Games industry roundup: Wargroove recovers dev costs in three days, GDAC partners with Enjin, and the death of the MCN
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Hottest stories
Over in the world of PC games, there's an interview with Chucklefish COO Donna Orlowski on how Wargroove made its development costs back in three days, while Newzoo reports that 2.5 per cent of core PC users played Diablo 3 in January.
In the blockchain space, crypto exchange GDAC has partnered up with Enjin, and Crypto Heroes has launches a $200,000 land pre-sale.
Meanwhile in the influencer arena, there's an interview with influencer marketing agency Night Media on the death of the MCN, and there are fresh details on TwitchCon Europe and US.
PC game news and insights
Here are the five hottest stories from our sister-site PCGamesInsider.biz for the last week.
Why Chucklefish's Wargroove made back its dev costs within just three days
COO Donna Orlowski tells us more about how the indie firm's Advance Wars-infused title has been a smash hit with gamers.
How General Arcade updated From Software classic Metal Wolf Chaos for Devolver Digital
Gennadii Potapov, the port house and co-development studio's CEO, takes us behind the scenes on rebuilding the cult Japanese hit.
Resort Boss: Golf's journey from Gus Martin's side project to Early Access
The solo developer looks back on the chance encounter that led to a publishing deal.
Gamers watched 79m hours of Apex Legends on Twitch in its first two weeks
2.1 times Fortnite viewership, but Epic's battle royale title is gaining again.
Seven-year anniversary event saw interest in the loot-em-up rise.
Blockchain game news and insights
Here are the five hottest stories from our sister-site BlockchainGamer.biz for the last week.
Crypto exchange GDAC partners up with Enjin and will host rewards campaign
When it comes to digital exchanges, the value of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) is becoming more understandable for them.
My Crypto Heroes launches its $200,000 Land pre-sale with KYC
My Crypto Heroes is taking a particularly interesting road with its land pre-sale, separating it from other titles. Unlike other pre-sales we’ve seen, the team stresses some of the exclusivity associated with participating.
MegaCryptoPolis introduces new layer to its ‘Microeconomy’
MegaCryptoPolis has gained a significant degree of popularity since its launch, but the team is taking it further. According to its team, it intends to create a whole new ‘microeconomy’ is set to be added on top of its current games mechanics.
MixMarvel manages to secure funding through venture capital
MixMarvel continues on its trail of success with the announcement that it has secured a new round of investment. The investment round was supported by venture firms such as VLane Capital, Hashkey Capital, OGC, Genesis Group, imToken Ventures, among others.
Ontology has officially partnered up with ParityGame
Operating as a public blockchain provider, Ontology has announced that it will partner up with the game developer – ParityGame.
Influencer news and insights
Here are the five hottest stories from our sister-site InfluencerUpdate.biz for the last week.
Influencer marketing agency Night Media discusses the death of the MCN and rise of individual agencies to foster digital talent in the coming years
Twitch will return to San Diego later this year for the fifth instalment of TwitchCon North America, and new details surface regarding the company's new Euro event
YouTube is switching up how it delivers community strikes to creators
YouTube has announced that it is changing the way they notify users when issuing copyright strikes and warnings to channels.
Apex Legends enjoys another week at the top of the most-streamed games of the week, but it was Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege racking up the big numbers last week
YouTube states that videos with 'inappropriate comments' could be demonetised
YouTube has said that content accompanied by inappropriate comments from other users could be demonetised or even removed by the platform.