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Gaming Industry · July 6, 2026

Scenes from SR007 Kickoff Week

The speedrun team is hiring! We're looking for a marketer to help grow our brand + founder applications. If you're an early-stage marketer who's worked with founders and startups, we'd love to meet you! Learn more from…

Gaming Industry · July 4, 2026

Growing global game revenue with Unity IAP

BlogJun 12, 2026|5:01 MinUnity Team - Check out our interview with Unity’s Rambod Kermanizadeh, along with SciPlay’s Forrest Stowe and Timothy Moore, who discuss how the latest advancements in Unity’s in-app purchase…

Gaming Industry · June 28, 2026

What do Steam fans really think about AI in games?

As we finished prepping this newsletter, we got news that Xbox is planning a ~3,200 person team reduction - inc. layoffs centrally, at Id Software & beyond, and spinning off 4 studios: Compulsion, Double Fine, Ninja…

Gaming Industry · June 27, 2026

Takeaways from New York Tech Week

New York Tech Week just wrapped, and it was a big one, with 50,000 attendees across over 1,500 events. The a16z speedrun team was on the ground hosting events and meeting with founders and investors, so we polled the…

Gaming Industry · June 24, 2026

and no generative AI

What the report saysYou might recall the trailer for Join Us being featured in the Xbox Showcase back in June. It depicts a darkly comic co-op cult simulator, with robed cult members riding around on pigs and loosing off…

Gaming Industry · June 20, 2026

Optimizing battery life in Monster Walk

BlogJun 2, 2026|3:59 MinUnity Team - Check out our interview with Talofa Games CEO Jenny Xu, where she explains the technical challenges and development decisions behind creating a seamless, background experience…

Gaming Industry · June 17, 2026

Meta quietly launches vibe-coded gaming app Pocket

Meta is getting into gaming with the launch of a new app called Pocket, which allows people to generate small, interactive apps and games using AI prompts. The software, a result of Meta’s acquisition of the team at the…