Kliuless? Gaming Industry ICYMI #39
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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E3
Microsoft:
Xbox closes E3 2019 conference with Project Scarlett, coming Holiday 2020
Related: How Microsoft is tackling cloud gaming with Project xCloud
Xbox Game Studios adds Double Fine Productions and dedicated Age of Empires studio to roster
Others: Nintendo, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Bethesda
Ars Technica: "The best games, demos, and tech of E3 2019"
Strategic Advisory
Mary Meeker’s most important trends on the internet
"The number of interactive gamers worldwide grew 6 percent to 2.4 billion people last year, as interactive games like Fortnite become the new social media for certain people. The number of people who watch those games — rather than participate — is swelling, too"
Newzoo: U.S. will overtake China as No. 1 gaming market in 2019
Pew report on U.S. Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2019
HBR: Why Managers Design Jobs to Be More Boring Than They Need to Be
HBR: Why You Should Create a “Shadow Board” of Younger Employees
People Don't Actually Know Themselves Very Well
Mobile
Tech / Entertainment
HBR: Marvel's Blockbuster Machine
Epic Games acquires social video app Houseparty
The 9 biggest highlights from Apple WWDC 2019
Amazon Lays Off Dozens Of Game Developers During E3
Overtime
