Kliuless? Gaming Industry ICYMI #41
Hi, my name is Kenny Liu, and each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I publish broadly. Opinions are mine.
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Diversity Training
- HBR: Does Diversity Training Work the Way It’s Supposed To?
- "What did we find? Let’s start with the good news. The bias-focused trainings had a positive effect on the attitudes of one important group: employees who we believe were the least supportive of women prior to training"
- "But did the training change behavior? This brings us to the bad news. We found very little evidence that diversity training affected the behavior of men or white employees overall—the two groups who typically hold the most power in organizations and are often the primary targets of these interventions"
Shooters
- Fortnite streaming hours drop for fourth straight quarter
- PUBG banned in Jordan, Fortnite expected to be banned as well
- How Fortnite, Apex Legends, and PUBG appeal to different people
- Respawn will deal with Apex Legends cheaters by making them fight each other
- Blizzard testing automatic shutdown for Overwatch matches where players are cheating
- How Brendan Greene created the PUBG phenomenon and then moved on to something new
XR: AR / MR / VR
- Samsung seeks patent on folding AR glasses with frame-activated screen
- Rumor: Apple has killed AR glasses project
China
- NetEase invests in Dead by Daylight maker Behaviour Interactive
- Tencent launches app for streaming PC games to smartphones (currently only supporting LoL)
- Chinese live-streaming platform DouYu unveils IPO pricing
Tech / Entertainment
- NYT: The Great Race to Rule Streaming TV
- Huawei’s first TV is a ‘smartphone that’s 100 times bigger’
Overtime
- Ericsson Mobility Report June 2019
- Nintendo releasing new Switch with longer battery life
- Ubisoft's Uplay+ subscription library launches this fall with 100+ games
- 100 Thieves raises $35 million for esports teams and L.A. headquarters
- "We’re told that too much screen time hurts our kids. Where’s the evidence?"
- Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge becomes a live-in video game with the Disney Parks app
- China taps mobile game to aid poverty relief
- China hands out location-tracking smartwatches to school children in southern city
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