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Olivier Madiba’s Kiro’o Games is building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem

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Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. It led him to realise that Kiro’o Games was not just about entertainment anymore. This is his story.

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Column Tomas Sala • The power of creating hard-to-copy IP, art and games

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Top image: Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, made by Tomas Sala As an artist and game developer, I have witnessed the gaming and entertainment industry evolving rapidly over the years. Why do fantasy authors write series consisting of many books? So we are all going to have to be influencers and content creators. It adds value.

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Web3 metaverse MMO Avalon unveiled in new trailer

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Players move between fantasy worlds, from medieval to cyberpunk. With the technology and tools we’re developing alongside our partners, we want to foster a community for our namesake game that is able to create their own content and benefit from it, and immerse themselves in content that others have made and shared.”

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Avalon seeks partners to build Web3 gaming’s interoperable future

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“We’re trying to make it really easy for anyone to be able to build content that’s a lot more user friendly and accessible than the applications that exist today,” says Pinnock. “We want to make it easier to build triple-A content that people can expand upon.”

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Detective Dotson by Masala Games is a cultural joyride through modern-day India

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While there certainly are games which feature India as a setting, both from Indian studios and international companies, they tend to focus on fantasy or mythical aspects of the nation. He worked on some of the most well known entertainment IP during his time in the US. They responded enthusiastically to our premise and narrative.

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The new normal • Video game layoffs are a feature, not a bug

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Following another big week in terms of headcount reductions, interactive entertainment is on track to shed a record number of jobs in 2024. As his own tenure comes to a close, Jim Ryan, President & CEO at Sony Interactive Entertainment, found himself tasked with announcing an 8 percent workforce reduction. Take Sony, for example.

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How To Perform Video Game Critical Analysis

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Game analysis is an unbiased evaluation of a video game to provide audiences with critical insight into the content. They can boost certain features to become even more entertaining and attract wider audiences. Reviewers may talk about the entertainment value and how fun it is to play. Game analysis is crucial in the industry.

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