Sam Kennedy
@capnsmak
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CEO @tigertrongames. Head of Partnerships @skymapgames. Exec Producer @playstarwave. Former @1UP @IGN @Gamespot @GuitarHero @CallofDuty @DestinyTheGame
Miami, FL
Joined February 2009
I got 18M views on YouTube Shorts in 28 days and 28,000 Steam wishlists in 9 days. I'm a solo dev with no audience, no budget, and no publisher. Here's everything I learned about making shorts that actually go viral:
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@CapCorgiTTV @Puertorock77_ @ballmatthew @Chris_Dring Fortnite has generated $40bn+ in revenue in the last 7 years. The majority of its revenue is generated from Playstation. On the flipside, Fortnite is consistently one of the top played games on Playstation. It is also one of the highest grossing games, consistently, on
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Arc Raiders No. 1 on Steam for week ending December 27th, surpassing seven million copies sold on platform according to Alinea Analytics
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It's not your imagination: Old video games DID look better in the past. Old games relied on old TVs to blur the images together, when viewed on a modern TV things dont look right -
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Really unfortunate to hear about the incredibly talented folks impacted by today’s layoffs at Meta. Hoping those affected land quickly and continue building what they believe in. Still bullish on VR long-term as the center of gravity shifts elsewhere, but it’ll be a while.
Meta has shut down Twisted Pixel Games (Deadpool VR), Sanzaru Games (Asgard's Wrath), and Armature Studio (Resident Evil 4 VR), UploadVR can confirm: https://t.co/w57MUSyvfo
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Utterly tragic and hard to believe. My condolences to his family and friends. https://t.co/iRTSRSsdW2
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Vince Zampella is the former CEO of video game developers Infinity Ward, the studio behind the wildly successful "Call of Duty" franchise.
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Neon Inferno is everything I hoped for. Super fun side scrolling action in cyberpunk NYC + smooth controls. Congrats on the launch, @ZenoviaLLC!
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🙌🙌🙌 Thank you Valve!
Announcing: New @Steam Hardware, coming in 2026: Steam Controller Steam Machine Steam Frame Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: https://t.co/TUKoZdzn9B
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A Genie Sumo Wrestler is appearing at Ryogoku Station in Japan as part of the PlayStation “It Happens on PS5” marketing campaign! #PS5
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I kinda want one
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A new MLB poster for the upcoming Dodgers vs Blue Jays game takes homage to the Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes key visual.
A winner-take-all battle for the World Series begins tonight 🏆 Who will emerge victorious: the Los Angeles Dodgers or the Toronto Blue Jays?
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This T2 game is just doing everything right
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Perfect weekend reading. @LattMeone’s new publication celebrates the Shadow of the Colossus 20th anniversary with an in-depth oral history.
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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s PlayStation 2 masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
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RIP Itagaki. He was one of our favorites at 1UP. And he gave Tigertron helpful advice in recent years. True legend.
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Ha, wow! Virtual Boy peripheral and library for Switch 1 & 2 next February. Never would have imagined.
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