Metaverse Fashion
Carolina Herrera Dress sells for $5000 on Roblox
The virtual interpretation of the gown was one of 432 sold
Security Detail
“Security is a challenging skillset, and scarce”: Steeve Huin of Denuvo talks mobile and metaverse hacking
We interview the COO of Video Games at Irdeto about the latest battle in the war on piracy, hacking and cheating
Ascension In Asia
Niko Partners: Games with metaverse elements will be most profitable short term
Cloud gaming predicted to reach 500 million in Asia by 2025
Play-to-earn
Newzoo on the evolution and future of play-to-earn
A new report delves into the play-to-earn market, and discusses how it may evolve
Industry Thoughts
Christopher Kassulke "We want to develop great games, we want to tell stories with our games.”
CEO of Handy Games Christopher Kassulke speaks on NFTs and the idea of a metaverse
Adopting Trouble
Adopt Me shuts down in Belgium and The Netherlands
The Roblox game has been banned due to the use of lootboxes
Big Bucks
RDC 2022: Select Roblox devs set to receive half a million dollars in funding
Roblox’s Game Fund will see a limited number of developers on the platform receive a minimum of $500,000.
Roblox
RDC 2022: New look Roblox showcased, teases plans for metaverse future
Roblox Corp. announced a new look for its popular online gaming service at the Roblox Developer Conference (RDC).
Roblox
RDC 2022: Event kicks off with anti-cloning measures and more coming to Roblox
A major development update for the Roblox platform has arrived on the game creation with a focus on stopping exploitative cloning.
New Hire
Roblox appoints Steve Park as Asia-Pacific head of public policy
The Meta veteran joins the Roblox team this week
Interview
Rec Room: It needs to feel to a player like Rec Room was originally designed for whatever platform they’re on
We spoke to the game’s developers to discuss its success and their plans for the future
Blockchain Gaming
RoboHero launch a self-titled game with metaverse components
The game is implementing NFT heroes and blockchain farming
The Sporting Metaverse
Sports metaverse platform, Stadium Live raises $10 million in Series A
The round was led by KB Partners and Union Square Ventures
Home Of The Hoyoverse
miHoYo selects Singapore as metaverse division headquarters
HoYoverse development will be focused in the city state
The Future Of Fashion?
Supermodel Karlie Kloss partners with Roblox
The Fashion Klossette Designer Showcase profiles a team of designers in temporary pop-up shops within the metaverse platform
Life, The Metaverse, And Everything
44% of gamers would accept advertising in exchange for free services in the metaverse
Globant and YouGov polling reveals gradually escalating interest in advertising and play-to-earn models in the metaverese
Music Meets Gaming
BLACKPINK to hold PUBG Mobile’s first in-game concert
The band will debut their new track at the event
Metaverse Summit
The first women-led web3 conference will take place in Paris next week
Metaverse Summit is an upcoming international convention that will be centred around women's representation in web3 technology
Metaverse Of Madness
Newzoo: 10 key trends of the future metaverse
A new report by Newzoo breaks down key developments in the metaverse and blockchain and NFT application, and the 500+ parties building the metaverse
Happy Birthday!
Rec Room turns six with more rooms than there are apps on App Store
Platform enjoys a 640% year-over-year increase in player numbers on mobile devices
Moving Metaverses
Jon Vlassopulos steps from Roblox to join Dubit advisory board
Responsibilities include advising on metaverse strategies and brand partnerships, whilst retaining advisory capacity at Roblox
No Homers Club
Metaverse giants create standards forum – with considerable absences
Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants have formed a group to foster compatibility in the metaverse, so far without the presence of Apple, Roblox, and others
What Time Is It
TIME and The Sandbox partner to build metaverse destination, TIME Square
Environment will reportedly include TIMEpieces experiences, and screenings of TIME Studios projects
Hot Five
Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify
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Prediction Positivity
McKinsey & Company report predicts $5 trillion in metaverse earnings by 2030
Between $2 trillion and $2.6 trillion could come from e-commerce
Growing Into Germany
iCandy sets sights on the metaverse with a 60% stake in Flying Sheep Studios
Total consideration for the stake is $2.14 million
Metaverse Motoring
Infinite Drive is steering towards the metaverse
The Tiny Digital Factory has revealed its next racing game with Web3 and NFTs
We Gucci
Gucci forms permanent presence in Roblox with Gucci Town
Gucci Town, a “virtual piazza in the landscape of Roblox” follows Spotify, Gap, McLaren, the Brit Awards, and near-countless others
Soulful
Former Codemasters, Jagex execs establish new studio
Soul Assembly will explore games for VR and the metaverse
Collaborate And Cooperate
Developing the metaverse must prevent harm, Meta's Nick Clegg states
Former UK deputy prime minister shares outlook from virtual glasses to practising surgeries
600 Million Reasons
Andreessen Horowitz launches $600 million games VC fund
GAMES FUND ONE established to invest in games infrastructure and technologies as “key building blocks” of the metaverse
Speaker Spotlight
Ownership of assets provides more freedom – something every gamer wants, states Mythical Games' Daniel Frank
Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle, May 9-10
Metaverse Of Madness
Spotify jumps into the metaverse with Roblox
Spotify Island claims to allow users the opportunity to “mingle with artists” and acquire “exclusive virtual merch”
Hot Five
Hot Five: Ubisoft buyout speculation, Meta expects billion-dollar losses until 2030s, Q1 2022 financial reports, and App Store removal notice strikes indie devs
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$3 Billion Losses
Zuckerberg warns metaverse losses will continue until 2030s
Meta’s Reality Labs operated at $3 billion loss in Q1 2022
Retro Metaverse
Kongregate announce NFT-fuelled Bitverse
Three titles revealed for the retro-styled metaverse
Dogs And Cats
Is Nintendogs the ideal model for blockchain gaming?
Tiny Rebel Games’ Susan Cummings looks to the Nintendo DS bestseller for her decades-long vision for the Petaverse
Cloud-native Creation
Kakao Games invests $15 million in Playable Worlds to develop cloud-native Sandbox MMO
Metaverse platform also in development
Epic Investment
Sony and Lego invest $1 billion each in Epic Games’ metaverse development
Fortnite creator valued at $31.5 billion
Engine Enhancements
Cocos raises $50 million in Series B ahead of metaverse development project
Plans to improve open-source engine
I Want It Now
Mobile and blockchain gaming’s future belongs on the cloud, argues BlueStacks
Bluestack’s Rosen Sharma on now.gg’s commitment to browser-based gaming, and doubts on Apple and Google accepting blockchain gaming
Sky High
Jenova Chen on Sky’s arduous seven-year development and monetising his way
Journey and Sky: Children of the Light creator opens up about being outpaced by the mobile playerbase, altruistic IAPs, and belief in the metaverse
Mossverse
Drest brings UK model Kate Moss into fashion mobile metaverse
First guest avatar in luxury fashion metaverse mobile game
Gdc
GDC: Metaverse Mixer, will blockchain change the games industry forever?
The Metaverse Mixer, presented by BeyondGames.biz and PocketGamer.biz, saw WAX, Zebedee, and Jam City discuss blockchain’s potential to change the games industry forever
By Creators For Creators
Gamefam raises $25 million to develop and publish Roblox games
Funding used to scale team of digital content creators and games industry veterans
Music In The Metaverse
Roblox to host 24kGoldn virtual concert
Taking place in San Dorado with first performance of new single
Integration For Indies
Tilting Point and Stardust partner to help indies integrate NFTs
Providing access to metaverse-building tools
Buying On Binance
Axes Metaverse surpasses $4 million ahead of closed alpha version
14,000 chests sold during initial NFT sales
Ar Acquisition
Niantic acquires 8th Wall to empower AR metaverse
Expanding the reach of Niantic Lightship tools
International Women's Day
Kelly Vero: "Kicking ass means never having to say you're sorry"
Industry veteran Kelly Vero gives her answer to a critical question: what is it like being a woman in the games industry?