Supercell Cancels Floodrush / Gamescom Highlights / Epic’s Revenue Boost

Supercell Cancels Floodrush / Gamescom Highlights / Epic’s Revenue Boost

In this week’s Roundtable, the squad delves into Supercell’s cancellation of Floodrush and highlights from Gamescom 2023, including NetEase’s Project Mugen and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Jade. We examine Sony’s rationale for acquiring Audeze alongside a notable Playstation Plus price hike. Then we unpack the advantages and target audience of Epic’s new First Run exclusivity program…

What Epic Games’ $2B Raise Means for the Metaverse

What Epic Games’ $2B Raise Means for the Metaverse

Last week LEGO & Epic Games announced a partnership to build the metaverse. A few days later, the company behind LEGO announced it had invested $1B in Epic itself. Why did both companies enter to this partnership? What will come from it? In today’s issue, we’ll dive deeper into the partnership and look to better understand what might come of this new agreement

Shaping the Metaverse Brick by LEGO Brick

Shaping the Metaverse Brick by LEGO Brick

In this Metacast episode, David Amor and Matt Dion, join your host Maria Gillies to discuss Epic & LEGO’s Collaboration and their plan to build towards the Metaverse as compared to Facebook’s creator fees. The team also discusses Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon NFT experiment and Miniclip’s Pivot from Web Browser Games. The group also checks in on Take-Two’s Public Offering, and what the results could mean for the company in the future.