Kliuless? Gaming Industry ICYMI #30
Hi, my name is Kenny Liu, and I work in Revenue Strategy at Riot Games. Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I share broadly within Riot. This edition is the public version that I publish broadly every week as well. Opinions are mine.
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Asia
- McKinsey: Digital India
- PUBG ban lifted in Ahmedabad, police still concerned about 'extreme use of the game'
- The Chinese takeover of Indian app ecosystem
- Latest batch of Chinese game approvals includes 30 foreign titles
XR: AR/MR/VR
- Sony has sold 4.2m Playstation VR systems
- Apple patent filing suggests work on VR/MR headset
- Valve’s Index VR headset will ship this June, with preorders starting May 1st
Tech
- How Apple Card works
- Snapchat launches Mario Party-style multiplayer games platform
- How TikTok and Spotify could win through location-based marketing
Overtime
- Is it all over for pre-owned video games?
- Brendan Greene: "I'm done with battle royale"
- Sega joins the mini-console revolution with Genesis Mini
- Valve walks through the dev-focused features headed to Steam in 2019
- Steam users review bomb Borderlands in response to Epic exclusivity deal
- Marvelous & Tencent to Develop New Story of Seasons [aka Harvest Moon] Mobile Game
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