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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – April 8 2022
PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
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Hot Five: Krafton and Solana partner for NFT games, Roblox hosts 24kGoldn concert, and women-first platform Dorian raises $14 million
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Supporting Streaming
Women-first streaming platform Dorian raises $14 million
Series A funding round led by The Raine Group
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Hot Five: Tripledot acquires Live Play Mobile, Bandai Namco Mobile trials four-day working week, and Sega licences out Sonic the Hedgehog mobile titles
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Time For Fun
Tripledot acquires mobile game livestream platform Live Play Mobile
Looks to aggressively scale its live bingo game
Upstream
Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – March 4 2022
PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
Backbone Backed
Backbone raises $40 million to bring console and PC games to mobile
Back by Kevin Hart, Post Malone, The Weeknd, and more
Merging Media
Dodreams invests $1.4 million to merge games with online videos
Aiming to create grassroots marketers from its playerbase
Beyond Games
Is gaming the next frontier for entertainment?
Alexandre Salem, the Global Director of Gaming Partnerships for Huawei explores the impact of games in the future of our creative world – in 2022 and beyond
Speaker Spotlight
Azarus’ founder Alexander Casassovici on a new form of streaming
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Everything Everywhere
From console blockbusters to mobile indies, how Genvid's streaming tech is creating mass engagement gaming
The shaping of a new way to play
"rocket Ship"
Unity picks up remote working and streaming firm Parsec for $320 million
Deal looks to close for an estimated $320 million
No Extra Cost
Netflix confirms video game expansion beginning with mobile games
"We think the time is right to learn more about how our members value games."
Stadia Splits
Google Stadia to give revenue share based on how often games are played
Developers who add their games to the service will receive 70 per cent cut of overall revenue
Netflix Of Games
Netflix sets sights on video games, hires EA Mobile and CCO Mike Verdu
First set of games expected to arrive in next 12 months
Power Your Dreams
The Xbox Game Pass app has generated 14 million downloads
Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now follow behind
New Datacenters
Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available on iOS devices
"Today marks a key milestone in our journey…"
Boom Times
Indian esports app Loco raises $9 million via seed round
Krafton leads the investment
All You Can Play
Netflix rumoured to be considering a game subscription service
Expansion into non-linear content?
Streaming
Blacknut releases cloud gaming service for iOS
Progressive web app is live
Welcome To The Family
Creative Solutions snaps up streaming tech specialist Lightstream
For an undisclosed amount
Cloud Nine
Blacknut now offers 500 games via cloud platform
Latest additions include Asphalt 9: Legends
Cloud Nine
Cloud gaming to generate $1.4 billion this year
Companies such as Microsoft and Amazon have joined the market
Not On Cloud Nine
Report: Stadia didn't achieve Google's subscriber expectations
The search giant reportedly paid out tens of millions for titles like Red Dead Redemption 2
Legal Drama
Google hit with class-action lawsuit for Stadia 4K claims
Case claims the search giant misled consumers
Keep Watching
Twitch and Facebook Gaming break viewership records
More than two billion hours were viewed on Twitch in January
Cold Feet
Microsoft acquiring Bethesda gave Google cold feet about Stadia games business
Search giant talked up how well everything was going just five days before announcing it was closing its first-party studios
In The Clouds
Microsoft is testing xCloud streaming via browsers
Public trial coming in the near future
Jobs In Games
"Investors will not give fuel to a fire that isn't already burning," says Shotcall CEO Thomas Gentle
Shotcall CEO and co-founder Thomas Gentle discusses his route into games.
Game On
Google to bring "more than" 100 games to Stadia this year
"Over the next few weeks and months, players can expect to see everything from action-filled RPGs to competitive co-op titles and nimble platformers"
Shooting Stars
Facebook Gaming creators made over $50m in platform currency in 2020
Over 2000 creators on FB Gaming are making over $1000 a month
Stadia Gang
Ubisoft Plus subscription service rolls out on Google Stadia
Users of the cloud platform can jump into some of Ubi's biggest titles
Around The World
Google releases Stadia in eight European countries, including Poland and Portugal
"All new Stadia users can also get one free month of Stadia Pro"
Don't Cross The Streams
Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year
Stumbled start or headed for the Google graveyard?
In The Clouds
Google Stadia to begin public testing for iOS devices in the coming weeks
Via a progressive web application
In The Clouds
My.Games launches a new cloud gaming service
My.Games Cloud is in beta in Russia
Sorry
Twitch apologises to streamers over how it dealt with copyright claims
"We are actively speaking with the major record labels about potential approaches to additional licenses that would be appropriate for the Twitch service"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Building your brand as a streamer
"Your brand is the way that the outside world sees you"
Crossing The Streams
Game streaming revenues in China set to skyrocket to $4.5bn following platform merger
Huya and DouYu's merger agreement will create a streaming behemoth
In The Clouds
Facebook Gaming is bringing in new games through cloud streaming
Only available in certain regions of the US
Pay Up
Stadia creative director Hutchinson insists streamers should pay royalties
Google has distanced itself, the tweets "do not reflect those of Stadia, YouTube or Google"
Quibye
Streaming platform Quibi shuts down after six months
"Likely for one of two reasons: because the idea itself wasn't strong enough to justify a standalone streaming service or because of our timing"
Come One Come All
Update: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Twitch stream peaks at 430,000 viewers
A range of popular streamers will join her
Just A Stream
US consumers are spending around $20.78 on app subscriptions
Adjust has launched its new Subscription Tracking tool
Going Mobile
Google Stadia now fully supports mobile data streaming
At a resolution of 720p
Sountrack
Twitch launches new music tool packed with free-to-use tunes
Soundtrack will provide streamers with a comprehensive library of rights-cleared music
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: What is happening at ID@Xbox
"We have a lot of developers reaching out to us to discuss Game Pass"
Not In The Clouds
Take-Two's Zelnick continues to play down cloud gaming hype
Exec says that the market for video games isn't going to expand in the way people think thanks to this new tech
Apple Streaming
Apple revises App Store policies to allow Stadia and xCloud on iOS
New policies include major caveats which Microsoft disagree with
Money Money Money
Cloud gaming will generate $585 million in 2020
Expected to rise to $4.8 billion by 2023