Best Resources: Below are some of the best resources I’ve found, both as blogs/spaces on the internet and printed books.

Internet

• Game Analytics & Research:

  • Anders Drachen

  • Russel Ovans / Professor ARPDAU

  • Alexandre MacMillan

  • Eric Seufert

• Strategy/Business of Games Industry:

  • Deconstructor of Fun

  • Game Makers

  • Fundamentally Games

  • Elite Game Developers

  • Turbine Games Consulting

• Game Design:

  • GD Keys

  • UX Design

  • Stanislav Stankovic’s Online Research

• Other:

  • BI Tools

  • GDC

Books:

• Game Analytics: Maximizing the Value of Player Data

• Game Data Science

• Games User Research

• Game Analytics: Retention and Monetization in Free-to-Play Mobile Games

• Freemium Economics: Leveraging Analytics and User Segmentation to Drive Revenue

• Virtual Economies: Design and Analysis

• Game Design for Free-to-Play Live Services

• Freemium Mobile Games: Design & Monetization

• Practical Statistics for Data Scientists