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• Anichess — Launched Season 2
• Kitty Kart — Launched Racing
• Mystery Society — Launched on Android
• Eternum — Live on testnet for 1 week
• Desperado B218 — Launched on iOS
• Kamigotchi — Launched their on-chain pet idle RPG game on testnet
• Castaways — Launching a new game that's entirely Web2
• Illuvium — Official Game Launch (July 26)
• AI Waifu — Next iteration of AI Waifu is AIKOI
• Karrat — Introduced "The Others", LLM/SLM powered collectibles part of $KARRAT ecosystem
• Decentral Games — Shipped Private Tables, Voice Chat & More
• BattleBound — Pivoting game design from auto-battler to action RPG
• Fren Pet — Now playable within Telegram
• Tale Weaver — Won StarkNet Hacker House
• Illuvium — Illuvium Zero Beta Launch on iOS/Android/PC/Mac
• MixMob — Token Utility Overview
• Cherry Blue — Composable Game as a Service
• NightMarket — What does true esports look like?
• Happy Chain — ETH L2 that brings free-to-play and zero friction onboarding onchain
• Ryan Rigney — Nobody Knows if your game will pop off
• Tamagucci — Telegram: A Faux Narrative or What
• Material 10 — Announced Project Fallen, a hardcore PvP multiplayer game blending squad-based third-person shooter with RTS elements
• Sparkball — Official Web3 Update & Future of Sparkball
• Kieran — IIP that if approved enables creators, guilds and partners to earn up to 17.5% on purchases made by referrals
• John Patten — Magicswap V2
• Hunter Solaire — Why Pirate Nation's P2A event was perfect
• Arto (Tribo Games) — Web3 version of game X
• Hunters Arena: Revolution — CBT Program (July 18 - 24)
• Plotchy — Using Tech IQ to dominate Kamigotchi
• Doubl3Tap — Ep 24: Ryan Wiancko (Ironbelly Group)
• a16z Games — The Unlikely Return of the Video Game Demo
• Gam3s.GG — Tournaments & Player Engagement
• Venture Games — Episode 46: Matt Ball, Epyllion
• Zima Red — Episode 157: Chris Heatherly
• ChainCraft — How we are creating an AI + Blockchain powered game development platform
• Soccerverse — Announced $3.1m funding round led by Square Enix
• Pixelverse — Announced seed $2m extension round from Galaxy, CRIT Ventures, ARC, and angels
• Runepunk Legends
• Proxi
• Power Protocol
• NEXPACE
• ChainCraft Games
• Enter VR
• Grow Studio
• Incarnation
• BeraTone
• Alliance Games
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• GameCoin — Launched Hot Air on TG
• ZkCandy — Introduced OG Pass
• Gomble Games — Launching new game, EggDrop (July 18)
• Crystals of Naramunz — Open Beta slated for December 2024
• XOCIETY — Battleground Open Playtest (July 15)
• Supervillain Labs — 1st AMA Recap
• Pebble City — Will launch on Android/iOS App Store in Q3 2024
• Ancient 8 — Introduced $A8 ecosystem governance (Token soon?)
• Martin — Building Dota or Valorant on-chain is cool but unlikely to take crypto gaming to the next level but on-chain games will
• Jauwn — The Web3 Metaverse: One Year Later
• Akedo Games — Secured strategic investment from The Open Platform (TOP) to develop Telegram Games in the TON blockchain ecosystem. Their first TG game, Akedog launches on July 18
• Provable Games
• GameCoin
• Yolo
• Onchain Heroes
• Fit Club
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Look at Gaming #397 | 7.15.2024
GM! Welcome back to the grind ladies and gents.
Today I want to cover two headlines and two deep dives that caught my eye.
Apple finally approved Epic Games Store' iOS after rejecting it twice and that Pokémon Sleep earned $100M within its first year!
Layer Licensing showed that the top genre for IP collabs are RPG (20%) and shooters (16%). Film & TV IPs are used the most at 22% and Anime/Comics at a close second at 21%. Surprisingly third place is video game IPs itself at 17%.
Largely mobile and PC use IP collaborations, 71% and 70% respectively.
The second report is about how competitive Steam game releases are getting. Game releases in January has increased 73% since 2021 (745 games in 01/2021 and 1292 in 01/2024)
There's also an interesting blog post from Seufert about mobile ad networks and its survivability outside of mobile games.
That's it from me! I hope everyone has a great week 🙂 .
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⚡ Spotlight 🤩
IP Collaborations in Games in recent years | Layer Licensing
How much busier is Steam for 'significant' games? | GameDiscoverCo
Apple approves Epic Games Store for iOS after rejecting it twice | GamesIndustry.biz
Pokémon Sleep earns $100m in first year revenue | GamesIndustry.biz
🌊 MARKET 📞
Inaugural Esports Olympic Games to be held in Saudi Arabia | GamesIndustry.biz
A year after Scopely acquisition, gaming is different | GamesBeat
Genies launches creator and partner network for avatar IP innovation | GamesBeat
💎 Deep Dives 🔎
IP Collaborations in Games in recent years | Layer Licensing
Building a Foundation for Esports | Konvoy Ventures
Can mobile ad networks succeed beyond gaming? | MobileDevMemo
How much busier is Steam for 'significant' games? | GameDiscoverCo
🌈 Platforms 🏠
Apple approves Epic Games Store for iOS after rejecting it twice | GamesIndustry.biz
Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs | The Verge
Roblox launches advanced analytics tools for developers | PGBiz
Opinion: Call of Duty is tearing Xbox apart | GameDeveloper
Tencent is shutting down its free-to-play shooter Synced after just a year | GamesIndustry.biz
Whataburger launches branded Fortnite map and tournament | Gamesbeat
✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐
Introduction to the GAM3S Creator Program | Gam3s.gg
Sky Mavis Launches PHPC Stablecoin on Ronin Blockchain | Gam3s.gg
Illuvium Zero Beta Launches with New Features and Enhancements | Gam3s.gg
DM2C unveils blockchain game and entertainment platform Seamoon Protocol | GamesBeat
The Future of Blockchain Gaming and Web3 in Asia | Gam3s.gg
🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘
Training the game designers of tomorrow (Part 2/5) | GameDeveloper
💲 Fundraising 🤑
Square-Enix backs blockchain-based football MMO ‘Soccerverse’ | CoinTelegraph
Grand Games raises $3m in funding round | GamesIndustry.biz
Pixelverse Raises $2 Million After Launching Telegram Game | Gam3s.gg
Volley raises $55M voice-enabled AI games | GamesBeat
👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊
Pokémon Sleep earns $100m in first year revenue | GamesIndustry.biz
How Exploding Kittens made the jump from card game to Netflix show | GamesBeat
Get ready for the Palworld licensing bonanza | GamesBeat
GM! Welcome back to the grind ladies and gents.
Today I want to cover two headlines and two deep dives that caught my eye.
Apple finally approved Epic Games Store' iOS after rejecting it twice and that Pokémon Sleep earned $100M within its first year!
Layer Licensing showed that the top genre for IP collabs are RPG (20%) and shooters (16%). Film & TV IPs are used the most at 22% and Anime/Comics at a close second at 21%. Surprisingly third place is video game IPs itself at 17%.
Largely mobile and PC use IP collaborations, 71% and 70% respectively.
The second report is about how competitive Steam game releases are getting. Game releases in January has increased 73% since 2021 (745 games in 01/2021 and 1292 in 01/2024)
There's also an interesting blog post from Seufert about mobile ad networks and its survivability outside of mobile games.
That's it from me! I hope everyone has a great week 🙂 .
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IP Collaborations in Games in recent years | Layer Licensing
How much busier is Steam for 'significant' games? | GameDiscoverCo
Apple approves Epic Games Store for iOS after rejecting it twice | GamesIndustry.biz
Pokémon Sleep earns $100m in first year revenue | GamesIndustry.biz
Inaugural Esports Olympic Games to be held in Saudi Arabia | GamesIndustry.biz
A year after Scopely acquisition, gaming is different | GamesBeat
Genies launches creator and partner network for avatar IP innovation | GamesBeat
IP Collaborations in Games in recent years | Layer Licensing
Building a Foundation for Esports | Konvoy Ventures
Can mobile ad networks succeed beyond gaming? | MobileDevMemo
How much busier is Steam for 'significant' games? | GameDiscoverCo
Apple approves Epic Games Store for iOS after rejecting it twice | GamesIndustry.biz
Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs | The Verge
Roblox launches advanced analytics tools for developers | PGBiz
Opinion: Call of Duty is tearing Xbox apart | GameDeveloper
Tencent is shutting down its free-to-play shooter Synced after just a year | GamesIndustry.biz
Whataburger launches branded Fortnite map and tournament | Gamesbeat
Introduction to the GAM3S Creator Program | Gam3s.gg
Sky Mavis Launches PHPC Stablecoin on Ronin Blockchain | Gam3s.gg
Illuvium Zero Beta Launches with New Features and Enhancements | Gam3s.gg
DM2C unveils blockchain game and entertainment platform Seamoon Protocol | GamesBeat
The Future of Blockchain Gaming and Web3 in Asia | Gam3s.gg
Training the game designers of tomorrow (Part 2/5) | GameDeveloper
Square-Enix backs blockchain-based football MMO ‘Soccerverse’ | CoinTelegraph
Grand Games raises $3m in funding round | GamesIndustry.biz
Pixelverse Raises $2 Million After Launching Telegram Game | Gam3s.gg
Volley raises $55M voice-enabled AI games | GamesBeat
Pokémon Sleep earns $100m in first year revenue | GamesIndustry.biz
How Exploding Kittens made the jump from card game to Netflix show | GamesBeat
Get ready for the Palworld licensing bonanza | GamesBeat
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• Soulbound announced that they were crowned the Grand Prize Winner of Discord App Pitch 2024 opening up the chance to further develop their game in partnership with Discord enhancing its features & expanding its reach within the platform — Read More
• Champions Tactics — Private & Public Champions Mint (July 18)
• Heroes of Mavia — Launched RubyScan (Blockchain Explorer)
• BEAM — July Development Update
• Puffverse — Astronaut NFT Collection Sale (July 18)
• World Shards — Version 0.5.0 Changelog
• RIVES — Released new update
• Immortal Rising 2 — Launching in Q3 2024
• Skyborne Legacy — Released more details around IP Expansion plan
• GamesTX — Blockchain Gaming's deflated sentiment
• Gaming Chronicles — Weekly Alpha 06
• Rocco — Comprehensive beginner guide to Idle RPG game, Kamigotchi
• Game Economist Cast — Episode 28: Banana! (P2E hits Steam, Why now & Why Bananas and the externalities of bots)
• Infinity Ground
• Chat Royale
• Supercut
• Vegas HL
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• Kuroro Beasts launched Beast Ranch, a clicker game with Tamagotchi & farm sim twist on Telegram — Read More
• Anomaly — Launched their Telegram game launcher
• Call of the VoYd — VoYd Heart Genesis Mint on BEAM (July 18)
• The Forgotten Runiverse — Snapshot to migrate Watcher's Rings, Quantum Gifts & Runiverse Land to Ronin on July 19 (July 17 4pm PST)
• Kamigotchi World — Testnet Minting Pool restocked with 1,000 Kamigotchis
• Illuvium — Official Launch Date (July 25)
• Saga — Opening of Vault 3
• Ancient 8 — Launched $A8 Token (Airdrop claims end August 17, 9AM UTC)
• Raini Studios — Lords of Light launches on Apple App Store
• Spirit Force Arena — v1.0.1 Hotfix
• Pudgy Penguins — Joined hit Telegram game, PixelTap by Pixelverse
• Wolves DAO — When is the best time to launch a token: Low vs High Market Sentiment
• Scott Sunarto (Argus Labs) — Why building World Engine helps make on-chain game development easier
• y77c (Mirage Game) — Don't Build an On-Chain Game
• byeddy.eth (DFArchon) — Don't Build a Semi Off-Chain Game
• Technoir (Bitkraft) — Decentralized social graphs could be a huge unlock for games
• Play Providence — The Potential of Web3 Games 2.0
• Zane (Ancient 8) — The coming of the $A8 token and what has changed since we started as a gaming guild back then
• Oh Gamers — Secured $3m seed investment from Axia8 Ventures & angels
• MON Protocol — Launched its web3-focused investment fund MON Ventures with 500 Global as its lead investor
• Project Mirage
• Beast Ranch
• Junky Ursas
• DeFi Dungeons
• Henlo Kart
• Hexacore
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• MapleStory Universe — Revealed Pioneer Testers
• Rumble Arcade — Play to Mint Launch Pre-Party
• Blade Games — Game & Point System Launch (July 23)
• Crypto Unicorns — How to earn from Tribes
• SHADOW War — Next playtest (July 26)
• Planet Mojo — Building on BASE
• Axie Infinity — June SLP Stability Fund Update
• MON Protocol — Launchpool Event #3
• Midnight Society — Entering Founder Testing Stage (Last development phase before early access launch)
• The Forgotten Runiverse — Everything to know about the Ronin Migration Snapshot
• Robin Guo (a16z) — What's the path to WeChat Games?
• apix — Quick rundown of Pixelverse $PIXFI token launch
• Meta Alchemist (Seedify) — 3.5 year journey since launching a token
• 0xKepler (ggQuest) — Biggest mistake teams make in KOL Marketing is mixing up impressions & reach
• Paul Barron — Interview with Pirate Nation CEO Amitt Mahajan on what Proof of Play is cooking beneath the surface of Pirate Nation
• Into the Bytecode — Justin Glibert (Co-Founder of Lattice & 0xPARC): From Economicus to Ludens
• Scenius Studio — Episode 44: BITKRAFT (Carlos Pereira)
• FOCGERS — The road to on-chain gaming for CalltheBanners
• Edison Metaverse — Raised $2.2m angel round to accelerate development of the metaverse
• ByteBuildersLabs
• PARTY ICONS
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GOAT Gaming released their first external game published on their platform. Waifu Clash is a simple, browser-based (Telegram soon) fast-paced 1v1 showdown game based on a classic dice game where players take turns to play random waifu cards into columns to earn points — Read More
• Wanderers — Officially entering open beta on July 30 in Epic Games
• Ember Sword — Launched Beta Test
• Gomble Games — Launched EggDrop
• Anichess — Private Alpha (July 24 - August 7)
• Champions Tactics — Public Mint
• Virtuals Protocol — Thread explaining protocol, ecosystem and team building an on-chain AI Agent protocol
• DF Archon — Understanding Autonomous Worlds in 30s
• Apix — Why Play Duper's gem mechanic is genius, how it works and how to use it to your advantage
• Winnie (Blocktower) — Chinese Apps & the level of gamification present at every stage of the discovery up to purchase experience
• Gam3s.GG — P2A Success, So What's Next
• Doubl3Tap — Episode 25: Long Do (Anomaly)
• Juicy Adventure
• Grand Conquest
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• Axie Infinity — H1 2024 Dev Update
• XTREMEVERSE — v1.5.4 Patch Log Release
• Kamigotchi World — Patch 0.2 Release
• The Forgotten Runiverse — Ronin Migration delayed (Reminder that Quantum Gifts will be re-mintable in August)
• Blast Royale — 0.22 Update Coming Soon
• Castaways — Seems mobile game & token may be coming soon
• Call of the VoYd — VoYd Heart Genesis Mint Event postponed to July 25
• TODAY — Mythic Seed Verification Phase Opens
• Valeria Games — Migrating to XAI
• Ragnarok: Monster World — In Game Footage Preview
• League of Kingdoms — Added Web2 Payment Support
• WEMIX — Announced discontinuation of REFLECT in favor of PLAY token (Swap takes into effect on Sept 2024)
• The Root Network — Announced upgrade from Devnet to Porcini (Testnet)
• AO Games — AO is a paradise for Game Developers
• Gangster Arena — Crew Wars Recap
• Hunter Solaire (Mon Ventures) — How to choose the best play 2 airdrop opportunities
• Antonio Sco (Wolves DAO) — 3 Takeaways from Beacon's NFT Gaming Launch Strategy
• GameSpot — The Key to 1.5B Game Downloads: Hannibal Soares (Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Boomland)
• NPC Labs (b3.fun)— Raised $18m led by Pantera to scale gaming on Base
• NPC Labs
• Over/Under
• AO Games
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Look at Gaming #398 | 7.22.2024
GM! I got a big one for you today. There were many reports and headlines that caught my eye.
Netflix recently released a sizzle reel of its upcoming release of Minesweeper, which looked amazing. I'm excited to check out the live ops on this classic game.
But this is just one of the 80+ new titles that Netflix is going to be releasing. Big things coming out of our favorite streaming app.
Speaking of big things, Team USA Olympic & Paralympic Games partnered with Roblox! The viewership for the olympics skews to the older demographic so I believe this Roblox activation will help bring some younger eye balls to the world stage.
There are quite a few reports that I want to highlight. First up is that WeChat Mini Games hit 500M users, with 55% of users being male and 85% of all players being 24+ year old. Powering this network of mini games are 400,000 developers with the majority of these studios having fewer than 30 people.
In the other side of the world, Americans spent 45B hours on games but that's barely 20% of the time they spent watching videos online. So the battle for attention is contentious as ever. But for those that do play games, 77% of them play on multiple platforms (mobile, PC, console). So cross-play is becoming a default for game studios.
Growth in games are usually driven by ads and the global ads market is expected to hit $1 Trillion by 2026.
Konvoy Ventures released an insightful breakdown of why the games fundraising market has been so tough lately with valuations seeing a decrease of 30-70% compared to 18 months ago.
That's it for this week! Catch y'all on the flip side. Enjoy the rest of your week.
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⚡ Spotlight 🤩
Netflix has 80+ games in development and plans to release "about one new title per month" | GamesIndustry.biz
Roblox announces Team USA Olympic and Paralympic Games partnership | GamesBeat
Monthly Audience of WeChat Mini Games Reached 500M Users | GameDevReports
40% of U.S. gamers play PC, console and mobile games | Comscore
Fundraising Challenges in Gaming | KonvoyVentures
Global ads lift entertainment and media as game industry recovers | PwC
🌊 MARKET 📞
Warner Bros Games acquires MultiVersus studio Player First | GamesBeat
Why there's no market for AAA mobile games | GamesIndustry.biz
Metaverse expert Matthew Ball still believes in the 3D internet | TheVerge
AdInMo updates InGamePlay for non-interruptive in-game ads | GamesBeat
Global ads lift entertainment and media as game industry recovers | PwC
💎 Deep Dives 🔎
Gaming Industry Report - Q2 2024 | KonvoyVentures
40% of U.S. gamers play PC, console and mobile games | Comscore
Monthly Audience of WeChat Mini Games Reached 500M Users | GameDevReports
Gen Z players are highly engaged and looking for new games | Newzoo
Fundraising Challenges in Gaming | KonvoyVentures
Live Service Game Models on Live Streaming | StreamHatchet
Digital toys at play | SuperJoostPlaylist
Gaming Investment Market in Q2'24 | InvestGame
The Distribution of Subscribers Among Twitch Streamers | StreamHatchet
🌈 Platforms 🏠
You can now drive Tesla’s Cybertruck in Fortnite, Rocket League | GamesBeat
Netflix has 80+ games in development and plans to release "about one new title per month" | GamesIndustry.biz
Roblox announces Team USA Olympic and Paralympic Games partnership | GamesBeat
Roblox reveals insights about its emerging game genres | GamesBeat
✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐
Atari partners with Coinbase to bring Asteroids and Breakout to blockchain | GamesBeat
Telegram Hits 950 Million Users Amid Crypto Gaming Boom | Decrypt.gg
Exploring the TON Ecosystem: A Deep Dive into Social Gaming on Telegram | Gam3s.gg
Eight Blockchain Games on Oasys You Need to Know About | Gam3s.gg
Attributions in Crypto | Decentralised.co
Jihoz's "Web3 Gaming Growth Handbook" Summary | Gam3s.gg
💲 Fundraising 🤑
Artificial Agency raises $16 million to alter NPC behaviour in games | PGBiz
NPC Labs raises $18M to bring mainstream games to Web3 | GamesBeat
GM! I got a big one for you today. There were many reports and headlines that caught my eye.
Netflix recently released a sizzle reel of its upcoming release of Minesweeper, which looked amazing. I'm excited to check out the live ops on this classic game.
But this is just one of the 80+ new titles that Netflix is going to be releasing. Big things coming out of our favorite streaming app.
Speaking of big things, Team USA Olympic & Paralympic Games partnered with Roblox! The viewership for the olympics skews to the older demographic so I believe this Roblox activation will help bring some younger eye balls to the world stage.
There are quite a few reports that I want to highlight. First up is that WeChat Mini Games hit 500M users, with 55% of users being male and 85% of all players being 24+ year old. Powering this network of mini games are 400,000 developers with the majority of these studios having fewer than 30 people.
In the other side of the world, Americans spent 45B hours on games but that's barely 20% of the time they spent watching videos online. So the battle for attention is contentious as ever. But for those that do play games, 77% of them play on multiple platforms (mobile, PC, console). So cross-play is becoming a default for game studios.
Growth in games are usually driven by ads and the global ads market is expected to hit $1 Trillion by 2026.
Konvoy Ventures released an insightful breakdown of why the games fundraising market has been so tough lately with valuations seeing a decrease of 30-70% compared to 18 months ago.
That's it for this week! Catch y'all on the flip side. Enjoy the rest of your week.
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Netflix has 80+ games in development and plans to release "about one new title per month" | GamesIndustry.biz
Roblox announces Team USA Olympic and Paralympic Games partnership | GamesBeat
Monthly Audience of WeChat Mini Games Reached 500M Users | GameDevReports
40% of U.S. gamers play PC, console and mobile games | Comscore
Fundraising Challenges in Gaming | KonvoyVentures
Global ads lift entertainment and media as game industry recovers | PwC
Warner Bros Games acquires MultiVersus studio Player First | GamesBeat
Why there's no market for AAA mobile games | GamesIndustry.biz
Metaverse expert Matthew Ball still believes in the 3D internet | TheVerge
AdInMo updates InGamePlay for non-interruptive in-game ads | GamesBeat
Global ads lift entertainment and media as game industry recovers | PwC
Gaming Industry Report - Q2 2024 | KonvoyVentures
40% of U.S. gamers play PC, console and mobile games | Comscore
Monthly Audience of WeChat Mini Games Reached 500M Users | GameDevReports
Gen Z players are highly engaged and looking for new games | Newzoo
Fundraising Challenges in Gaming | KonvoyVentures
Live Service Game Models on Live Streaming | StreamHatchet
Digital toys at play | SuperJoostPlaylist
Gaming Investment Market in Q2'24 | InvestGame
The Distribution of Subscribers Among Twitch Streamers | StreamHatchet
You can now drive Tesla’s Cybertruck in Fortnite, Rocket League | GamesBeat
Netflix has 80+ games in development and plans to release "about one new title per month" | GamesIndustry.biz
Roblox announces Team USA Olympic and Paralympic Games partnership | GamesBeat
Roblox reveals insights about its emerging game genres | GamesBeat
Atari partners with Coinbase to bring Asteroids and Breakout to blockchain | GamesBeat
Telegram Hits 950 Million Users Amid Crypto Gaming Boom | Decrypt.gg
Exploring the TON Ecosystem: A Deep Dive into Social Gaming on Telegram | Gam3s.gg
Eight Blockchain Games on Oasys You Need to Know About | Gam3s.gg
Attributions in Crypto | Decentralised.co
Jihoz's "Web3 Gaming Growth Handbook" Summary | Gam3s.gg
Artificial Agency raises $16 million to alter NPC behaviour in games | PGBiz
NPC Labs raises $18M to bring mainstream games to Web3 | GamesBeat
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80+ Netflix Stories games in development and plans to release "about one new title per month"
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Artificial intelligence tools creator X&Immersion raises €1.1 million in funding | PGbiz
New studio Blue Scarab raises $7m in funding round | GamesIndustry.biz
Mobile multiplayer app Dusk launches with Gen Z focus, raises $8 million in funding | GameDeveloper
Echo Chunk raises $1.4M to make AI-based puzzle games | GamesBeat
👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes debuts on PC early access with cross-play on mobile | GamesBeat
Excerpt from My New Book: The Start of Epic Games, Its First Game “ZZT,” and “Unreal Engine 0” | MatthewBall
Monopoly Go transforms back into a board game | GamesBeat
New studio Blue Scarab raises $7m in funding round | GamesIndustry.biz
Mobile multiplayer app Dusk launches with Gen Z focus, raises $8 million in funding | GameDeveloper
Echo Chunk raises $1.4M to make AI-based puzzle games | GamesBeat
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes debuts on PC early access with cross-play on mobile | GamesBeat
Excerpt from My New Book: The Start of Epic Games, Its First Game “ZZT,” and “Unreal Engine 0” | MatthewBall
Monopoly Go transforms back into a board game | GamesBeat
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• Coinbase partnered with Atari to bring classic games Asteroids and Breakout to the Base blockchain as part of their On-Chain Summer & On-Chain Arcade — Read More
• OKX — Launched Telegram mini-app game called OKX Racer
• Gangster Arena — Rationale behind design choices for Crew Wars
• Sonic — Launching Sonic Testnet Frontier Stage 2 (July 24)
• Zentry — Q3 likely to be a big quarter 👀
• Kamigotchi World — Mochis added to game & daily quests
• RIVES — Launched new cartridge "Life is Hard" (Game of Life implementation)
• Treasure DAO — Launched Magicswap V2 to power their first Game Exchange (GEX) in Zeeverse
• Sunflower Land — Included in Polygon's Community Grants Season 1
• The Forgotten Runiverse — Completed migration to Ronin
• Champions Tactics — Postponed Champions reveal to July 24
• Farcana — Completed purchase of compromised $FAR tokens
• STEPN — Launched Alpha Testing for STEPNGO
• Paragons DAO — H1 2024 Treasury Report
• Tarrence (Cartridge/Dojo/Dope Wars) — Released Ecosystem Update for Dojo & Cartridge
• Rafael Morado (1kx Network) — Dynamic Token Economies for On-Chain Games
• Metagravity — The Role of Decentralised Compute in Hyperscale Gaming
• Polygon — Future of Loyalty Programs within Web3
• Bharat (6529 Capital) — Why Crypto Community loayalty will accrue to founders that tilt heavy into building fully on-chain games in the future
• Into The Metaverse — Episode 96: The Evolution of XR, AI and the Metaverse w/ Charlie Fink
• Unchained — Episode 678: Apps on the TON Blockchain have become extremely popular. Is it sustainable?
• EthCC 2024 — Autonomous Worlds: Komorebi
• EthCC 2024 — Autonomous Worlds: Verifiable Doom, Designing an On-Chain Game Console (Max Hatesuer)
• EthCC 2024 — Autonomous Worlds: Playerchains (David Amor)
• EthCC 2024 — Autonomous Worlds: Building CRDT Objects for P2P Multiplayer Games (Jay Oak)
• EthCC 2024 — Autonomous Worlds: Minimal Viable Game Chain Validium (Billy Rennekamp)
• EthCC 2024 — Autonomous Worlds: What's Next for Dojo (Tarrence Van As)
• Catizen (Pluto) — Raised investment round led by Binance Labs to develop a gaming publishing platform on Telegram
• Abstract (Cube Labs) — Raised $11m funding round led by Founders Fund to develop a consumer-focused Layer 2 blockchain
• AO Games
• VOYA Games
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• MapleStory opens up its Pioneer Test where 1,000+ Pioneers will be able to experience & explore MapleStory N for 10 days — Read More
• Forgotten Runiverse — Released Trailer & NFT Collection Benefits
• The Machines Arena — Launching Play 2 Airdrop Campaign (July 30)
• Cradles — Launching something on TON Ecosystem (August 1)
• Apeiron — S3 Primeval Testing (July 26)
• Desperado B218 — Update Announcement (July 25)
• Stella Fantasy — Shutting down game services on July 31
• Supervillain Labs — Launching first title "Wanted Supervillain" on July 30 (Can pre-register here)
• Treasure DAO — Announced that the action RPG game Synergy Land, will be launching on Treasure Chain
• Onikuma — Introduction to Onikuma, a Berachain native On-Chain social game rooted in game theory
• OKX — Launching Matr1x ($MAX) on OKX Jumpstart (July 29)
• Phylicia Koh (Play Ventures) — Will Telegram become the next gaming distribution Super App?
• Illuvium — What to expect for the official game launch & how to prepare
• Calc.eth (Loot Realms) — Loot Realms Ecosystem Mega-thread
• Skarly — Ex Wolf Game Dev announced new project, Onchain Heroes
• Movement Labs — Infinite Seas, a maritime trading & diplomatic social MMO game
• WORLDS — Player Driven Building in Dark Forest
• Doubl3Tap — Episode 26: Justin Waldron (GEMZ)
• Elfin Metaverse X
• Infinite Seas
• Cupcake Protocol
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• BLOCKLORDS launched their token $LRDS (Tradable via Coinbase, Gate, Kucoin, etc) and opened up their node reward program where stakers can claim & lock $LRDS for their upcoming L3 Lordchain Nodes — Read More
• Moonfrost — Frost Hunter Licenses will give access to every Moonfrost release, Frost airdrop & more (AR3 starts on July 29)
• Illuvium — Launched Illuvium Zero: Beta on Mainnet (Accessible on Android/iOS/Epic Games)
• Fableborne — Ending Adventures Season 1 with Primordial Essence Airdrop (July 26)
• Maplestory — Tutorials to get started playing MapleStory N
• Star Atlas — Passed PIP DAO Proposals 1 (Ratify Star Atlas DAO) & 2 (Ratify Operations of Star Atlas Foundation). 2 more pending PIPs 3 (Establish Star Atlas Council) & 4 (Seed Star Atlas Ecosystem Fund w/ 20% of DAO Treasury)
• Call of the VoYd — What are VoYd hearts
• John Patten (Treasure DAO) — $SMOL Takeover & Introduction to SMOL404, a PoC alternative to memecoins & CC0 NFTs
• Fractional Uprising Studios — Earn beans in OpenSeason's in-game points system
• Gaming Chronicles — Animoca Brands' Tower Ecosystem enters Telegram gaming
• Uncharted — Understanding $xU & $GREED and their utility within Gangster Arena Crew Wars
• Oscar (Wolves DAO) — Telegram games suck but for some perspective
• Apix — Gangster Arena is a great example of a simple game with a focus on economy and gamification
• Gam3Girl Ventures — Announced the launch of their Web3 gaming incubation fund
• WanderCorp
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• Material 10 — Released walkthrough of their first playable for Project Fallen, a competitive shooter game where players manage different squads in third-person and tactical mode
• MAYG — Launched airdrop beta period for their social competitive PC game. 40% of $MAYG supply to be airdropped to players. (July 25 - August 26)
• Supervillain Labs — Launch of Supervillain Wanted 40K Capsule NFT Sale (July 29)
• Upland — $SPARKLET Share and Build Airdrop Chapter 2
• ZTX — Passed Community Proposal for ZIP 001 (Onboard ZEPETO creators & establish them as ZTX Ambassadors)
• Fractional Uprising Studios — New token contract for $FU on Mainnet
• Persona — Launched exclusive OE NFT (Mint available from July 25 - August 24)
• The Machines Arena — Introducing asset liquidity limits & phase out schedule
• World Shards — Whitelist Drop Event (July 26)
• Call of the VoYd — VoYd Heart Mint Suspended
• Illuvium — Opened up Region Travel
• Captain & Company — Play To Earn is back
• Paradise Tycoon — MOANI token pre-sale for Paradise Pass NFT Holders
• Wanderers — Mint Limited Vesna Comic (Collaboration w/ Drip Haus)
• Bankless — Onchain Games: Can human players still be competitive when bots take over?
• David Amor (Playmint) — Combining downstream with new tech (Playerchains) to build on-chain games that don't compromise on decentralisation
• BLOCKLORDS — How $LRDS is transforming gaming and why it's set to become the ultimate BLOCKLORDS asset
• TON — Why TON's partnership with Animoca Brands is a big deal (450 portcos will migrate to Ton Blockchain)
• GAM3S.GG — TG Games: Here to stay or a fad?
• XP.GG
• VRMC Studio
• Click & Moo
• Honor
• Recollect
• Evolute
• Cosmic Bomber
• Anykraft
• NEON Runners
• For The Kingdom
• Play Tactix
• Abyss X
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Look at Gaming #399 | 7.29.2024
GM! It's Monday. Rise and Grind!
Epic news, literally. In one of the discovery files during the Epic v Apple and Epic v Google trials, it was noted that Fortnite pulled in $100M+ to the app stores. Then just this week Epic Games is removing Fortnite from the Apple App Store to offer its flagship game on alternative app stores. POWER MOVE.
Additionally, there are a handful of great guides and how-to articles in this edition of the Weekly LAG. I want to spotlight a few such as the how to matchmake based on players' skill and how to market a game in this landscape,
Then there's a piece on why it's so expensive to develop games in the US. The obvious answer is human capital costs but there's more. Cash flow in the games industry is unpredictable. Revenue often comes from new major releases or game updates while operational costs are constant, if not increasing. On the talent level, studios in the US have to compete with big tech's massive compensation packages while also paying cost of employment like 401ks, taxes, and healthcare.
Lastly there are two blog posts from Decentralised.Co and Deconstructor of Fun that caught my eye. The piece about Aggregation theory applied in crypto was quite insightful, especially with concrete examples and data about Layer3. From DoF, the article was about Platform Payouts and Fortnite's UEFN. A comparison was made between a walled garden and a free marketplace, and how Fortnite Creators are somewhere in the middle.
That's it for this week's LAG! Catch y'all on the flip side. Have a wonderful rest of your week.
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⚡ Spotlight 🤩
Epic will bring Fortnite to third-party iOS app stores | TheVerge
How skill matters in Call of Duty multiplayer matchmaking | GamesBeat
How to market a game: an introduction to game marketing | GameDeveloper
Why is it so expensive to make games in the United States? | GameDeveloper
The Power of Aggregation | Decentralised.co
Platform Payouts and Fortnite’s Unique Approach | DeconstructorOfFun
🌊 MARKET 📞
Why is it so expensive to make games in the United States? | GameDeveloper
Rumble Explained: The Political Live Streaming Platform | StreamHatchet
The Limits of CCU For Measuring Game Success | a16z Games
💎 Deep Dives 🔎
Mobile Gaming Market in 2024 & beyond | Sensor Tower
Metaverse 2. | SuperJoostPlaylist
The Power of Aggregation | Decentralised.co
The illusion of skill: how to make a better game in less time | GameDeveloper
What's the country split for players of hit Steam games? | GameDiscoverCo
The average age of video game makers keeps going up | GameFile
Platform Payouts and Fortnite’s Unique Approach | DeconstructorOfFun
🌈 Platforms 🏠
Epic will bring Fortnite to third-party iOS app stores | TheVerge
Is Game Pass underperforming? | GameDeveloper
✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐
Telegram Hits 950 Million Users Amid Crypto Gaming Boom | Decrypt.gg
Forge pivots to game marketing with community-led growth tools | GamesBeat
🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘
How skill matters in Call of Duty multiplayer matchmaking | GamesBeat
How to market a game: an introduction to game marketing | GameDeveloper
Best practices for in-game shops: How to convert players into spending | PGBiz
How to Market a Game: Results of the H1'24 and Q2'24 in Steam for Indie Games | GameDevReports
💲 Fundraising 🤑
Look North World raises $2.25M for its Fortnite UGC games and creator label | GamesBeat
Freestyle Chess debuts with $12M in funding for tournament series | GamesBeat
Ponchiqs Raises $1.75M After PonchKick Telegram Game Launch | Gam3s.gg
Pudgy Penguins' Parent Company Igloo, Inc. Raises $11 Million | Gam3s.gg
👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊
Bandai Namco and Look North World partner on Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance on Fortnite | GamesBeat
Deadpool and Wolverine movie marketing blitz hits video games | GamesBeat
Monster Hunter Now reveals MrBeast collab and global group hunts | GamesBeat
GM! It's Monday. Rise and Grind!
Epic news, literally. In one of the discovery files during the Epic v Apple and Epic v Google trials, it was noted that Fortnite pulled in $100M+ to the app stores. Then just this week Epic Games is removing Fortnite from the Apple App Store to offer its flagship game on alternative app stores. POWER MOVE.
Additionally, there are a handful of great guides and how-to articles in this edition of the Weekly LAG. I want to spotlight a few such as the how to matchmake based on players' skill and how to market a game in this landscape,
Then there's a piece on why it's so expensive to develop games in the US. The obvious answer is human capital costs but there's more. Cash flow in the games industry is unpredictable. Revenue often comes from new major releases or game updates while operational costs are constant, if not increasing. On the talent level, studios in the US have to compete with big tech's massive compensation packages while also paying cost of employment like 401ks, taxes, and healthcare.
Lastly there are two blog posts from Decentralised.Co and Deconstructor of Fun that caught my eye. The piece about Aggregation theory applied in crypto was quite insightful, especially with concrete examples and data about Layer3. From DoF, the article was about Platform Payouts and Fortnite's UEFN. A comparison was made between a walled garden and a free marketplace, and how Fortnite Creators are somewhere in the middle.
That's it for this week's LAG! Catch y'all on the flip side. Have a wonderful rest of your week.
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Epic will bring Fortnite to third-party iOS app stores | TheVerge
How skill matters in Call of Duty multiplayer matchmaking | GamesBeat
How to market a game: an introduction to game marketing | GameDeveloper
Why is it so expensive to make games in the United States? | GameDeveloper
The Power of Aggregation | Decentralised.co
Platform Payouts and Fortnite’s Unique Approach | DeconstructorOfFun
Why is it so expensive to make games in the United States? | GameDeveloper
Rumble Explained: The Political Live Streaming Platform | StreamHatchet
The Limits of CCU For Measuring Game Success | a16z Games
Mobile Gaming Market in 2024 & beyond | Sensor Tower
Metaverse 2. | SuperJoostPlaylist
The Power of Aggregation | Decentralised.co
The illusion of skill: how to make a better game in less time | GameDeveloper
What's the country split for players of hit Steam games? | GameDiscoverCo
The average age of video game makers keeps going up | GameFile
Platform Payouts and Fortnite’s Unique Approach | DeconstructorOfFun
Epic will bring Fortnite to third-party iOS app stores | TheVerge
Is Game Pass underperforming? | GameDeveloper
Telegram Hits 950 Million Users Amid Crypto Gaming Boom | Decrypt.gg
Forge pivots to game marketing with community-led growth tools | GamesBeat
How skill matters in Call of Duty multiplayer matchmaking | GamesBeat
How to market a game: an introduction to game marketing | GameDeveloper
Best practices for in-game shops: How to convert players into spending | PGBiz
How to Market a Game: Results of the H1'24 and Q2'24 in Steam for Indie Games | GameDevReports
Look North World raises $2.25M for its Fortnite UGC games and creator label | GamesBeat
Freestyle Chess debuts with $12M in funding for tournament series | GamesBeat
Ponchiqs Raises $1.75M After PonchKick Telegram Game Launch | Gam3s.gg
Pudgy Penguins' Parent Company Igloo, Inc. Raises $11 Million | Gam3s.gg
Bandai Namco and Look North World partner on Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance on Fortnite | GamesBeat
Deadpool and Wolverine movie marketing blitz hits video games | GamesBeat
Monster Hunter Now reveals MrBeast collab and global group hunts | GamesBeat
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Epic will bring Fortnite to third-party iOS app stores
Epic is also removing Fortnite from Samsung’s app store.
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• Moonfrost, a F2P life-sim farming RPG will release its 3rd closed alpha on Epic Games this July 29 — Read More
• Wanderers — Open Beta launch (July 30)
• Lumiterra — Opening CBT#1 on Ronin (August 5)
• UNIOVERSE — Hero #3 Free Mint on Magic Eden (August 6)
• Star Atlas — Airdrop of crew packs and ship components to ship holders (August 9)
• Sipher — Play to Airdrop Season 1: Final Phase (Ends August 11)
• THE WATCH — Official Game Release (August 28)
• Illuvium — Launched cosmetic store
• Gomble Games — $winG tokens convert to $G tokens during TGE
• Blast Royale — $NOOB to get an upgrade in next update
• Loot Realms — V1 Staking Program to be replaced by Lordship Phase 1
• OpenSeason — F2P coming soon
• MixMob — Phase 2 Mint for Gen0 Holders
• Soulbound — Next release "Summer Seige" introduces farming
• OhBabyGames — Released Patch Notes v0.5 for Oh Baby Kart
• Lattice — MUD & Redstone Newsletter #8
• ZkCandy — Ecosystem Roundup
• BenMac — 2 Telegram Games on Berachain
• Deconstructor of Fun — DMA for Dummies: Archie Stonehill, Head of Product of Stash
• Maxion Labs
• The Banana Game
• Ragnarok: Monster World
• MOCS
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• Supervillain Labs launched their idle RPG Game, Supervillain Wanted on both iOS/Google App Stores — Read More
• Pegaxy — Reintroducing rental features in Pegaxy: Blaze (July 30)
• Axie Infinity — Launching Homeland Avatar mode (July 31)
• Paradise Tycoon — MOANI Claim (Starts on August 1)
• Fusionist — Will use Hyperlane as their cross-chain solution
• Zoids Wild Arena — Will release on Immutable as well
• Beramonium Chronicles — bArtio Testnet Mint
• FaultProofBen (WASD) — Games to try for newcomers to on-chain gaming
• Dojo — How verifiable computation is set to transform our culture and gaming experiences
• Real Agency — PFP Presale Thread: Where Real Agency is going & what they are doing
• DegenPumpGame
• Endless Clouds Foundation
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• The Forgotten Runiverse is launching the closed beta for their F2P fantasy MMORPG today after migrating to Ronin. Closed beta will be from July 31 to August 2 with a public build scheduled for late August (Mobile still in preview state) — Read More
• Axie Infinity — Origins S9 Post Season
• Tatsumeeko — Releasing first official trailer, soundtrack release and pre-beta preview #2 registration this August
• MATR1X FIRE — Launched Gold Rust Test
• The Machines Arena — Launched Play 2 Airdrop Campaign (Will last for 8 weeks)
• Phantom Galaxies — Partnered with HyperPlay to launch new quests
• BEAM — July Recap
• MixMob — LFG City Mint
• BoomLand — Genesis Sale Final Tier (August 6)
• GAM3S.GG — What is the Secret to Pixels Growth
• Small Brain — Released elements.fun, an endless crafting game on Base
• Geezee (Mantle) — The success of Fantasy Westward Journey and how close its system is to crypto
• GameSpot — Laguna Games (Crypto Unicorns): How this CEO (Aron Beierschmitt) turned 3 failures into a multi-million dollar company
• Pachinko Labs
• PLAYTRON
• SuiPlay
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Look at Gaming #400 | 8.05.2024
GM! Back to the grind on Monday!
Short one this week. Game Informer, the publication that's been around for 33 years, is shutting down. GameStop closed Game Informer's doors last Friday August 2nd. Game Informer is a source that I use for the Look At Gaming. RIP.
On the other end of the spectrum, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are opening a new studio with the purpose of creating Double-A franchise spinoffs. Recall that Riot did a similar move previously called Riot Forge but that initiative got shut down a few years after it launched.
In brighter news, the industry-wide layoffs seem to have slowed, with a cautiously optimistic uptick in employment. Here are some stats. 8k layoffs in 2022, 10k in 2023, and 11.5k so far in 2024.
Lastly, The Pokémon Company pulled down $10B revenue in 2023 from merch and licensed goods. Lifetime merchandising revenue is $92B. And it's only the 7th biggest licensor in 2023. Unlike the declining revenue numbers we see in the games industry since the pandemic, Pokémon licensing revenue keeps climbing higher -- though it did drop in 2023. $8.5B in 2021, $11.6B in 2022, and $10B this year.
There's also some great pieces in the Knowledge Hub section about monetization and skill-based player matching.
Catch y'all next week!
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⚡ Spotlight 🤩
GameStop shuts down Game Informer | GamesIndustry.biz
Report: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard launch studio focused on franchise spinoffs | GameDeveloper
Game job layoff forecast is getting better, with job cuts slowing dramatically in July | GamesBeat
The Pokémon Company caught $10.8 billion from merch and licenced goods last year | PGBiz
🌊 MARKET 📞
GameStop shuts down Game Informer | GamesIndustry.biz
A pivotal online hub for ROM hacks goes news-only after two decades | TheVerge
The future of mobile market intelligence | PGBiz
Esports World Cup halftime report: 175M+ hours watched, 60K tickets sold | GamesBeat
The opportunity costs of NFT madness are still being paid | GamesIndustry.biz
Keeping games secure is like a battle royale | Akama
Game job layoff forecast is getting better, with job cuts slowing dramatically in July | GamesBeat
Gamescom Asia: We want to give Southeast Asian developers a platform to shine | GamesIndustry.biz
A small games manifesto | GameDeveloper
💎 Deep Dives 🔎
Let the Games Begin | KonvoyVentures
Luxury gaming | SuperJoostPlaylist
🌈 Platforms 🏠
Report: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard launch studio focused on franchise spinoffs | GameDeveloper
✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐
Miladycraft: The Grand Remilia Ball and 'Network Spirituality' in Minecraft | Decrypt.gg
🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘
This online puzzle community has a fresh twist on battle passes | TheVerge
SocialPeta Partnered with Liftoff to Release the Guide to Growing Chinese Gaming Apps Overseas | PGBiz
Game Monetisation Design: Strategies, Trends, and Best Practices with Oscar Clark | PGBiz
Inworld AI adds localization for Mandarin, Japanese and Korean | GamesBeat
Win Streak: the Gift That Keeps on Giving | DeconstructorOfFun
Deprioritizing skill-based matchmaking turned Call of Duty into The Bad Place | GameDeveloper
Level Design Postmortem: Sixth Street (Zenless Zone Zero) | GameDeveloper
💲 Fundraising 🤑
Games studio 2weeks has raised $1.25m in pre-seed funding | PGBiz
NCSoft invests $3.5 million in Swedish studio Moon Rover Games | PGBiz
Dstlry raises $5M for digital comics publishing and marketplace | GamesBeat
Dotplay obtains $1m in funding | GamesIndustry.biz
👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊
Valorant launches on consoles in select markets | GamesBeat
How Borderlands bridges the border of film and games — Randy Pitchford and Jamie Lee Curtis | GamesBeat
The Pokémon Company caught $10.8 billion from merch and licenced goods last year | PGBiz
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GM! Back to the grind on Monday!
Short one this week. Game Informer, the publication that's been around for 33 years, is shutting down. GameStop closed Game Informer's doors last Friday August 2nd. Game Informer is a source that I use for the Look At Gaming. RIP.
On the other end of the spectrum, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are opening a new studio with the purpose of creating Double-A franchise spinoffs. Recall that Riot did a similar move previously called Riot Forge but that initiative got shut down a few years after it launched.
In brighter news, the industry-wide layoffs seem to have slowed, with a cautiously optimistic uptick in employment. Here are some stats. 8k layoffs in 2022, 10k in 2023, and 11.5k so far in 2024.
Lastly, The Pokémon Company pulled down $10B revenue in 2023 from merch and licensed goods. Lifetime merchandising revenue is $92B. And it's only the 7th biggest licensor in 2023. Unlike the declining revenue numbers we see in the games industry since the pandemic, Pokémon licensing revenue keeps climbing higher -- though it did drop in 2023. $8.5B in 2021, $11.6B in 2022, and $10B this year.
There's also some great pieces in the Knowledge Hub section about monetization and skill-based player matching.
Catch y'all next week!
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GameStop shuts down Game Informer | GamesIndustry.biz
Report: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard launch studio focused on franchise spinoffs | GameDeveloper
Game job layoff forecast is getting better, with job cuts slowing dramatically in July | GamesBeat
The Pokémon Company caught $10.8 billion from merch and licenced goods last year | PGBiz
GameStop shuts down Game Informer | GamesIndustry.biz
A pivotal online hub for ROM hacks goes news-only after two decades | TheVerge
The future of mobile market intelligence | PGBiz
Esports World Cup halftime report: 175M+ hours watched, 60K tickets sold | GamesBeat
The opportunity costs of NFT madness are still being paid | GamesIndustry.biz
Keeping games secure is like a battle royale | Akama
Game job layoff forecast is getting better, with job cuts slowing dramatically in July | GamesBeat
Gamescom Asia: We want to give Southeast Asian developers a platform to shine | GamesIndustry.biz
A small games manifesto | GameDeveloper
Let the Games Begin | KonvoyVentures
Luxury gaming | SuperJoostPlaylist
Report: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard launch studio focused on franchise spinoffs | GameDeveloper
Miladycraft: The Grand Remilia Ball and 'Network Spirituality' in Minecraft | Decrypt.gg
This online puzzle community has a fresh twist on battle passes | TheVerge
SocialPeta Partnered with Liftoff to Release the Guide to Growing Chinese Gaming Apps Overseas | PGBiz
Game Monetisation Design: Strategies, Trends, and Best Practices with Oscar Clark | PGBiz
Inworld AI adds localization for Mandarin, Japanese and Korean | GamesBeat
Win Streak: the Gift That Keeps on Giving | DeconstructorOfFun
Deprioritizing skill-based matchmaking turned Call of Duty into The Bad Place | GameDeveloper
Level Design Postmortem: Sixth Street (Zenless Zone Zero) | GameDeveloper
Games studio 2weeks has raised $1.25m in pre-seed funding | PGBiz
NCSoft invests $3.5 million in Swedish studio Moon Rover Games | PGBiz
Dstlry raises $5M for digital comics publishing and marketplace | GamesBeat
Dotplay obtains $1m in funding | GamesIndustry.biz
Valorant launches on consoles in select markets | GamesBeat
How Borderlands bridges the border of film and games — Randy Pitchford and Jamie Lee Curtis | GamesBeat
The Pokémon Company caught $10.8 billion from merch and licenced goods last year | PGBiz
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Game Informer has been shut down after 33 years in publication.
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• Matr1x Fire listed their token, $MAX on CEX exchanges like OKX and announced a pre-TGE burn of 20%. As of writing, the token is currently trading at $38.25m Market Cap | $225m FDV — Read More
• Loot Realms — Launched Lordship Bridge (Can bridge Realms to Starknet)
• DF Archon — Released Dark Forest Ares v0.1 r4: Union on Redstone
• Otherside — Releasing Otherside Development Kit on ApeChain (August 2024)
• HyperPlay — Launched HyperPlay Quests, their new in-game platform for real-world rewards
• Echelon — Hosting Uplink, an invite-only annual gaming-focused event during Token2049 Singapore
• BattleBound — Onboarded Krisma as the Director of Growth for their upcoming creature-collecting RPG
• Paima Studios — Announced Click & Moo, a decentralized idle game
• Cosmic Bomber — Launched the open beta of their casual multiplayer arcade game
• Battle Bears — PC & Mobile Global Launch (August 20)
• BAG.win — Added slots, crash, blackjack, roulette and plinko to BAG
• zKorp — Launched mobile playable for zKube
• Notcoin — Introduced Not Games, a platform enabling game builders to deliver new experiences to Telegram users
• GOAT Gaming — Minted out their Genesis Goats NFT Collection
• Rumble Kong League — Introduced Playstyles, attribute enhancing specializations for the ecosystem
• Blocmates — Web3 Gaming is Inevitable: Don't Get Shaken Out Here
• Yijia (0xCurio) — Why I'm bullish on Duper as a Poker challenger
• Imran Khan (Alliance DAO) — PWAs are a fast & easy way to build a beta product w/ crypto-native features that bypasses App Store restrictions but the final product should be a native mobile app
• WASD — Weekly Read 8/2/2024
• MagicBlock — Announced winners of 3rd edition of the Solana Speedrun game jam
• Maximum Jailbreak — Fango 1000: An on-chain narrative game where players must tell stories, the best ones last forever, the worst ones are buried in mud
• Sejin — Building FriendTech Pokedex, a Gamified Trading Card Game
• MUD & Redstone Newsletter — Edition #39: Multi-namespace support, MUD <> reth compatibility, ZK MUD & more
• Game7 Dao — Announced their Credits Campaign Program to reward active & engaged players
• John Patten (Treasure DAO) — Early $MAGIC team members that leeched tokens have fully sold now
• GAM3S.GG — The Biggest Misconceptions about Web3 Gaming
• Venture Games — Episode 47: Phil Sanderson (Griffin Gaming Partners)
• Game7 — From King of the Hill to Crisis: This CEO realized his company was Doomed (Playmint, David Amor)
• Naavik — Web3 Innovation w/ Mirai Labs
• EthCC — Friction Kills: Unburden users with chain services (HappyChain, Norswap)
• Cartridge — Announced $7.5m Series A round led by BITKRAFT to further empower developers to build provable on-chain games & autonomous worlds
• Echoes of Eldoria
• TxSpaces HQ
• Gud Game
• Altera AI
• Battue
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• The Ronin Bridge suffered a potential MEV exploit earlier today which resulted in 2m USDC & 3,996 ETH being withdrawn. Since working w/ the white hats, 3,991 ETH has been returned. Bridge will remain paused and will undergo an audit before being reopened. A post-mortem will be issued next week — Read More
• Angelic — Launching their Strategy RPG Multiplayer Alpha Test (August 6)
• Unioverse — Released their interoperable game NFT Mint on Magic Eden (August 6)
• Axie Infinity — Origins PvE / Roguelike ETA (August 7)
• Blade Games — CoinPUPS game mission (August 7)
• AI Arena — Launching AI Arena Champion NFT Collection (August 8)
• Etherscape — Launching on Epic Games (August 16)
• Sequence — Announced that they are partnering with Ubisoft & Arbitrum to launch Captain Laswerhawk: THE GAME, a transmedia gaming adventure
• Apecoin — AIP Proposal #438 passes to establish a $10m Apecoin Ventures Fund together w/ Animoca Ventures who will match with $5m
• Hexacore — Launched their AGO Pass Mint on Magic Eden
• Gamecoin — Launched their newest game, "Hidden Objects" on Telegram
• Zenith — Rebranded from Autochessia to Zenith and will continue developing their Team Fight Tactics-inspired fully on-chain game
• BNB Chain — Announced the newest gaming projects building on BNB Chain (C WORLD, Karat Galaxy, MetaCollabWin & Seraph)
• TONX — Hosting the Future of TON GameFi: Insights
• Calc.eth (Loot Realms) — Loot Realms Monthly Updates
• MapleStory Universe — Pioneer Test Statistics: Part 1 (70% participation, 82% retention rate, 20% of Pioneers played 480min on avg daily)
• Prof G Conversations — Matthew Ball: Is It Time to Remember the Metaverse?
• Curio — Announced their $8.7m raise to build Duper, a high stakes on-chain diplomacy game & also launched Season 1 which will run for 6 weeks
• Byte Beasts
• Knivelty Labs
• Captain Laswerhawk Universe
• Seraph
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