Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Chess has also become something of an esports sensation, which started after grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura coached streamer xQc on chess over Twitch and eventually led to the creation of a dedicated group of prolific streamers setting up an amateur chess tournament called Pogchamps on Chess.com.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In 2023, Africacomicade’s referrals led Nigerian-based Dash Studios and Deluxe Creation Entertainment to win competitions and funding. He also values partnerships with organizations like CCA, Nest Hub, and Esports Africa, which offer valuable support. Africacomicade itself won the AOT 5.0

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Game Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

video games and esports revenue in the U.S. game and esports revenues now.” I can make money doing a rev share with a major studio or Hollywood company. Yesterday, GamesBeat reported on a survey from PwC that celebrated total U.S. But “traditional games are only 26.7 percent of total U.S.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Furthermore, the acquisition of new studios may also generate additional pressure and competition to achieve. Clasharama), community and esports (. Last year we analyzed the announcement of Supercell US’ studio , which we believe was in part due ever more challenging and saturated mobile market. Having a service mindset.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 25, 2023

Erik Londré: I’ve spent a lot of my life organizing events, and making people have fun, for companies outside games, and more recently, for esports organizations. From there we’ve been growing out our Roblox studio. GameDaily: Tell us about the new Fortnite studio? GameDaily: How did Karta come into being?

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

eSports I think there’s a few of them. That’s eSports. And again, that plays right into eSports. ESports is long term, it’ll be driven by games that involves squad play and team work and so on. So eSports is a big deal. #3. So you have to have some studio capacity. And that’s all going to get really big.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Developed by Bethesda Game Studios, it was initially met with mixed reviews during its early access phase but later garnered attention and commercial success. The game’s success has led to the development of esports competitions and events, making it a significant part of gaming culture.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 9, 2023

Delventhal advocates for a “return to renaissance,” a more decentralized and diverse industry that nurtures smaller studios. For example, the rise of esports has shown that video games can be just as compelling and engaging as traditional sports.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

The antithesis of hypercasual, but Shea said the results mean that a similar approach will now be deployed across all of Voodoo’s studios and games going forwards. This year is certainly going to be difficult for those studios who relied on the old hypercasual success formula,” SayGames CEO Yegor Vaikhanski told MobileGamer.biz.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We're talking about massive layoffs across the tech industry and gaming in particular, new mobile game studios from NetEase and Nintendo, Playtika's latest earnings report, the dramatic and sudden collapse of FTX and the ongoing creator royalty debate going on in the world of NFTs. ?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2020

This prediction is written by Giovanni Ducati, who is a Director of Product Management at Scopely and who previously led strategy and finance for Hearthstone and as well as Esports at Activision Blizzard. It all started with “ Dota Auto Chess ”, developed in January ’19 by Drodo Studio as a mod for Dota 2.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

In Conversation: Riot SVP & League Studio Head Andrei van Roon The Consolidation of Blockchain Gaming The entire world is preparing for a possible economic downturn, and companies are trying to find ways to minimize the negative impact. Listen to one of our podcasts from this week, we’ve got: ? Gaming Roundup ???????

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2023

Maybe you just bought a studio. Maybe it’s for a dialogue-driven narrative story, but your expertise is in competitive esports titles. Here is a non-exhaustive list of potential reasons you might say no that have very little to do with the pitched game. Your company doesn’t have the budget available.

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AWS Games

JUNE 8, 2023

Imagined as a sci-fi take on esports, the game was developed in only two years by a single developer, Kavosh Omidi, using Amazon GameLift dedicated server management on Amazon Web Services (AWS). I decided to go with AWS and I’m really glad that I did; it’s not just for big studios,” noted Omidi.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

It’s a MOBA done by Tencent’s TiMi Studios. The same studio that is responsible for t he biggest MOBA in the World, Honor of Kings. Not to mention that MOBAs are very streamable, so in addition to all the free installs, the game will also grow with support from influencers - and perhaps even esports.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

Brawl Stars is an action-packed, esports-focused MOBA and thus it didn’t cannibalize existing games: in fact, Clash of Clans remained stable, Clash Royale continued its rate of decline, and Supercell’s total revenues in 2018 grew. Revenue per Install of Supercell games in their first 12 months after launch (source: Sensor Tower).

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Executive Summary What: MARVEL SNAP is a mobile CCG by Second Dinner, a new studio founded by veterans from Hearthstone. Nevertheless, we think this is not a big deal because Snap ’s main target is not hypercompetitive players, and eSports is not a big factor in mobile. Written by Javier Barnés.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Genesis and Rise of Sky Mavis Axie Infinity is developed by a studio called Sky Mavis , which is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and officially formed in 2018 to bring the game to life. However, before we dive deep into the present and future states of Axie Infinity, let’s take a step back to better understand how we got here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

Not to mention that MOBAs are very streamable, so in addition to all the free installs, the game will also grow with support from influencers - and perhaps even esports. AppLovin, which started out in 2012 as a mobile marketing company has acquired or formed 12 studios within the last 2 years. This option is highly unlikely.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 19, 2022

There is plenty of precedent for this in traditional eSports, where only an elite cadre of players (professionals) are able to earn money, so it’s an approach that does at least work in principle. That’s a significant war chest, enough to fund a development studio for years under normal circumstances, especially one based out of Vietnam.

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AWS Games

JANUARY 26, 2023

In this session , the company shared its esports journey from a stopgap solution to laying the foundation for the next generation of esports fandom with Project Stryker. Customer Sessions Game developers had a big presence at re:Invent, including spotlights in multiple keynotes and breakout sessions. Learn more. Learn more.

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