Games industry roundup: all about Apple Arcade, what art assets to use in marketing, and Blockchain Gamer Connects heads to Hong Kong

• 1 PC game news and insights

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

  INSIGHT: Here is all the art your marketing people are going to need to promote your game

  Haley Uyrus' column continues, this time looking at what developers need to know about creating key art

  Resident Evil, Monster Hunter World and Devil May Cry 5: How Capcom got its mojo back on PC

  UK marketing boss Antoine Molant discusses the Japanese publisher's recent success on the platform and what it has learnt from its past PC mistakes

  How German indie publisher Daedalic landed The Lord of the Rings license

  The firm is putting $5m-plus behind the development of this game alone

  INSIGHT: How to finance your indie games development studio - Part One

  Game Dragons director and industry veteran Philip Oliver gives you the lowdown on dealing with investors and publishers

  Streaming, Epic, first-party support and Linux: Here are the biggest trends from GDC 2019

  Though the show was low on announcements, there's still a lot to glean about where the games market is going

  
  

• 2 Mobile game news and insights

  Here are the hottest stories from our sister site Pocketgamer.biz for the last week.

  Apple Arcade versus Google Stadia: Two very different visions of gaming

  PocketGamer.biz contributing editor Jon Jordan delivers a fantastic opinion piece comparing two significant announcements two of the biggest tech companies in the world and how their visions hold up for the future of games.

  Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity but may worry developers not on it

  Another opinion piece on Apple Arcade hot off the press shortly after news of its unveiling. This time, there’s a look at what the subscription service means for the future of premium games on mobile.

  Top 10 best-selling indie games on the Nintendo Switch so far

  A glimpse of the best performing games from indies on the Switch reveals Ghost Town Games’ Overcooked and Overcooked 2 are both top 10 sellers, amongst a list that includes Dead Cells, Undertale, Hollow Knight and Stardew Valley, amongst others.

  Why Apple Arcade is doomed to disappoint both players and developers

  Completing a trifecta of Apple Arcade opinion pieces, this time AppAgent’s Peter Fodor delivers his assessment of why Apple is about five years too late to releasing its subscription service.

  How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

  Plarium’s latest strategy game is off to a promising start and our in-app inspector goes deep into the game’s monetisation methods to report why it’s doing so well.

  
  

• 3 Blockchain game news and insights

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

  Animoca Brands teams up with Formula One to build blockchain-backed F1 game

  Formula One hosts millions of spectators and countless sponsors, from DHL to Heineken, making any partnership a valuable one. All the more good news as Animoca Brands announces that it’s teaming up with F1 to bring the racing action to the blockchain world.

  Unlimited Tower is now collaborating with IOST

  Unlimited Tower has been remarkably busy with securing new partnerships and providing broader wallet support. More recently, the team has announced that it will be bringing the game to the newly launched mainnet of IOST.

  2D Cell game TRAPS officially joins the TRON Arcade

  The TRON Arcade is becoming increasingly populous, thanks to the appeal of the kind of support and funding it provides. One of the latest projects to get involved is TRAPS, which operates as a 2d browser game.

  Blockchain Gamer Connects coming to Hong Kong on 17-18 July

  This summer, Blockchain Gamer Connects heads to Hong Kong for the first time and tickets are on sale now with massive discounts of up to $450!

  CryptoKitties – scammer teaches community a valuable lesson

  While blockchain communities have a tendency towards being open, global, and friendly towards newcomers. But while this is the case for communities like CryptoKitties, this doesn’t mean that they’re not susceptible to scammers.