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Hi, my name is Kenny Liu, and each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I publish broadly. Opinions are mine.
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
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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