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Gaming conglomerate Embracer Group plans to split into three entities as part of its ongoing course-correction, the company announced this week. Embracer, which noted the plan is still not set in stone, plans to spin off both tabletop publisher Asmodee Group and “Coffee Stain & Friends,” an entity that will encompass Embracer’s indie and AA studios. Embracer will retain “Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends,” a AAA game development arm centered on its largest IP, including The Lord of the Rings, Tomb Raider and others.
The move, when completed in 2025 with the separation of Coffee Stain from the Embracer portfolio, will end a lengthy saga that began in May 2023, when Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors informed investors that a deal that would have brought $2 billion to Embracer’s coffers fell through. Later that year, Embracer began restructuring its company and cutting projects and personnel, and its projections for the year to come fell significantly. The deal, which Axios reported was to be between Embracer and Savvy Games Group, was all but finalized, Wingefors said, before the fallout led to what will be a very different Embracer – if it even retains that name – by the end of 2024.
There will certainly be some obstacles ahead for Asmodee, which will take on around $960 million in debt from its parent company via loans Embracer is taking against Asmodee’s assets. “The proceeds from the financing are used to repay existing debt and reduce leverage in the remaining Embracer Group,” the company said in a statement. The path forward for the rest of the portfolio is no less murky, and Wingefors, who will remain the owner of all three companies, will be under no less scrutiny amid yet another tectonic shift for one of the gaming industry’s biggest players.
COMPETITION AND GAMING NEWS
The Call of Duty League plans to eliminate or refund the league’s $25 million team entry fees, increase team revenue from sales of in-game merchandise and increase subsidies for teams that organize in-person CDL events, Call of Duty Esports general manager Daniel Tsay announced April 16. The move, which also includes a “two-year minimum guarantee of revenue” for participating teams, is designed to bring additional relief to Call of Duty League franchises that have seen their slots become loss leaders for their esports organizations.
Saudi Arabia’s Esports World Cup will feature a $60 million prize pool, the EWC Foundation announced, making this summer’s tournament in Riyadh the largest-ever prize pool for an esports event. The competition, which will feature 19 game titles, will offer a $20 million prize pool to be divided amongst the 16 best-performing teams across all games, more than $30 million distributed as individual tournament prizes, and additional prizing for qualification competitions ($7.6 million) and for tournament MVPs ($1.1 million).
A new feature in Fortnite that lets players block “confrontational emotes” has sparked some controversy in the battle royale’s community. The change allows players to block four in-game emotes that, over time, have primarily become tools for antagonizing fellow players. Critics have called Fortnite’s move a step too far, as the emotes themselves are innocuous and have to be purchased to be used.
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Riot Games is reportedly planning to add a third international event to its League of Legends schedule that would take place between the Winter and Spring splits, according to Sheep Esports. Riot plans to provide an update on the 2025 schedule for League of Legends esports in June, a spokesperson told Sheep Esports.
SPONSORSHIP & ACTIVATION
Gaming lifestyle organizations OpTic Gaming has partnered with soccer club Juventus, the teams announced April 5. Juventus, a Serie A club, and OpTic, best known for its tenure in Call of Duty esports, will hope to connect two global fan bases through co-branded merchandise, social media and content collaborations, and “joint activations at live events in both the football and esports worlds.” “OpTic and Juventus are built on different foundations, but we share values in how we compete and foster communities with unmatched passion and engagement,” OpTic CEO Hector Rodriguez said in a statement. “We’re looking forward to making this partnership one that unites people … elevates Juventus, and makes OpTic a more global organization than ever.”
Esports organization Alliance has rebranded with a new look to its logo that does away with the letter-and-shield combination it’s sported for about a decade. The rebrand, which also restyles the “A” logo that the team has leaned on for so long, goes with a sleek and simple approach, using just the Alliance name and a three-tone color palette. The new logo will be implemented across all of Alliance’s esports programs and its social channels.
Esports organization BIG and gaming peripheral company Logitech are partnering to promote the company’s Logitech G brand, they announced. BIG, which operates out of Germany, will use Logitech G products both in competitions and for content initiatives, while BIG will also get additional visibility through activations and promotional materials put on by Logitech in Germany.
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Quality over price for high-end graphics card buyers
Nearly a tenth of PC/Console gamers say they intend to buy a high-end graphics card within the next six months (9%), but what factors will they consider when making this purchase? Nearly nine in ten of them say they will prioritize quality when they are next in the market for gaming accessories (85%). This puts quality well above price (63%) as the most commonly cited decision-making factor. Features and technical specifications will also be pored on (56%), while brand name also has significant sway (54%).
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Q1 2024 Live Streaming Trends Report: Stream Hatchet
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Key takeaways include:
Live-streaming viewership is up 10% from Q1 2023 to 8.2 billion hours watched, indicating a resurgence in the industry since the post-pandemic dip.
While many of the smaller platforms in the market are losing viewership, big players like Twitch, and YouTube Gaming continue to grow. Steam was a breakout star in Q1, doubling its hours watched. New South Korean platform, Chzzk, helped AfreecaTV to overtake Twitch’s influence in the country.
Palworld was the top Q1 game launch by a mile – with 95M hours watched in its first 30 days, it outperformed mega-popular Hogwarts Legacy (Q1 2023’s big star) by 25M hours watched.
The report offers critical insights, serving as a strategic guide for stakeholders in the streaming ecosystem, emphasizing the importance of leveraging analytics for informed decision-making.
Another video game-based TV series, another win for fans everywhere: Prime Video’s adaptation of the Fallout franchise has drawn millions of viewers and, in a new twist, revitalized the player community around the Bethesda title’s mainline Fallout games.
Fallout released to strong reviews on Metacritic from fans and reviewers alike, and the show drew viewership from 1.5 million households, according to The Wrap. The series’ popularity inspired two immediate developments: The announcement that Fallout will get a second season, and a surge in players of Fallout franchise games, including single-player role-playing games Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 4, and a massive boom for Fallout 76, the game’s multiplayer online RPG.
Fallout 76, which averaged just under 6,000 concurrent players in March, saw its player base swell to around 18,000 average players following the release of the Fallout adaptation. On Tuesday, Bethesda announced it had seen 1 million unique players load into the Wasteland in a single day – and the game’s peak concurrent players are higher than ever before, including when Fallout 76 first released in November 2018.
While box offices and subscription services have swelled as a result of high-quality video game adaptations in the past, this noticeable growth in player acquisition and resurrection of former players is new. Part of the recipe might be that, while the Fallout show made many references to the events and inside jokes of the overall Fallout franchise, Season 1 was an original story that both tugs at the nostalgia of longtime fans and enriches the existing Fallout universe with new canon.
Bethesda’s and Amazon’s success might seem like more of the same, but there’s a different feel to the results for Fallout. It’s a holistic win, and one that shows how offering new windows into a beloved universe can reignite the passion of both your long-standing community and bring in new faces.
INDUSTRY
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s ban of non-compete agreements could have a particularly noteworthy impact on the games industry. Non-compete clauses are a staple in contracts in this industry, for everyone from game developers to quality assurance specialists, community managers, and even reporters on the esports and gaming markets. The FTC estimated that 18% of U.S. workers will be impacted by the change when it goes into effect in 120 days, though the ruling could still face a challenge in court.
Twitch’s loss in South Korea has been streaming platform CHZZK’s gain, according to new data from StreamElements and Stream Charts. CHZZK, which is owned by South Korean web platform Naver, reached 47 million hours watched in February 2024 as Twitch shuttered in the country. That mark, which nearly doubled watch hours for CHZZK from January, leapt once again in March, with 59 million watch hours.
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Serve as a primary point of contact for our clients, cultivating strong relationships based on trust and delivering exceptional service. Collaborate closely to understand their goals, challenges, and market dynamics, providing strategic guidance and insights. Full info HERE
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OUTLAWS ENTERTAINMENT/Remote: Looking for a senior level digital seller to drive national, regional and local O&O and 3rd Party Revenue for our Gen-Z targeted video content and entertainment division. Will have access to influencers, a strong creative services team and a multitude of media assets to leverage. Full info HERE
VP OF FINANCE & ACCOUNTING >>PBS DISTRIBUTION/ARLINGTON, VA (HYBRID): Responsible for strategic financial oversight of the company’s growth and profitability, including all finance, accounting, and treasury operations as well as lead the long-term financial planning process, provide content investment guidance and collaborate with the executive management team to set the vision and achieve goals for revenue. Full info HERE
ACCOUNT REP: MPT NATIONAL CORPORATE SALESMARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATIONREMOTE
Call on current and prospective sponsors, providing high-quality customer service, in a manner consistent with standard industry practice, for the customer/client accounts for which they have cultivated or have been assigned as well as build sustainable, long-lasting relationships with existing clients. Full info HERE
PAID SEARCH SPECIALISTAKA NYCNEW YORK
Responsible for managing and optimizing paid search campaigns to drive targeted traffic and achieve business objectives. The ideal candidate should possess a strong understanding of search engine marketing (SEM), excellent data analytical skills, and the ability to stay updated on industry trends. Full info HERE
PAID SOCIAL SPECIALISTAKA NYCNEW YORK
Responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing paid social media campaigns to drive brand awareness, engagement, and conversions. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of social media platforms and data analytics and has a proven track record of delivering measurable results through paid social channels. Full info HERE
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Contribute strategic thinking and new ideas to the building and development of consumers promotions and marketing campaigns and work on marketing strategies, in partnership with the internal research team and media agency, for programming initiatives to inform our understanding of the target audience. Full info HERE
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Conceptualize, develop, design and animate digital & social videos across various content verticals including entertainment, lifestyle, fashion/beauty and TV One Networks’ show extensions and develop designs for promo campaigns, original movies, and original and acquired series, original movies, and all network and branding initiatives. Full info HERE
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Responsible for writing, producing and supervising edit sessions for assigned on-air promos and cross department promotional initiatives and develop and execute ideas for image and brand campaigns. Manage shoots as necessary. Full info HERE
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Coordinate off-channel marketing and creative services projects, timing, administrative coordination, and processes to ensure that our projects are delivered on time, budget and produce the desired results. You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s organization, client communication, planning, and timeline. Full info HERE
DIRECTOR, CUSTONER ACQUISITIONGOLDEN HIPPOWOODLAND HILLS, CA (Hybrid)
Golden Hippo is hiring a Director, Customer Acquisition to be responsible for leading a direct response marketing team to test, optimize, and scale new product campaigns. This role will help to identify opportunities and the strategy for overall Customer Acquisition initiatives. Anticipated Salary Range is $131.6k – $175.5k + bonuses. Full info HERE
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Golden Hippo is hiring a Sr. YouTube Ads Specialist to lead YouTube media buying. This role is involved in the entire campaign cycle, including creating and testing new ads and targeting options, launching and overseeing campaigns, and scaling budgets while maintaining KPI’s. Anticipated Salary Range is $86.4k – $115.2k + bonuses. Full info HERE
FACEBOOK ADS SPECIALISTGOLDEN HIPPOREMOTE
Golden Hippo is hiring a Facebook Ads Specialist to manage Facebook ad campaigns and craft highly converting ad creatives. This role is involved in the entire campaign cycle, including creating and testing new ads and targeting options, launching and overseeing campaigns, and scaling budget. Anticipated Salary Range is $75.7k – $101k + bonuses. Full info HERE
SR. DIRECTOR, DISTRIBUTION COUNSELA+E NETWORKS(Remote)
Partner with distribution attorneys/distribution team to achieve maximum value and rights from strategic deal development through drafting. Negotiate legal distribution deal terms and rights for the linear networks, TVE, VOD, OTT, SVOD, FAST and digital across all platforms. Min. 10 years relevant television/cable network legal distribution exp. Full info HERE
SVP-DIGITAL REVENUE DEVELOPMENT >>NEXSTAR/IRVING, TX: Work collaboratively with the Broadcast Leadership Team to lead sales strategies across all stations, divisions, and platforms. The role will work with station leadership, the National Sales Organization, and directly with clients to drive optimal revenue opportunities for all of Nexstar’s digital channels. Full info HERE
CLIENT SOLUTIONS COORDINATORUP ENTERTAINMENTNEW YORK, NY
Play a pivotal role in providing project management and administrative oversight for the UP & Aspire Client Solutions Ad Sales team as well as develope and execution of linear and digital sponsorships, ensuring all elements related to the sponsorships are coordinated, scheduled, and executed correctly. Full info HERE
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF AD SALES >>HAYSTACK NEWS/NYNY, LA, CHICAGO: Responsible for developing large, meaningful partnerships to drive strategic and creative solutions for clients. You relish the opportunity to help advertisers build their brands by supporting the world’s most premium news publishers. Full info HERE
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Represent Future Today, selling an expansive portfolio of O&O CTV apps, inclusive of HappyKids, Fawesome, The LEGO Channel, FilmRise, Blippi. 5+years selling linear/streaming/OLV exp req. Biz dev position inclusive of direct, pmp/pg. Solid relationships; agency & client. Full info HERE
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COMPETITION AND GAMING NEWS
The Call of Duty League plans to eliminate or refund the league’s $25 million team entry fees, increase team revenue from sales of in-game merchandise and increase subsidies for teams that organize in-person CDL events, Call of Duty Esports general manager Daniel Tsay announced April 16. The move, which also includes a “two-year minimum guarantee of revenue” for participating teams, is designed to bring additional relief to Call of Duty League franchises that have seen their slots become loss leaders for their esports organizations.
SPONSORSHIP & ACTIVATION
Gaming lifestyle organizations OpTic Gaming has partnered with soccer club Juventus, the teams announced April 5. Juventus, a Serie A club, and OpTic, best known for its tenure in Call of Duty esports, will hope to connect two global fan bases through co-branded merchandise, social media and content collaborations, and “joint activations at live events in both the football and esports worlds.” “OpTic and Juventus are built on different foundations, but we share values in how we compete and foster communities with unmatched passion and engagement,” OpTic CEO Hector Rodriguez said in a statement. “We’re looking forward to making this partnership one that unites people … elevates Juventus, and makes OpTic a more global organization than ever.”
A WINDFALL FOR FALLOUT
INDUSTRY
