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Indie Prize Winners Announced as the 2018 Casual Connect Concludes Indie Prize Winners Announced As Casual Connect USA 2018 Concludes Casual Connect USA 2018  has concluded - and with it, over three days of lectures, workshops, networking, and  parties. The conference brought out hundreds of professionals from all walks of the games industry - including console, mobile, PC, casino, VR/AR, and online - providing them with opportunities to connect, learn new skills, and gain valuable insights on a range of topics. A favorite part of the conference is the Indie Prize area where game indie developers get to show off their wares. Check out the list of notables for 2018.

gumi COO Takeshi Sankawa talks about Japanese mobile gaming market and expansion into international waters Foreign games in the US are not just about localization anymore. At a recent preview event at the Blackbird Bar in San Francisco, two Japanese companies - gumi and Colopl previewed some of their titles geared towards the western market. We sat down with gumi COO, Takeshi Sankawa, and talked about the world's #1 mobile game market - Japan, where mobile is bigger than console. Sankawa also gives a view of what the role of big Japanese game studios is for game developers(Japan & US) to enter new markets on both sides of the ocean. Give it a view.