Quick check in on this Sunday with GRATITUDE - will write a full thought piece on our Slush event on what we learned from some incredible game developers and thought leaders in UGC, but the last 7 days have been a whirlwind of love, hugs and PINK! 💗
1) Helsinki - ~250 people joined an incredible gathering of minds on the Future of Gaming, co-hosted with Gamefam. At Signum Growth Dot Play we believe in a world in which game developers stay close to their audiences, maintain creative control and capture the value they deserve. The background says, “Roblox and UGC Gaming Will Disrupt Console, Mobile, and Media Itself. What are You Going to Do About It?” (h/t Joe Ferencz)
Loved learning from Michael Galstyan (creator of War Tycoon!) and listening to Lee Veitch, Tami Bhaumik and Kay Vasey on our responsibilities to kids, the community and authenticity, to Marc Seal, Sortium on responsible #AI in games, to Arron Goolsbey, Mythical Games on blockchain working in the background, to Le Zhang, Spaceport.xyz on the future of #IPRights in games❤️🔥 Creators Undonebuilder and @MATS (Super League Soccer!) were inspiring. And the Epic Games UEFN panel with Grace Lind - 🔜 Dreamhack 🇸🇪, Kevin Marciano, Birdo and Brendan Stock 🔜 Slush was 🏅 (missed you Miles Dorsey 😃)
2) Stopped in DC for Frank McCourt/Project Liberty’s Summit on the Future of the Internet (check out his People’s Bid for Tik Tok!) and caught up with some new and old Polkadot and other friends incl. Chrissy Hill, Úrsula O'Kuinghttons, Peter M. Christoph Kampitsch, Jeffrey Edell, Ethan Sawyer, and many more!
3) Landed just in time for Mythical’s announcement to partner with FIFA Mobile on a new game - FIFA Rivals. This is HUGE - their first game, NFL Rivals, drew 6 million players, but FIFA could be 20x the size??? EA Madden at ~25 million players vs FIFA Mobile which *was* at 500 million. I loved Mattias Grafström’s, FIFA Secretary General, quote in Dean Takahashi's excellent article "Mythical Games teams with FIFA to make Web3 mobile soccer game FIFA Rivals"
Loved every second with Team Dot Play - Nicholas Douzinas, Eliza Jappinen, our extended team, and those there in spirit Keshav Holani James Purell and Karen Bader! Also, to the rest of the rock star Gamefam team -Ricardo Briceno, Alexandra (Alli) Guglielmino, Justin Peress - THANK YOU!!!
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