#33 Weekly Gaming News Industry Trends Round Up

72.5% of major video game studios embracing Web3 gaming according to Coingecko. Ronin scales with zkEVM chains with the help of Polygon. We have the biggest announcements from Nintendo Direct. Playstation is skipping Gamescom again this year. Valorant players getting banned for using mouse and keyboard on console. Pokémon Go director discusses avatar backlash. Bethesda wont rush out a new RPG because of the Fallout TV show's success. Helldivers 2 dev donates to Save the Children because players saved the children in-game but says CEO players not getting a story mode. Despite layoffs EA's top execs earned $60m in last fiscal year. GTA trilogy reaches 30m downloads on Netflix. Call of Duty follows Fortnite in adding Fallout skins. All this plus much more!

Also in our weekly round-up:

• Epic Games Store and Fortnite coming to iOS in Japan next year

• $843m law suit against Valve now in motion

• Star Citizen bans over 600 cheaters due to exploit

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is coming to Steam in August

• Second World Games raising $3 million and unveils Fantasy Troop

• Xbox's Sea of Thieves most downloaded game on PS5 last month

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: New details revealed

• Parallel digital trading card game debuts on Epic Games Store

• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door debuts at No.1 Japan Monthly Charts

Gaming News 🕹️

• The biggest announcements from Nintendo Direct

• Helldivers 2 studio CEO says you’re not getting a story mode because “that’s like building an entirely new game”

• Ex-GTA producer's game creation project Everywhere gets closed beta next week

• Epic Games Store and Fortnite coming to iOS in Japan next year

• World of Warcraft could offer story mode for legacy raids

• Embracer shuts down developer of the new Alone in the Dark

• The Assassin's Creed creator makes new game with Xbox Game Studios

• Valorant players are already getting banned for using mouse and keyboard on console

• Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail launch trailer reveals story beats with in-game footage

• Lords of the Fallen sequel coming 2026, Epic get PC exclusive rights

• FragPunk is a new 5v5 hero shooter with crazy card-based abilities

• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door debuts at No.1 Japan Monthly Charts

• Call of Duty follows Fortnite in adding Fallout skins, out this week

• Capcom details how open world and creature population will change player strategy in Monster Hunter: Wilds

• Xbox's Sea of Thieves was the most downloaded game on PS5 last month

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: New details revealed on the official Xbox Podcast

• Xbox exclusive 'Towerborne' reaffirms plans to launch in 2024, alongside a bevy of new information

• Dragon Age co-creator David Gaider responds to The Veilguard getting Baldur's Gate 3 comparisons

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape debuts as 2024's best-rated game, beating Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Balatro

• The Rogue Prince of Persia developer reveals the secret behind the game's visual style

• Star Citizen bans over 600 cheaters

• Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater confirmed to launch in 2025

• Xbox-published strategy game Ara: History Untold gets release date, plus multiplayer detailed

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is coming to Steam in August

• Wizard With A Gun developer Galvanic Games are closing down

^{Continue catching up with gaming news right after our sections on Trends, Web3 Games, Industry News, Insights, Esports, and Events!}

Trends 📈

• 72.5% of Major video game studios embracing Web3 gaming

• Arcane season 2 isn't the end of Riot's animation push, and fans are already theorizing where in the League of Legends universe we're heading next

• Hatsune Miku will teach you how to box for only $50

• Highrise passes $250M revenue milestone by empowering player creation

• The live-action Lilo & Stitch movie will arrive later this year

• GTA trilogy reaches 30m downloads on Netflix

• Helldivers 2 developer donates to Save the Children because players saved the children in-game, too

• Mental Salvo is an "infinite open world" art game full of procedurally generated surprises

Web3 Games 🎯

• Parallel digital trading card game debuts on Epic Games Store

• MetalCore unveils Barony guild system for mech warfare shooter

• 7 play to earn games you must try in 2024

• Is web3 gaming on TON driving mass adoption?

• 'Heroes of Mavia' will soon let you earn its Ethereum token on iOS and Android

• Blockchain game investment list – Mirror World raises $12 million for Solana gaming L2 Sonic

• Ronin scales with zkEVM chains powered by Polygon

• How Pixels grows beyond 1 million DAUWs

• Second World Games unveils Fantasy Troop while raising $3 million in token presale

Industry News 🛡️

• $843 million lawsuit against Valve already has its own website: "The Steam Claim" accuses the biggest store in PC gaming of "overcharging" players

• PlayStation is skipping Gamescom again this year

• Todd Howard says Bethesda doesn't need to rush out a new RPG because of the Fallout TV show's success: "I don't think it's bad for people to miss things"

• Yet another game studio is shutting down after making a good game

• New co-development studio The Unreal Guys opens doors

• The 10,800 game layoffs in 2024 already exceeded all cuts in 2023 — here’s why | The DeanBeat

• Evercoast acquires Depthkit to advance GenAI for spatial video

• EA's top execs earned $60m in last fiscal year, despite company layoffs

• Armello, Jumplight Odyssey studio League of Geeks going into "hibernation" following layoffs

• John Hight, head of the Warcraft franchise, is leaving Blizzard after almost 13 years at the company

• IOC to vote on adding Olympic Esports Games

• MOONTON and Qiddiya expand partnership to grow Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Level Up Your Hardware 🎧

• The Game Boy Color is once again my favorite handheld thanks to this gorgeous AMOLED touchscreen mod

• Xbox can finally remember Wi-Fi passwords with the June 2024 update

• PlayStation 5 adds ability to join Discord voice chats from your console

• Playstation Portal update aims to make connecting to public Wi-Fi easier

• Logitech reveals a 3D stylus for Meta Quest headsets

Esports Players & Teams News 🏆

• What you need to know about IEM Cologne 2024

• Team Falcons takes home the MPL MENA Season 5 championship trophy

• Olympic Esports Games set to be introduced in the IOC portfolio

• Team Spirit defeat Na'Vi 3-1 to be crowned BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2024 champions

• TI13 is out of grasp for Virtus.pro

• How the LCS is changing in 2025 (Americas League, Split changes, rosters)

• DreamHack Summer 2024 – What esports is all about

• BLAST unveils partnership with British Esports

• HEROIC and Thunderpick launch Counter-Strike 2 tournament

• GCS MLBB PH Cup reveals new format for June 2024 iteration

• Eden Esports to debut new broadcasting solutions for female esports event

• BIG launches esports talent promotion programme

• How JDG Esports runs its esports stadium in China

…Gaming News Continued 🕹️

• Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree launch times revealed

• F1 24 review - narrowly misses pole position

• Marvel vs. Capcom Collection features 7 classic games

• Square Enix producer: "We would love" to launch Final Fantasy XIV for a Nintendo format

• Matchbox Driving Adventures to hit PC and consoles on 20 September

• The Road Ahead is coming to PC, PlayStation and Xbox this year

• The Lollipop Chainsaw remaster comes out on September 25

• The developers of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault are making a 1920s school detective mystery

• Toplitz Productions announces early access launch of survival adventure Serum

• Amazon's next free-to-play fantasy MMO Throne and Liberty is out in September

• Pokémon Go director discusses avatar backlash, and a "course correct" needed on the slowdown of new species

• The Sims competitor Life by You abruptly canceled, exec admits it's "a clear failure on Paradox’s part"

• What you need to know about Helldivers 2's latest major update

• Astro Bot beats Doom as the No.1 wishlisted game of the summer games showcases

Events 🗓️

• HIT Games Conference Barcelona 2024 June 20 - June 21

• Gamescom Latam 2024 June 26 - June 30

• TwitchCon Europe 2024 June 26 - June 30

• Games for Change Festival 2024 June 27 - June 28

• Develop:Brighton 2024 July 9 - July 11

Guides, Tips and Tricks 🗝️

• Destiny 2 The Illusion Ghost Mission Guide - How to find the ghost in Savathun's Throne World

• How to get new exotic armor in Destiny 2: The Final Shape

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