VentureBeat reports: “Meet one of gaming’s newest unicorns. Playco has raised $100 million at a $1 billion valuation for instant games across a wide variety of platforms.”
Gamesindustry.biz reports: “Indian competitive gaming platform Mobile Premier League has raised $90 million in a series C funding round.”
Billboard reports: “A judge has approved a request from a group of U.S. WeChat users to delay looming federal government restrictions that could effectively make the popular app nearly impossible to use.”
Deadline reports: “After a day of public distribution drama last Friday, NBCUniversal’s Peacock has officially launched on Roku in the U.S.”
The Hollywood Reporter reports: “Microsoft is growing its video game domain, acquiring the parent company of publisher Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion in cash.”
The Verge reports: “Apple bought music recognition app Shazam in 2018, and now it’s integrating it into iOS in another big way — a new Music Recognition feature can identify songs playing around you as well as in apps on your phone. And it even works when you’re listening to music on your headphones.”
The Verge reports: “The US Commerce Department has issued a new order to block people in the US from downloading the popular video-sharing app TikTok as of September 20th, Reuters first reported Friday.”
Gamesindustry.biz reports: “Unity has completed its Initial Public Offering and been valued at $13.7 billion. The company, best known for the game development engine of the same name, began trading shares on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday under the symbol “U”.”
Variety reports: “The dispute between Roku and NBCUniversal over distribution of the fledgling Peacock streaming service has taken a nasty turn.”
The Hollywood Reporter reports: “The deal to buy the company behind the ‘Unknown 9’ franchise continues the Japanese gaming giant’s strategy of developing half its content outside of its home market.”
