Kliuless? Gaming Industry Insights #49
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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Business Strategy
Ogilvy & Mather's eight virtues to espouse a creativity-focused culture
EA launches cloud gaming technical trial
Mobile marketing firm AppLovin invests in game studios
Stratechery: The iPhone and Apple’s Services Strategy
Related: Apple Arcade will cost $4.99 per month, debuts September 19
UK parliamentary committee recommends banning loot box sales to children
XR: AR / MR / VR
Nintendo teases Switch peripheral focused on physical exercise
How HTC crafted Vive Cosmos for a new generation of consumer VR
Esports
How 100 Thieves became the Supreme of e-sports
Team SoloMid to begin construction on $13-million esports training center in Playa Vista
Asia
Igniting a Chinese fighting game revolution
WeChat Unveils New Device That Allows Customers to Pay with Their Face
Tech / Entertainment
Overtime
What we can learn from Nordic developers
Remedy's Control is built on [brutalist] foundations
Gameboard-1 will be a digital slate for your tabletop board games
Eurogamer's 20 best games of the past 20 years (that never get into top 20 lists)
Celeste developers form new studio
Drivetime raises $11m for games drivers can play on the road
Improbable acquires Scavengers developer Midwinter Entertainment
HBR: Ranking 42 Countries by Ease of Doing Digital Business
NYT: California Approves Statewide Rent Control to Ease Housing Crisis
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