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6 Esports and Gaming Trends for 2022 in SEA
Esports and gaming are huge across SEA with almost 250m participants and 82% of people playing either on mobile, console or desktop. We caught up with Mitch Esguerra, Southeast Asia Operations CEO, Galaxy Racer to get his take on the year ahead in esports and gaming. Here are the 6 trends to follow: Gaming and…
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GameFi startup Bowled.io Launches World-first Cricket Mobile Game
Bowled.io is launching the world’s first Play-to-Earn (P2E) cricket platform built on blockchain technology. The core idea is using an innovative game-play model where users bring their team to compete against friends and the Bowled community. The gaming platform enables fans to use their cricket-related skills and reap exciting social and economic benefits. It has…
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Major new Metaverse project launch from Yuga Labs
Massive vibes today as Yuga Labs, owners of Punks, BAYC and Meebits, dropped the trailer for their Bored Ape Yacht Club metaverse — there’s already a currency ($ape), gaming elements and collaborations with other NFT projects like World of Women and Cryptoadz baked in. As much as Yuga and BAYC stand for the hype-driven corporate…
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2022 Gaming, Esports and Metaverse trends
While 2021 was gaming’s biggest year yet — and also the year the metaverse really stepped into the spotlight — 2022 promises to be even bigger. Blockchain, NFTs and play-to-earn will be massive as Web3 comes to gaming, alongside developments in esports and streaming. Some of the key trends include: Play-to-earn will become a more…
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AdColony And Anzu.io Join Forces To Bring Blended In-Game Ads To APAC
AdColony, the in-app advertising marketplace for brands, with a focus on gaming, has signed an exclusive partnership with global in-game advertising platform, Anzu. AdColony will now offer Anzu’s market-leading blended in-game advertising solutions across both display and video to brands and agencies in Asia Pacific. In-game advertising platform Anzu seamlessly blends real-world brand ads into gameplay across PC, console, and mobile games, while offering advertisers comprehensive ad viewability and programmatic capabilities. A brand’s ads can now appear literally within the game – on the…
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The New Digital-First Myanmar Consumer
COVID19 has had a huge impact on the digital consumption habits of people in Myanmar. Consumers have broadened their adoption of new technology to support their requirements from increasing digital entertainment including mobile games and online video, to online shopping and food delivery. A recent report from Myanmar advertising platform Humology took a deep-dive into…
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The Rise of Mobile Gaming in Vietnam: Taking it to the Next Level
by Jade Hoang Business Development Manager, Vietnam, Nativex The COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively impacted some industries, but others have experienced remarkable upticks in growth. In particular, mobile gaming has seen a notable surge, as extended stay-home restrictions have increasingly opened up pockets of time for consumers to play online games. This is especially significant…
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Launching Growjek – ASEAN Tech, Digital, Startup & VC Newsletter
A quick note to readers of this site, I’ve started a biweekly email newsletter called Growjek. Link to the latest issue here. Sign up if you’re interested in a digest of ASEAN (with an Indonesia focus) tech, digital, startups, VC, internet, fintech, gaming, ecommerce, adtech and lots of other stuff related to the ‘new economy’…
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Gaming and Esports Spotlight on Indonesia
Indonesia is a dynamic market for mobile games and esports, especially given its ever-increasing rate of internet and smartphone users. With an online population size of 171 million, favourable demographics with 60% of the population aged between 15-54, and a government that supports the development of gaming and esports, Indonesia is an emerging gaming powerhouse.…
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The Game-Streaming Market in China
China’s streaming ecosystem is a far cry from what’s going on in the West, in terms of content, monetization, and how the audience interacts with the content. While platforms such as Twitch and YouTube generate the majority of their revenues through subscriptions, China’s biggest platforms, including YY Live, Huya, and Douyu, predominantly make money from…
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