI, Substack, and the Rise of Independent Journalism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/the-future-of-games-media-ai-substack-and-the-rise-of-independent-journalism) — 2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: LLMs for Games Consumer Research](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-llms-for-games-consumer-research) — 2026-03-29T18:00:00+00:00 - [The State of Gaming in 2026 (with Sensor Tower)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/the-state-of-gaming-in-2026-with-sensor-tower) — 2026-03-26T13:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: NCSoft’s $200M Bet on Cash-Reward Gaming](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-ncsoft-s-200m-bet-on-cash-reward-gaming) — 2026-03-22T19:00:00+00:00 - [GDC 2026: AI, UGC, and the New Reality of Game Funding](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/gdc-2026-ai-ugc-and-the-new-reality-of-game-funding) — 2026-03-17T13:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: Unpacking Capcom’s Win-Streak](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-unpacking-capcom-s-win-streak) — 2026-03-15T19:00:00+00:00 - [How Better Measurement Will Unlock the Next Wave of Brands in Gaming](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/how-better-measurement-will-unlock-the-next-wave-of-brands-in-gaming) — 2026-03-10T13:00:00+00:00 - [Naavik Digest: The Arc Raiders-ification of Nexon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naavik-gaming-podcast-3874499/naavik-digest-the-arc-raiders-ification-of-nexon) — 2026-03-08T19:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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