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Games industry roundup: Women are "underserved" in mobile games, Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, and EA UK boss steps down

Games industry roundup: Women are "underserved" in mobile games, Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, and EA UK boss steps down

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. Want to catch up on our influencer news? Find our Hot Five right here.

Hottest stories

In the world of PC Games, Sports Direct looks set to acquire GAME, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Nvidia and AMD make Glassdoor's Top CEOs lists, and EA confirms its UK and Ireland boss is stepping down.

Over in the mobile games space, PocketGamer.biz reports the CEO of Hutch Beatrice Fischel-Bock says that women are "underserved" in the mobile games market, while Small Giant Games' Empires & Puzzles has racked up 34m downloads to date.

And in the emerging blockchain games market, users can now create their own non-fungible tokens via WAX as Facebook releases its whitepaper for forthcoming cryptocurrency Libra.


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Editor

Danielle Partis is editor of PocketGamer.biz and former editor of InfluencerUpdate.biz. She was named Journalist of the Year at the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019, as well as in the MCV 30 under 30 2020. Prior to Steel Media, she wrote about music and games at Team Rock.