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Gen Con Indy 2021 Returns to Indianapolis, Drawing Over 35,000…

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“This year’s Gen Con was a clear success for the City of Indianapolis,” said Mayor Joe Hogsett. INDIANAPOLIS (PRWEB) September 21, 2021 Gen Con, the largest and longest-running tabletop gaming convention in North America, returned to Indy this week for the first time since 2019, drawing a unique attendance of over 35,000 gaming fans to the Indiana Convention Center — about 50% of attendance in 2019 — for four days of gaming, shopping, cosplay, and great local food and entertainment. The convention generated an estimated $37 million in economic activity

Sony Pictures CEO Says to Expect More Gaming Acquisitions

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Sony has been on a tear the last year, acquiring game studios for its first-party stable. And it seems that this isn’t the end, either, as the head of Sony Pictures has said that they expect the company will be making even more acquisitions going forward. I’m sure there are more worlds for Sony to conquer, and I’d be curious to see what the next company they acquire could be — and if it’s anyone other than Bluepoint, I’ll be very surprised. The remarks came from Sony Pictures CEO Tony

Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson is coming to Disrupt

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As the opportunities in the gaming world continue to expand aggressively as part of post-COVID shifts to the entertainment sector, esports has found its own opportunities in reaching new audiences. While competitive gaming is still in its early stages, the stakeholders of the industry are some of gaming’s most prominent publishers and organizations, and disrupting how business gets done can be a major challenge for rising leagues and platforms. We’re excited to have Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson join us at TechCrunch Disrupt this week to discuss the business

Decentralized Role-Playing Game Nine Chronicles Launches Arena Season 0

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Nine Chronicles, a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) backed by South Korean blockchain company Planetarium and video game juggernaut Ubisoft is off to a flying start after launching Arena Season 0 on September 8th. The inaugural season, called Yggdrasil: The Alpha Season, will run until approximately October 6th, (ending once block number 2,463,999 has been validated) and allows players to win their share of 896,000 NCG tokens in prize pools along with rare and exclusive NFTs that provide players with in-game utility and built-in value. Why This Game Could

Xbox and Special Olympics hold first ‘Gaming for Inclusion’ esports event

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Gaming in general is moving toward accessibility, but that’s not as much the case in esports, which like other sports are competitive and by nature somewhat exclusive. Xbox and the Special Olympics are working together on a new event that combines competition with inclusion, and it’s going on right now. This week, Special Olympics athletes will be competing against each other in tournaments of Rocket League, Madden NFL 22 and Forza Motorsport 7. The prize, other than prestige and pride, is playing with one of the Special Olympics’ celebrity supporters:

Best Educational Books, Toys, Games, Apps & More To Help Kids…

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Academics' Choice Award Seals We at Hoot Reading are humbled and honored to be chosen as winners of the Academics' Choice Smart Media Award! APTOS, Calif. (PRWEB) September 14, 2021 Academics' Choice today congratulates all winners of the Summer 2021 Academics' Choice Awards, a prestigious seal of educational quality, reserved only for the best mind-building media and toys. The fall winners include teacher-approved, brain-boosting products from Classical Kids Music Education, Craftie Fox, Inc., Global Game Changers, 4M Industrial Development Limited, Magnitude Educational , ViBuGo, The Learning Journey International, Cog Toy

PlayStation Studios adds UK-based Firesprite to growing list of studios

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PlayStation Studios has acquired United Kingdom-based development studio Firesprite, best known for working on PlayStation VR titles like The Persistence and Sony’s The Playroom.  This deal was made following years of collaboration with Sony on various projects and is the third acquisition for PlayStation Studios this summer, following Dutch technical studio Nixxes Software and Returnal developer Housemarque.  Notably, Firesprite is the 14th studio listed as part of PlayStation Studios, with many of its employees previously working for Sony Interactive Entertainment out of its Liverpool studio, which closed in 2012. “We’ve

AppTweak ASO Tool Now Available in Simplified Chinese & Korean

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Providing our services in Simplified Chinese and Korean is a great opportunity for both AppTweak and our amazing customers: For example, after we translated the tool into Japanese, our MRR grew by over 120% and our client base expanded by over 140%. BRUSSELS (PRWEB) September 07, 2021 With the immense growth of the international mobile app market, App Store Optimization (ASO) is becoming increasingly necessary to promote the success of apps and games around the world. AppTweak, the #1 ASO tool driven by data science, empowers mobile leaders - such

Esports BAR returns with physical edition in Cannes this October

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This article is proudly brought to you by Esports BAR. Esports BAR is returning to Cannes in October for its ninth edition, bringing together core areas of the esports community to discuss the future of the industry. This will also mark a return to physical events for the conference following a year of digitally hosted meetings in 2020.  Just like with previous events, Esports BAR will feature speakers from throughout esports and gaming, including game publishers, developers, teams, leagues, and media.  For its 2021 event, which will run from Oct.