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Look at Gaming #247 | Friday July 7th 2023 Late post y'all! Apologies for missing it yesterday! But here's your news for Friday. I want to spotlight Riot's publishing division called Riot Forge. This is the prime example of an IP-Turn-Platform. Riot launched a publisher to further expand its universe for its IP. They recognized that the MOBA genre isn't great for storytelling so they decided to allow other studios to take their IP and build new worlds and rich lore. One could draw a parallel from Riot's success to what all the web3 games/studios are trying to do with their "ecosystem" angles. But what's important to note is that Brandon Beck and Mark Merrill (founders of Riot) set out to build the best MOBA game, not to platformatize their IP. Gotta get the basics right first. Recall that Riot started as a "fork" of the Warcraft III mode called Defend of the Ancients (DotA). Riot's success story is worthy of a case study. Have a great weekend y'all. ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Riot Forge boss "would love" to publish League of Legends dating sim | GameDeveloper 🌊 MARKET 📞 Report: Women make up 37% of Asia's gamers | GamesIndustry.biz NCSoft stock down 36.6% since January, with further dip after lacklustre pre-reg | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz Niantic Layoffs / Square Enix’s Future / FTC Lawsuit Revelations | Naavik Embracer Group raises $182 million through share issue | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz South Korean regulator ousts staff after odd corruption investigation | GameDeveloper 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 The Death of the Social Internet, and What’s Next | Jacob Wolf Virtual Reality and Misaligned Expectations | Konvoy 🌈 Platforms 🏠 How Samsung gives gamers options beyond buying consoles | Mike Lucero | VentureBeat Court blocks restraining order against EA college football game | GamesIndustry.biz Riot Forge boss "would love" to publish League of Legends dating sim | GameDeveloper ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 The Most Anticipated Crypto and NFT Games | Decrypt Sorare unveils licensed NFTs for top NBA draft picks | VentureBeat Web3 games don’t need to highlight blockchain elements to succeed | TechCrunch Sega cools interest in blockchain and NFT games | GameDeveloper 👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊 Microsoft reported about 21M+ sold Xbox Series S|X | GameDevReports

Look at Gaming #247 | Friday July 7th 2023 ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Riot Forge boss "would love" to publish League of Legends dating sim | GameDeveloper 🌊 MARKET 📞 Report: Women make up 37% of Asia's gamers | GamesIndustry.biz NCSoft stock down 36.6% since January, with further dip after lacklustre pre-reg | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz Niantic Layoffs / Square Enix’s Future / FTC Lawsuit Revelations | Naavik Embracer Group raises $182 million through share issue | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz South Korean regulator ousts staff after odd corruption investigation | GameDeveloper 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 The Death of the Social Internet, and What’s Next | Jacob Wolf Virtual Reality and Misaligned Expectations | Konvoy 🌈 Platforms 🏠 How Samsung gives gamers options beyond buying consoles | Mike Lucero | VentureBeat Court blocks restraining order against EA college football game | GamesIndustry.biz Riot Forge boss "would love" to publish League of Legends dating sim | GameDeveloper ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 The Most Anticipated Crypto and NFT Games | Decrypt Sorare unveils licensed NFTs for top NBA draft picks | VentureBeat Web3 games don’t need to highlight blockchain elements to succeed | TechCrunch Sega cools interest in blockchain and NFT games | GameDeveloper 👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊 Microsoft reported about 21M+ sold Xbox Series S|X | GameDevReports

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Look at Gaming #246 | Thursday July 6th 2023 Fundraising has been tough all around unless you're an AI company. For gaming we saw a dip in deal count in Q2 2023. In terms of exits, we're at the lowest since Q1 of 2018. With the uncertainty surrounding anti-trust and regs, large acquisitions are stalled. Additionally, crossover funds, PE funds, basically any institution with a deep stack is trigger shy right now. Europe and North America numbers drag the global figures lower but Asia is roughly on pace with 2022. Rough, rough, rough! All eyes on the MSFT v FTC case results. ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Global VC deals slipped further in Q2 | Pitchbook | VentureBeat 🌊 MARKET 📞 Embracer raises $182 million via share issue | GamesIndustry.biz Global VC deals slipped further in Q2 | Pitchbook | VentureBeat Steam Bans CS:GO Accounts With $2 Million Worth of Skins—Do NFTs Fix This? | Decrypt South Korean government charges Game Rating and Administration Committee with embezzlement | GamesIndustry.biz GameRefinery & Liftoff: Mid-core games in 2023 | GameDevReport MENA and social gaming - what does it take to succeed in one of the world’s fast | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz 🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘 The complete introduction to Unity game development | GameDeveloper Rovio's masterclass for creating memorable characters | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz An indie developer's guide to industry events, trade shows, and exhibitions | GameDeveloper Harnessing the Potential of Video Game Sound Design | Kevuru Games How to create engaging open worlds | GamesIndustry.biz 💲 Fundraising 🤑 Aito raises $6.5M to make finger-sensing and haptics for laptops | VentureBeat

Look at Gaming #245 | Wednesday July 5th 2023 Quiet day today in gaming land. Thinking folks are just sitting back this week and holding out all news in the off chance that the FTC v MSFT court ruling was released — that would for sure drown out all other headlines. Nonetheless, we see another court-related action today. Apple is appealing to the US Supreme Court to overturn a decision in the Epic antitrust case. Recall that although the District Court of California ruled against Epic on 9 out of 10 claims, the one claim that got approved was the most important one regarding Apple's anti-steering practices (aka not allowing developers to use 3rd party payment portals). Apple had already appealed this to the US Court of Appeals but it looks like the Appellate court is going to uphold the District court's ruling. So Apple must seek "justice" from the highest court of the land. Apple is claiming two key things: (1) Since Epic isn't representative of a class, the court can't apply a universal injunction; (2) Since the case was brought in California, it shouldn't be a nationwide injunction. This is coming on the heels of rumors about Meta and their app store inside the FB mobile app. Turf wars everywhere. ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Apple asks US Supreme Court to overthrow ruling in Epic antitrust case | GamesIndustry.biz 🌊 MARKET 📞 Why do games media layoffs keep happening? | GamesIndustry.biz June’s top mobile game downloads worldwide | Mobilegamer.biz 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 Meta to launch a Twitter competitor. Can this time be different? | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Apple asks US Supreme Court to overthrow ruling in Epic antitrust case | GamesIndustry.biz 🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘 Grow your retention & focus on fun | Deconstructor of Fun Creating Rhythm-Action Game by Hi-Fi Rush creator | The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook ————— Drop a gg in the comment. I want to hear from you guys! Anyone playing D4?

Look at Gaming #244 | Tuesday July 4th 2023 Happy Fourth! Enjoy some good ol' BBQ y'all! 💥😎 Valve gave us a little insight into how their thinking about AI-generated games on Steam. The crux of their policy is the legality of the AI content. Valve must adhere to current copyright laws and policies in place. But as we all know legislation/regulation moves much slower than innovation. This is a very conservative stance on Valve's part. But the Half-Life creator also said that they know the landscape is constantly evolving and so will they — as the famous PR line goes, "the situation is fluid". Valve did offer to refund the non-refundable app submission fee for cases that involves AI-gen. This is also on the heels that Unity rolled back all their AI tools practically within 24 hours of announcing it. ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Valve responds to claims it has banned AI-generated games from Steam | TechCrunch 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Minecraft earned four times as much revenue on Switch compared to Xbox | GameDeveloper Report: Apple scales down plans for Vision Pro headset | GamesIndustry.biz Valve responds to claims it has banned AI-generated games from Steam | TechCrunch ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 Building a Sustainable Web3 Game With Sorare | YouTube Deconstructing On-chain Game Engines | Twitter List of On-chain Game Infra | Twitter 👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊 Xbox Series X|S have sold a combined 21m units | GamesIndustry.biz ————— Drop a gg in the comment. I want to hear from you guys! Who do you want to win in the FTC v MSFT?

Look at Gaming #243 | Monday July 3rd 2023 GM! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Happy Fourth to those in the states. And what better way to celebrate independence than to launch your own app store. That's exactly what Meta is purportedly doing. It seems that users may be able to download apps from within the Facebook app; though, this will only be available in Europe. This not only opens up a whole new "App Store" but also an internal Ad Network within the Facebook App. For those familiar with programmatic media buying/UA, imagine the FB Ad Manager now lets you manage ads not only on Facebook's Ad network which serves ads in other apps but also ads inside the Facebook app itself — much meta, so inception. P.S. Samsung set to launch its own game store in 30 countries. ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Meta to get into the app store game as Facebook allows app downloads | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz 🌊 MARKET 📞 Five Key Mobile Game Genres ​in Asia and MENA​ (in collaboration with AppMagic) | Niko Partners American Truck Simulator is running ads for real truck companies | GameDeveloper South Korea could enforce an approval system for Chinese games | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz Microsoft’s FTC fight comes down to Call of Duty | The Verge 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 Skill gaming and the future of real money gaming | Nancy MacIntyre | VentureBeat The Future of Game Shows | Konvoy Ventures #213: Rise of the robots | Hit Points by Nathan Brown Meta to launch direct-to-install ads for Android. Will they work? | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Samsung to launch online gaming store in 30 countries | VentureBeat Meta to get into the app store game as Facebook allows app downloads | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz Unity pulls the plug on Atlas AI generation tool less than 24 hours after launch | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 Ubisoft Reveals Next Blockchain Game, Champions Tactics | Decrypt Can Web3 Gaming on Mobile Succeed? | Naavik 🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘 AAA vs. Gaming Startups | Naavik

Here's Week 2️⃣6️⃣ of In The Loop. Can't believe half the year has already passed! This week there's a lot of news about platforms. • YouTube launching mini games. 👀 • WeChat's mini games hit 400M MAU. ‼️ • Valve disallows AI-gen content on Steam. ❌ • Roblox allows 17+ Mature content. 🆒 There are many more blogs, threads, and pods to check out so be sure to head over to the newsletter. https://tinyurl.com/thecoreloopitlw26

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Look at Gaming #242 | Friday June 30th 2023 Big news came out of Bellevue today and I'm not referring to Microsoft. Valve (creator of Steam) won't publish titles that use AI-generated content. The story is that there's a developer who tried to submit their game to Steam but got flagged by the review team. Steam required the studio to show that they owned the rights to the dataset used by the A.I. before their title could be published. This is a tall order. It is impossible for a team to own the dataset of the underlying A.I.. The team could potential get a "right to use" the dataset but outright ownership seems farfetched. These copyright issues has been a grey area in gen. AI writ large so it's not surprising to see some backlash within the gaming space. Valve doesn’t want to get sued to oblivion so I understand their tempered and reserved approach. Though, Steam is a vital and integral stakeholder and infrastructure provider for a lot of folks in the gaming space so I hope some clearer guidelines emerge sooner rather than later. ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Report: Valve won't publish Steam titles that use AI-generated content | GameDeveloper 🌊 MARKET 📞 Microsoft and Activision CEOs battle to keep a giant Xbox deal alive | The Verge Is the FTC vs Microsoft hearing over yet? | Microcast | GamesIndustry.biz 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 Nadella's endgame | SuperJoost Playlist 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Report: Valve won't publish Steam titles that use AI-generated content | GameDeveloper ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 SuperDuper partners with Immutable on Web3 RTS Overlord | VentureBeat 💲 Fundraising 🤑 Mythical Games raises a further $37million, hitting a valuation of over $1billio | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz Scriptic raises $5.7m in seed funding round | GamesIndustry.biz

Look at Gaming #241 | Thursday June 29th 2023 Lotta goodies came out of the court documents today. Turns out it costs slightly north of $200M for PlayStation's top first-party games. These include titles like Horizon Forbidden West that cost $212M across 5 years with over 300 people. Another title, The Last of Us Part II took nearly 6 years to create with $220M and 200 full-time employees. The juicy data keeps getting juicier with some leak info on the Call of Duty franchise on PlayStation. CoD pulls in more than $1B per year on PlayStation, $800M coming from the US. The whole CoD franchsie has lifetime earnings of $27B as of 2020 per ATVI. 66% of all U.S. PlayStation users play CoD. The final hours of this trial is upon us. Who are you guys rooting for? ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 PlayStation's top first-party games now cost >$200 million to make | GameDiscoverCo 🌊 MARKET 📞 2023 Midcore Gaming Apps Report | LiftOff 🌈 Platforms 🏠 PlayStation's top first-party games now cost >$200 million to make | GamesDiscoverCo ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 Sotheby's to Launch New Gen Art Program Highlighting Generative Artists | CoinDesk Warner Music Group and Polygon (MATIC) Launch Blockchain Music Accelerator | CoinDesk 🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘 GamesBeat Special Issue — Gaming communities: Making connections and fighting toxicity | VentureBeat 👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊 Among Us is getting an animated TV series | News-in-brief | GamesIndustry.biz __________ Drop a gg! Show some love. Miss y'all. Let me know what your thoughts are about the MSFT x FTC. Fundraising seems to be picking up a bit too. Are you guys seeing it on your end?

Look at Gaming #240 | Wednesday June 28th 2023 A clear trend is emerging in mobile. The shift from hypercasual to hybridcasual is often talked about but there's another blossoming niche: midcore. LiftOff (GameRefinery an analytics platform) released a report indicating that 35% of game revenue on iOS in the US comes from midcore games. The report also revealed that top grossing titles are strategy games. It also mentions that CPI for strategy is at $2.77 and $7.47 for shooters and $0.60 for RPGs. Though midcore games have a hard time getting their return-on-ad-spend quickly when compared to casual games, the potential to build a deeper fan base shouldn't be discounted. It might only be 35% in the US but I suspect that figure to be higher for Tier 1 eastern countries like Japan and Korea. ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Midcore makes up 35% of total gaming revenue on iOS in the United States | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz 🌊 MARKET 📞 Capcom world sales reached 500M copies | GameDevReport Midcore makes up 35% of total gaming revenue on iOS in the United States | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz Final Showdown in Microsoft’s FTC Duel | Naavik 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 The bull and bear cases for mobile gaming | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 Reflecting Upon the Last year in Blockchain Games | Deconstructor of Fun Adventure Gold (AGLD) DAO is launching the Loot Chain, a dedicated layer 2 blockchain for the Loot community. | ALGD Twitter 💲 Fundraising 🤑 SuperScale raises $5.4M to grow games revenue SaaS platform | VentureBeat Potential of in-game ads soars as Anzu raises $48M in Series B funding | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz 👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊 Apple Arcade adds Stardew Valley, Slay the Spire in July | VentureBeat

Look at Gaming #239 | Wednesday June 28th 2023 GM GM everyone. Let's take a break from the Microsoft FTC news for a bit and talk about some statistics that came out of WeChat today. There are 400M+ MAU on WeChat's mini-games — that's an insane figure. Mini-games started in 2017 but was released worldwide in 2019. This large user base is enticing so 300k teams are working on shipping games exclusively on WeChat. There are similar superapps like Kakao Talk which also has a large gaming pressence. ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 WeChat’s mini-games have over 400m monthly active users | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz 🌊 MARKET 📞 Microsoft exec was ready to ‘go spend Sony out of business’ to strengthen Xbox | The Verge StreamElements & Rainmaker.gg: State of game streaming market in May 2023 | GameDevReport KOCCA: In 2022 the South Korean gaming market revenue was $16.4B | GameDevReport Microsoft considered a bid on SEGA | Axios Microsoft sacrificed Xbox Series X sales for ‘long term ambition’ in the cloud | The Verge Microsoft's Phil Spencer and the FTC | Axios June's China game approvals make it 2023's biggest month yet | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 Embracer must focus on quality not quantity if it wants its bets to pay off | Opinion | GamesIndustry.biz Breaking Down EA’s Executive Shakeup | Naavik Netflix's password-sharing crackdown calculus | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Unity rolls out AI tools and marketplace for game developers | GameDeveloper Meta Forms VR Subscription | GameDeveloper YouTube reportedly experimenting with online games | TechCrunch WeChat’s mini-games have over 400m monthly active users | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 Mythical Games Raises $37 Million as NFL Rivals Tops 1M Downloads | Decrypt Los Angeles, California: Where Hollywood Magic and Creativity Meet Web3 | CoinDesk Fortnite's Collab With Nike's NFT Platform Doesn't Include In-Game NFTs | Decrypt 🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘 The future of app marketing in a privacy-centric age | VentureBeat 💲 Fundraising 🤑 Web3 Gaming Studio Pixion Games Closes $5.5M in Seed Funding | CoinDesk Publishing and analytics services firm SuperScale raises $5.4m | GamesIndustry.biz 👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊 Sensor Tower: FIFA Mobile reached $1B in revenue; South Korea is the largest mobile FIFA market | GameDevReport

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Look at Gaming #238 | Monday June 26th 2023 All eyes are on the battle between the 3 letter agency and the 4 letter conglomerate. On Day 2 of FTC vs. MSFT, The Xbox Chief Phil Spencer took to the stand. He painted Xbox's flailing positioning in a distant third in the console wars. Trying to put the Nintendo Switch along the same level as Xbox Series X and Play Station 5 is a challenge, especially considering the vast difference in technical aspects. However the Switch is still a console and there are some games that are cross-platform. MSFT even checked the receipts on old emails from Sony execs saying that CoD exclusivity isn't one of their worries. We know its only Day 2 out of five days of hearing but boy is this exciting. 🔦 Spotlight 🌟 Has Xbox really lost the console wars? | The Verge 🌊 MARKET ☎️ Has Xbox really lost the console wars? | The Verge 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 Has Ubisoft Hit the Bottom? — Naavik Failing to regulate | SuperJoost Playlist Nexon’s CEO on Leadership, Virtual Worlds, Innovation & Antifragility | Naavik Gen Z | Konvoy Ventures 🌈 Platforms 🏔 Roblox allows users to create games for players ages 17 and up | GamesIndustry.biz ✨ Web 3️⃣ + Meta 🌎 Improbable Opens Up the Tech Behind the Bored Ape Metaverse | Decrypt Bored Ape Creator's 'HV-MTL Forge' Mech Game Revealed | Decrypt 💰 Fundraising 🧧 Lumikai launches new $50m game fund backed by Supercell, Krafton and more | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz OtherSide Entertainment gets new investment from Aonic Group |GameDeveloper Mobile fashion title Drest acquires £15m in new funding round | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz

Look at Gaming #237 | Friday June 23rd 2023 The Sony x Microsoft x Activision x FTC saga is heating up with day 1 of the trial beginning. Sony has reportedly planned to cut Activision from PS6 plans and Microsoft, through Bethesda will make their upcoming Indiana Jones game exclusive to Xbox & PC. Long-term wise, this only losers in this whole saga may just be the consumers.... 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 How Sorare Demonstrates a Sustainable Web3 Model | Naavik 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Sony is prepared to cut Activision Blizzard from PlayStation 6 plans | Game Developer Bethesda's Indiana Jones Game Will Be Exclusive To Xbox And PC | Game Informer Microsoft, FTC square off in Activision trial | Axios ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 NFL Rivals Scores 1M Downloads for NFT-Based Mobile Game | Coindesk 💲 Fundraising 🤑 Lumikai launches new $50m game fund backed by Supercell, Krafton and more | Pocket Gamer 👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊 Diablo Immortal earned $525M in the first year on mobile | GameDev Reports 2024 Video Game Release Schedule | Game Informer —————— Drop a gg into the comment! Would love to hear from you! ❤️

Look at Gaming #236 | Thursday June 22nd 2023 A step forward for web3 game Gods Unchained? News in today that IMX's Gods Unchained is debuting on Epic Games Store. It certainly isn't the first as previously Blankos Block Party (from Mythical Games) had also launch on Epic Games, though it failed to generate much fanfare. Will it be different this time for Gods Unchained? ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Gods Unchained Hits Epic Games Store Ahead of Mobile Expansion | Decrypt 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass | The Verge ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 Improbable Opens Up the Tech Behind the Bored Ape Metaverse | Decrypt The Weeknd and Binance Enter the Metaverse | Decrypt 💲 Fundraising 🤑 Red Rover raises $5M for a multiplayer survival game | VentureBeat Anichess Raises $1.5 Million to Put Magical Twist on Chess | Decrypt —————— Drop a gg into the comment! Would love to hear from you! ❤️

Look at Gaming #236 | Thursday June 22nd 2023 A step forward for web3 game Gods Unchained? News in today that IMX's Gods Unchained is debuting on Epic Games Store. It certainly isn't the first as previously Blankos Block Party (from Mythical Games) had also launch on Epic Games, though it failed to generate much fanfare. Will it be different this time for Gods Unchained? ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Gods Unchained Hits Epic Games Store Ahead of Mobile Expansion | Decrypt 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass | The Verge ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 Improbable Opens Up the Tech Behind the Bored Ape Metaverse | Decrypt The Weeknd and Binance Enter the Metaverse | Decrypt 💲 Fundraising 🤑 Red Rover raises $5M for a multiplayer survival game | VentureBeat Anichess Raises $1.5 Million to Put Magical Twist on Chess | Decrypt —————— Drop a gg into the comments! Would love to hear from you! ❤️

Look at Gaming #236 | Thursday June 22nd 2023 A step forward for web3 game Gods Unchained? News in today that IMX's Gods Unchained is debuting on Epic Games Store. It certainly isn't the first as previously Blankos Block Party (from Mythical Games) had also launch on Epic Games, though it failed to generate much fanfare. Will it be different this time for Gods Unchained? ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 Gods Unchained Hits Epic Games Store Ahead of Mobile Expansion | Decrypt 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass | The Verge ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 Improbable Opens Up the Tech Behind the Bored Ape Metaverse | Decrypt The Weeknd and Binance Enter the Metaverse | Decrypt 💲 Fundraising 🤑 Red Rover raises $5M for a multiplayer survival game | VentureBeat Anichess Raises $1.5 Million to Put Magical Twist on Chess | Decrypt —————— Drop a gg into the comments! Would love to hear from you! ❤️

Look at Gaming #235 | Wednesday June 21st 2023 The stakes are indeed high in the Microsoft vs FTC saga. Microsoft has until July 18th to try and close its proposed acquisition; otherwise, it has to pay $3 billion in breakup fees to Activision Blizzard or renegotiate new terms. What do you guys think will happen? Will the merger be blocked or will it go through? Would love to hear some insights on the comments below! On the other hand, it was pretty disappointing to see that the collaboration between Fortnite & Nike does not include any NFT elements. ⚡ Spotlight 🤩 FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle | The Verge Fortnite's Collab With Nike's NFT Platform Doesn't Include In-Game NFTs | Decrypt 💎 Deep Dives 🔎 Data drop: huge Honkai: Star Rail, Monopoly Go, Goddess of Victory, Diablo Immortal revenue plus fresh market insights | MobileGamer 🌈 Platforms 🏠 Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot on Ubisoft’s increasing presence on mobile | Pocket Gamer Lawyers: Email proves Microsoft's Activision bid is designed to eliminate PlayStation | Axios ✨ Web 3⃣ + Meta 🌐 Bored Ape Creator's 'HV-MTL Forge' Mech Game Revealed | Decrypt 🧠 Knowledge Hub 📘 Traditional gaming shrinks to 26.7% of game and esports revenue as overall U.S. sales head to $72B by 2027 | VentureBeat 👾 Game & Stats Releases 📊 Final Fantasy XVI: all the latest on the darkest FF yet | TheVerge —————— Drop a gg into the comments! Would love to hear from you! ❤️