Kliuless? Gaming Industry ICYMI #37
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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Revenue Strategy
- Google Play mandates odds disclosure for loot boxes
- Proposed anti-loot box bill has big implications for devs and publishers
Cross-Platform / Multi-Platform
- Microsoft brings Xbox Game Pass to Windows PC
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare brings cross-platform play to the series
- Four new Pokemon projects have been unveiled, including cross-platform trading hub
Mobile
- After 'Honour of Kings' failure abroad, Tencent retools overseas strategy
- Marvel & NetEase launch closed beta of mobile MOBA Marvel Super War
China
- Roblox & Tencent Form Strategic Partnership
Tech / Entertainment
- Why a Major Hollywood Talent Agency Is Betting Big on Gaming Influencers
- Bloomberg: TikTok Owner to Challenge Spotify and Apple With Music Service
- Instagram’s IGTV copies TikTok’s AI, Snapchat’s design
- ARM cuts ties with Huawei, threatening future chip designs
Overtime
- Podcast interview with Amy Hennig
- Oculus Quest Sold Out Across Multiple U.S. Retailers
- ​Related: An exhaustive look at Oculus Quest’s first day of great, wireless VR software
- Minecraft at 10: a decade of building things and changing lives
- "If You’re Playing EVE Online You Basically Already Have An MBA"
- World Health Organization makes 'gaming disorder' a recognized illness
- ‘MissionRacer’: How Amazon turned the tedium of warehouse work into a game
- Inside story on why He-Man had a giant tiger: great story about how products really get made
- Samsung deepfake AI could fabricate a video of you from a single profile pic
- Social media’s [non-]effect on adolescent life satisfaction
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