Neopets has always been a metaverse, says Dominic Law, CEO of The World of Neopia. If you were born prior to the 2000s, you’ll remember how much Neopets took the internet world by storm. By 2011, Neopets had 35M unique users, amassed 1 trillion page views, and was responsible for compelling an entire generation of children to…
Today we put Disney’s Epic Games investment under the microscope, talk to a Hollywood producer about transmedia and dive into our Game of the Week, Command & Conquer: Legions.
Today we dive into Fortnite’s evolution, kickstarted with its Big Bang event. We stay on the Epic topic with our regular roundtable too. Finally, scroll down to check our regular weekly news section.
In this episode, your host Niko Vuori talks to one of the best thinkers, writers, podcasters and operators on the subject of the metaverse, Yonatan Raz-Fridman. He is the founder & CEO of Supersocial, which develops content and games for the metaverse, and is also the creator of Into the Metaverse, a Substack newsletter and a podcast that – surprise surprise – covers the metaverse in depth.
In this episode, your host Alex Takei chats all things UGC, the role of IP in creating the metaverse, centralization and moderation in a creator economy, and whether any of this really needs the blockchain.
Over the last six years, Rec Room has quietly become a top contender in the race to create the “metaverse”, amassing a total of 82 million lifetime users. In this week’s issue we explore the company’s performance and future outlook.
Among other XR announcementsMeta acquired three more VR studios and launched a premium headset. The company is clearly doubling down on its ambitions in the space, but we analyze what still happen in the emerging category for this strategy to suceed.
Manticore Games is clearly behind other comps in terms of UGC market share. We analyze their pivot to web3 and why there’s room to be optimistic about the company.
In this episode, Matthew Ball joins Naavik co-founder Aaron Bush to discuss his book, The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything, which can be purchased here. The duo also discusses how virtual worlds could take their first steps to connect and interoperate. Matthew also shares why he’s excited about Massive Interactive Live Events (MILEs), and what he’s learned as a producer of one.
On this week’s Crypto Corner, Cofounder and CEO joins your host Nico Vereecke for a no-nonsense discussion about Play-to-Earn/Play-and-earn, inter-game arbitrage, NFT-based Breeding Ponzi’s and the future of the Web3 Metaverse.
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