Games industry roundup: Blizzard layoffs, Enjin's Unity SDK lands on Ethereum Testnet, and Clash Royale surpasses $2.5 billion in three years

• 1 PC game news and insights

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

  EXCLUSIVE: Here are where 209 jobs were cut in Blizzard's US business

  We now know just where layoffs have been made in the Overwatch firm's American workforce

  Brenda Romero: "Start coding tonight. Start making games. Don’t wait for college"

  The industry icon shares her own journey into the games industry and tells us what you need to do to get into game design

  Curve Digital's Buahin: 'We still have a way to go to dispel assumptions that women don't play games'

  The indie label's marketing boss tells us what perceptions we need to change about women in games and what advice she has for those looking to break into the industry

  Teazelcat's Jodie Azhar: "I would have benefited a lot from being taught to be more self-assured when I know I’m right about something"

  Jodie Azhar, formerly of Creative Assembly and now working at Teazelcat - the indie studio she founded - tells us about her journey into games and what her role involves

  Boxing clever: Contact Sales boss Stallibrass talks the simulation market, its indie business, and the digital transition

  Oh, and the UK firm reckons its business could increase by 30 per cent this year!

  
  

• 2 Mobile game news and insights

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

  International Women's Day: We profile a few of the games industry's stars

  In celebration of International Women’s Day, the teams on PocketGamer.biz and PCGamesInsider.biz interviewed some of the incredible women working in the games industry. You can read all the profiles with the likes of Jagex’s Cassia Curra, Games UX specialist Celia Hodent, Grand Cru CFO Celine Pasula, Geogrify CEO Kate Edwards, Brenda Romero, Kongregate CEO Emily Greer and more right here.

  Here's where 209 jobs were cut in Blizzard's US business

  After the recent announcement by Activision Blizzard that it would be laying off eight per cent of its workforce, our sister-site PCGamesInsider.biz details dug into exactly where 209 of those layoffs have taken place.

  Mobile publisher Rogue Games brings in $1.25m from seed funding round

  After signed up more than 35 titles to date, Rogue Games aims to expand its business by bringing in new staff and publishing more games.

  Vivendi sells off last Ubisoft shares as takeover plans come to an end

  Ubisoft successfully fended off an unwanted takeover by French media conglomerate Vivendi and now the company has sold off its remaining 5.7 per cent stake in the publisher for $486 million. It has committed to refraining from purchasing Ubisoft shares again for another five years.

  Supercell’s Clash Royale surpasses $2.5 billion in three years

  Supercell’s first four launches have all generated over $1 billion. Sensor Tower estimates that its fourth release, Clash Royale, has bagged more than $2.5 million since its launch three years ago.

  
  

• 3 Blockchain news and insights

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

  Enjin and its new SDK for Unity have landed on Ethereum Testnet

  With an active user-base of 4.5 million developers and effectively responsible for 28 billion installs of various game titles, Unity is a dominant force in the world of game design.

  IOST launches its mainnet and introduces six games to its V1 platform

  IOST has officially launched its mainnet and has already reached landmark block heights. Specifically, last week saw the official launch of the Olympus V1, with more updates to come throughout March.

  War of Crypto teases at mobile platform

  War Of Crypto, along with enjoying early successes with its item pre-sale, has made some positive moves in March.

  XAYA’s ‘Project X’ has a name – Taurion

  From Chimera to XAYA, and what we once knew as ‘Project X‘ just a short time ago, has another name.

  Why IOST CEO Jimmy Zhong is looking for quality dapps not quantity

  Jimmy Zhong certainly thinks so, but then again, he is the CEO of IOST, the Singapore-based blockchain which launched its mainnet on 25 February and is about to complete its native token swap.