After an amazing GDC week, we're more inspired than ever to continue bringing Game Makers state-of-the-art tools that meet you wherever you make games!
@skillz , @Beamable and The LiveOps Shift
Recorded live on-site at @Official_GDC, Craig Chapple and I sat down with Robert Burnett, Head of New Content at Skillz, and Jon Radoff, CPO of Beamable, to unpack what just changed for developers building competitive mobile games.
In this episode, we get into:
◉ Puzzle Blockz, the first live proof point for the combined platform
◉ What this shift means for smaller teams that want to move faster without building every part of the stack themselves
◉ How advertising, IAP and competition can start to work together instead of sitting in separate silos
Skillz also unveiled the Pro SDK at GDC, opening up more control inside Unity for developers who want to build competitive games with richer progression, more flexible monetisation and a stronger live-service layer.
If you are serious about building competitive mobile games that can keep players and grow revenue, start here.
🎧 Listen to the full episode on PocketGamer.biz
YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=BXKBYjg1…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2p0…
GDC Day 1 Highlight:
"The Monetization Tightrope" at @pgbiz with @jradoff
Come chat more on Mobile Monetization with industry leaders at our brunch, today at 11am!
GDC week is HERE! We want to meet up with devs, founders, and anyone pushing the games industry forward!
Catch us out at the Skillz Victory Truck on the West side of Moscone OR join us for brunch and our GDC presentation!
Join us for brunch on Tuesday in San Francisco if you're interested in connecting with Mobile Founders about the state of the industry!
RSVP link in comments.
"Your design is actually an emergent property of the underlying monetization mechanism."
What happens when the monetization method is encapsulates most desirable retention mechanism in gaming?
Our latest article explores 👇
"Your design is actually an emergent property of the underlying monetization mechanism."
What happens when the monetization method is encapsulates most desirable retention mechanism in gaming?
Our latest article explores 👇
Introducing Skillz Pro SDK, the next evolution of competitive game development. Build with greater creative control on Skillz’s proven competition infrastructure.
Connect with us at GDC or learn more: lnkd.in/gWRP-DxQ#Skillz#MobileGaming#CompetitiveGaming#GDC2026
Skill-based gaming has potential to totally reshape the mobile monetization framework.
Our CEO, @jradoff is diving in with the Founder of ePlay Studios, LIVE NOW!
Beamable Unity SDK 5.0 is live!
This release focuses on stability, long-term support, and a cleaner local development workflow.
✅ .NET 10 (LTS) Support
✅ Unity 6.3 (LTS) support
✅ Upgraded to Beamable CLI 7.0
Full breakdown changelog:
beamable.com/blog/unity-sdk-…
Heading to D.I.C.E. 2026?
We want to meet with commercial studios and game dev service providers to discuss the state of Game Development.
» Evolution of monetization.
» AI's impact on game dev.
» Our platform roadmap: meeting the needs of today's game makers.
Let's meet! 👇
Who will I see at DICE next week? I'm looking forward to catching up with game studios, CTOs, game publishers. Anyone need help with live ops, engaging people more, or earning more money from your games? Improving efficiency of your backend dev? AI?