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Discord Is Rebranding To Move Away From Its Gaming Roots

Source Node: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/discord-is-rebranding-to-move-away-from-its-gaming/1100-6479158/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f
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Discord started its life as a gaming-oriented alternative to voice-chat platforms like TeamSpeak and Skype, but now it's shifting in a more general direction. In a recent blog post, the company announced that it will now focus more on tailoring its platform into one that can host any kind of community."Games are what brought many of you on the platform, and we'll always be grateful for that," the post reads in part. "As time passed, a lot of you realized, and vocalized, that you simply wanted a place designed to

CRV’s Saar Gur wants to invest in a new wave of games built for VR, Twitch and Zoom

Source Node: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/08/saar-gur-on-gaming-investments/
Time Stamp: May 8, 2020 2:35 PM - Modified On: May 8, 2020 - Published By:
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Saar Gur is adept at identifying the next big consumer trends earlier than most: The San Francisco-based general partner at CRV has led investments into leading consumer internet companies like Niantic, DoorDash, Bird, Dropbox, Patreon, Kapwing and ClassPass. His own experience stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic spurred his interest in three new investment themes focused on the next generation of games: those built for VR, those built on top of Twitch and those built for video chat environments as a socializing tool. TechCrunch: We’ve been in a “VR