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For the love of the loot: Blockchain, the metaverse and gaming’s blind spot

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Jonathan Stringfield Contributor Jonathan Stringfield, PhD, is VP and Global Head of Business Marketing, Measurement and Insights at Activision Blizzard Media and Esports. The speed at which gaming has proliferated is matched only by the pace of new buzzwords inundating the ecosystem. Marketers and decision makers, already suffering from FOMO about opportunities within gaming, have latched onto buzzy trends like the applications of blockchain in gaming and the “metaverse” in an effort to get ahead of the trend rather than constantly play catch-up. The allure is obvious, as the relationship

Companies Going Public in 2021: Visualizing IPO Valuations

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Zuckerberg is turning trillion-dollar Facebook into a ‘metaverse’ company, he tells investors

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“I wanted to discuss this now so that you can see the future that we’re working towards and how our major initiative across the company are going to map to that,” Zuckerberg said on the call. “What is the metaverse? It’s a virtual environment where you can be present with people in digital spaces. You can kind of think of this as an embodied internet that you’re inside of rather than just looking at.” These comments echoed an interview he gave to The Verge last week, detailing some of the

Fan Made Fortnite Skin Concept Gets a Response From Lil Nas X

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FortniteLil Nas X Fan Made Fortnite Skin Concept Gets a Response From Lil Nas X / Photo by Getty ImagesIt’s no secret that artist Lil Nas X has taken the music world by storm, and Fortnite might be subject to it.Following his rise to stardom, Roblox got Lil Nas X to do a live concert in-game, similar to what Fortnite did with rapper, Travis Scott. While arguably Fortnite made the most out of this collaboration, Lil Nas X has only gotten even more popular since then.Lil Nas X released the highly

Roblox partners with Sony Music to connect artists with money-making activities in the metaverse

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Video game platform Roblox announced this morning it has partnered with Sony Music Entertainment on a deal that will allow the two companies to work together to create music experiences for the Roblox community, including opportunities that would give Sony Music artists a way to reach new audiences and generate revenue. The announcement follows last month’s news of a $200 million lawsuit filed by a group of music publishers who alleged Roblox was allowing creators to build virtual boomboxes inside their games that streamed copyrighted music without artists’ permission or

Dream Games raises $155M at a $1B valuation as its Royal Match puzzle game hits a royal flush

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Istanbul in Turkey continues to prove itself as very fertile ground for casual gaming startups, which appear to be growing from small seedlings into sizable trees. In the latest development, Dream Games — a developer of mobile puzzle games — has raised $155 million in funding, a Series B that values the startup at $1 billion. This is a massive leap for the company, which raised $50 million (the largest Series A in Turkey’s startup history) only 3.5 months ago. This latest round is being co-led by Index Ventures and