Mobile games studio optimizing live ops and player economics at scale
NaturalMotion Games develops and operates mobile games with live-service economics at its core. The studio is actively engineering around player behavior analytics (dashboards, telemetry, ML-driven economy modeling) and live-ops automation (event calendars, creative optimization), while managing acquisition across Meta, Google, Snapchat, and AppLovin — a footprint typical of studios balancing organic discovery with paid channels. Hiring velocity is decelerating with a senior-heavy product team, suggesting focus on optimization and consolidation rather than new product launches.
Notable leadership hires: Product Director
NaturalMotion Games is a UK-based mobile games studio owned by Zynga (a Take-Two subsidiary), operating live-service titles including CSR Racing 2, Dawn of Titans, and Star Wars: Hunters. The studio operates as part of a portfolio spanning over 175 countries and regions. Core operations center on live-ops management—maintaining player engagement through event scheduling, in-game economy balancing, and continuous content delivery—alongside user acquisition campaigns across major ad networks. The team blends product, marketing, and data disciplines to drive monetization and retention.
CSR Racing 3 live ops features, ML simulation for game economy modeling, player behavior dashboards, live-event optimization, and new user acquisition campaigns across Meta, Google, Snapchat, and AppLovin.
Unity for game engine, SQL for data, Tableau for analytics, Google Sheets for operations, plus Meta, Google, Snapchat, TikTok, and AppLovin for user acquisition and monetization.
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