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E94: Why You Should Think About Publishing More In Game Dev with Elizabeth Howard

11d ago 1:09:45

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Do you need game publishing to ship your game successfully? What does a leader in a publishing organization truly do?

Join us for a conversation with Elizabeth Howard, an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience across Aspyr, 2K, and Bungie, where she led publishing and production. Elizabeth views game development and publishing as two parts working together to ship games, defining publishing as everything outside of dev. This episode explores the nature of game publishing, the historical dev-pub divide, and the need for greater integration and shared goals in today's complex market.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why publishing is about selling the game, not building it
How shared goals between devs and publishers drive success
The mistake most indie devs make
Why every indie game needs a real publishing strategy
What publishers really look for: risk, culture fit, and audience
Why dev and publishing should be seen as one connected system

Learn more about Elizabeth Howard:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethhoward

Resources mentioned::

Aspyr: https://www.aspyr.com/
2K Games: https://www.2k.com/
Bungie: https://www.bungie.net/
Digital Bandidos: https://www.digitalbandidos.com/

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