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Games industry roundup: The big Tim Sweeney interview, Animoca Brands' $12m warchest, and Clash of Clans gets Gold Pass

Games industry roundup: The big Tim Sweeney interview, Animoca Brands' $12m warchest, and Clash of Clans gets Gold Pass

While InfluencerUpdate.biz focuses on the world of content creators and influencer marketing, it's always a good idea to keep an eye on the trends, controversies and opportunities of other sectors.

To that end, each week we round up the hottest stories as selected by our expert editorial team across our network of sites that includes PCGamesInsider.biz, PocketGamer.biz and BlockchainGamer.biz. 

Looking for an influencer marketing roundup? You can check out our Hot Five here.

Learn more about all these sectors of the games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle on May 13th and 14th.

Hottest stories

Over on PCGamesInsider.biz, there's a big interview with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on how its PC storefront (also planned for mobile) has performed so far, there's news that Valve is heading to PC Connects Seattle on May 13th to 14th, and the latest figures on the UK games industry's gender pay gap have been revealed.

In mobile gaming, Zynga soft-launches Game of Thrones Slots Casino, Clash of Clans gets Gold Pass, and we take a deep-dive into Kolibri's strategy for success.

In the blockchain space, IOST is outpacing Ethereum in terms of transactions, Animoca brands has a $12 million warchest, and Steem Monsters is coming to TRON as Splinterlands.

 


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Craig Chapple is a freelance analyst, consultant and writer with specialist knowledge of the games industry. He has previously served as Senior Editor at PocketGamer.biz, as well as holding roles at Sensor Tower, Nintendo and Develop.