Shares in the eSports company Emerge Gaming (ASX: EM1) have risen 43 per cent this morning after it announced the execution of a global distribution agreement with Singapore-based Cloudzen Pte Ltd, putting it in the system of what has been dubbed the “Netflix of Gaming”. The partnership allows the group to use its intellectual property … Read more
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Jumbo Interactive lifts profit guidance on customer growth
Jumbo’s trading update reveals NPAT is expected to rise from $7.6 million in the prior corresponding period to around $11 million while TTV will be in the $182 million range, up from $145.3 million. Jumbo Interactive, number 37 on our Brisbane Top 50 Companies List, says revenue will also rise by 15 percent to $37.3 million, … Read more
Is this Australia’s most successful ‘bogan’?
Darren Hilsley was looking to do something different after years spent managing a backpacker’s bar in Cairns, where he ran game nights five times a week. With a budget of $600, he started a once-a-week pub show, which grew into Bogan Bingo and now, 12 years later, Hilsley runs 400 gigs a year globally, turning … Read more
Aussie e-sports platform to launch in Latin America
Listed esports platform provider Esports Mogul (ASX: ESH) is set to launch in the Latin American market following its new partnership with one of the region’s largest publishers. Esports Mogul has entered into an agreement with Axeso5, one of Latin America’s largest online video games publishers. Planned for the second quarter of 2018, Axeso5 will … Read more
HOW GAMIFICATION IS CHANGING THE WORKFORCE
In the dynamic modern economy, business conditions change overnight and what worked today may not work tomorrow. That’s why it has never been more important for companies to be agile, flexible and willing to implement decisive action when required. However, you can’t achieve that without strong employee engagement. According to Gartner, 70 per cent of business … Read more
GameTester launches $30 million initial coin offering to attract more users to the gaming platform
Australian video game testing startup GameTester has launched a $US30 million ($39 million) initial coin offering (ICO) on the Ethereum blockchain, kicking off the alternate fundraising method as the platform seeks more users. GameTester was founded two years ago by brothers David and Paul Dobson, with David having previously run video game company Planet Arkadia. … Read more
Brisbane-based eSports betting platform Skrilla raises $800,000 through an ICO to take platform to the blockchain
Brisbane-based online betting platform Skrilla has raised $800,000 via an initial coin offering (ICO) on the Ethereum blockchain ahead of a soft launch into US markets next month. Skrilla was created by founders Damon Oudejans, Nick Heaney, and Riad Chikhani – the founder of parent company GAMURS, which raised $3.5 million in September. The startup operates … Read more
THE VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY: AN OVER-LOOKED INCUBATOR FOR AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE STEM TALENT
One of the things we need to contend with as game developers is the idea among those outside the industry that what we produce is nothing more than frivolous entertainment. This is quite clearly the implication of the Federal Government policy towards the games industry, where we’re not provided support nor funding on any level, … Read more
BIG ANT’S CEO ON SURVIVING THROUGH THE GFC TO SUCCEED ALONGSIDE GLOBAL VIDEO GAME GIANTS
Founded in 2001, Big Ant Studios is arguably Australia’s most prolific developer of sports-related video games on console and it is a proving ground for entrepreneurial game makers. Located just a stone’s throw from the Yarra River in Southbank, Melbourne, the company surivived its ill-fated first title as well as the ‘bushfires’ of the GFC … Read more