two & a half gamers 🚨📢 Breaking News: Apple AI money, rewarded roll-up, mobile funding wave
Mobile Gaming & AI Industry Breaking News. This week’s biggest stories reveal major shifts in platform power, investment flows and UA channel consolidation.
In this Breaking News segment of Two and a Half Gamers, Felix explains:
• How Apple is making nearly $1B from generative AI apps despite lacking a clear AI product strategy
• Why new mobile gaming funding rounds signal renewed investor confidence
• The strategic acquisition of JustPlay by NCsoft for $200M
• Why rewarded UA companies are starting to consolidate globally
• How Nazara’s acquisition strategy shows the rise of owned-traffic ecosystems
The episode highlights a key trend:
Distribution and monetization infrastructure are becoming more valuable than individual game launches.
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This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let’s not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.
Panelists: Jakub Remiar, Felix Braberg, Matej Lancaric
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Matej Lancaric
User Acquisition & Creatives Consultant
https://lancaric.me
Felix Braberg
Ad monetization consultant
https://www.felixbraberg.com
Jakub Remiar
Game design consultant
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar
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