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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.
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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Business & Revenue Strategy
Stratechery: Apple's Services Event
Related: Apple unveils Apple Arcade subscription gaming service
Twitch Prime users are being gifted a free year of Nintendo Switch Online
Bethesda reveals "buddy pass" for Wolfenstein: Youngblood, allowing owner to share game with friends for co-op play
​Related: Risk of Rain 2 is running a buy-one-get-one free launch promo
Dota 2 Now Lets You Bet In-Game Currency On Pro Tournaments
Heroes of the Storm will remove the ability to buy loot boxes with real money
Design
Minh ‘Gooseman’ Le shares how to get the guns right in shooters
Flexiscope, the play-time aware dungeon generator in Book of Demons
Knocking down design pillars was key to making Destiny 2's Gambit mode really shine
PC/Console
Twitch debuts Squad Stream to put four streamers in one screen
Sweeney commits to human moderators & quality filters for Epic's Games Store
WSJ: Nintendo to Launch Two New Switch Models
Sony is pulling digital PS4 games from sale at GameStop, other retailers
Path of Exile launches on PlayStation 4
Mobile
App Annie: Gaming Spotlight 2018 Report
Facebook the top network for app-installs, Google and Apple follow
4 Alternatives to Boost ASO in your Mobile Games on Google Play Store
Referral marketing for mobile games: How to grow your game with referrals
Google Play: Why the first ten minutes are crucial if you want to keep players coming back
CD Projekt Red reveals Witcher card game Gwent will come to mobile
XR: AR/MR/VR
Valve psychologist explores controlling games directly with your brain
Oculus founder Luckey: Rift S lenses won’t fit 30% of users
HTC teams up with Qualcomm for Vive XR mobile devices
HTC will sell Vive Focus Plus standalone VR headset for $800 starting April 15
Asia
Tencent opens cloud gaming platform START for public testing
Steven Ma interview — How Tencent is more than just a big game investor
Epic’s war with Steam means gamers in China can’t play Epic's exclusives
China smartphone maker Xiaomi beats profit view, sees more global expansion
India's Muslim gamers boycott PUBG Mobile for insulting holy site
Netflix is testing a $3.64 mobile plan in India
Tech
Intel hopes to clean up toxic speech in game chat with AI and machine learning
9 Reasons Why Disney+ Will Succeed (And Why 4 Criticisms are Overhyped)
Q&A: Instagram’s New Head of Product, Vishal Shah
Overtime
The Animation of Samus
10 Best Games of GDC 2019
How YouTube is changing toys
Rolling Bones: Games of the Mongolian Steppe
NYT: Depressed and Anxious? These Video Games Want to Help
'Dwarf Fortress' Is Abandoning Its Text-Based Graphics, but Not Its Soul
New Yorker: The Unexpected Philosophical Depths of the Clicker Game Universal Paperclips
"Last week, CCP and London-based tech startup Hadean hosted a battle with 10,000 spaceships taking part. [...] The event showcased the power of Hadean’s Aether Engine, a distributed simulation engine powered by Microsoft Azure"
U.S. Army is building a giant VR battlefield to train soldiers virtually
Artificial intelligence: the art world’s weird and wonderful new medium
In China, paying others to play games for you is big business
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