Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the PC, mobile and blockchain sectors

• 1 PC game news and insights

  

  Here are the five hottest stories from our sister-site PCGamesInsider.biz for the last week.

  Six things we learnt at Develop:Brighton 2018

  After a week of rubbing shoulders with the games industry's best and brightest, we share the lessons and trends that we picked up at this year's Develop:Brighton.

  Microsoft: Making games more accessible is both the right thing to do and good for business

  Making games more accessible is the right thing to do - and it'll make publishers and developers a lot of money, also, says Mixer and Microsoft's Tara Voekler.

  Artcraft reckons it can cut two to three years off MMO development

  Online project specialist ArtCraft reckons it can but two-to-three years and $10m off of games development with its Artisan tool - and not just for MMOs.

  INSIGHT - Why game jams are so important

  The GM of GameMaker firm YoYo Games James Coox on why game jams are so important and how they can be successful.

  Overwatch Pink Mercy skin and T-shirt raised $12.7m for Breast Cancer Research Foundation

  Blizzard announces that its fans raised $12.7m.

  
  

• 2 Mobile game news and insights

  

  Here are the five hottest stories from our sister-site PocketGamer.biz for the last week.

  Four years on: Jam City on the evolution of match-three hit Cookie Jam

  Four years later Jam City’s flagship mobile game Cookie Jam is still doing the business. PocketGamer.biz catches up with GM and VP of creative development Shane Nakamura to find out how the publisher has kept it popular for so long.

  How DomiNations kept going for three years and made $150 million in the process

  DomiNations has generated $150 million since launch, but how? PocketGamer.biz speaks to Big Huge Games CEO Tim Train on the sustained success of the hit strategy title.

  Supercell’s Clash Royale plunders $2 billion in revenues in just over two years

  Finnish developer Supercell is well known for being one of the biggest companies in the mobile games space. Now it has the accolade of being the first mobile publisher to have two multi-billion dollar games.

  Asymmetrical Horror: NetEase on hitting 100m downloads with Identity V

  The hit horror game is spreading its wing from its China homeland and heading to the West. PocketGamer.biz talks with NetEase on how the title reached 100 million downloads and where the next 100m will come from.

  How Supercell uses machine learning to automate monetisation in Clash Royale

  Having made $2 billion, Supercell data scientist Jarno Seppänen explains how the developer is using machine learning to generate even more revenue from Clash Royale.

  
  

• 3 Blockchain game news and insights

  

  Here are the five hottest stories from our sister-site BlockchainGamer.biz for the last week.

  Etherbots developer Fuel Bros announces esports game Gods Unchained

  From their previous game, EtherBots, Fuel Bros intend to increase the level of exposure that blockchain games get from the mainstream audience, explicitly targetting esports.

  New blockchain games and ICO roundup

  We explore some of the goings-on of the week, including those big moments for the industry!

  How new RPG Cryptic Conjure is looking to shake up blockchain gaming

  Cryptic Conjure is a multiplayer fantasy action-RPG, utilizing the Ethereum blockchain and Unreal Engine 4 to enable some very interesting mechanics.

  How blockchain enabled the implementation of Cryptic Conjure’s core spell degradation mechanic

  It’s often said blockchain is a solution looking for a problem. But for game designer Jason Wishnov, blockchain proved to be the solution to a fundamental problem.

  What is Playkey?

  Playkey offers players the ability to enter the world of high-spec PC gaming without the overly-expensive hardware.