AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoNintendo Expands in the Philippines: The eShop and Nintendo Switch Online launched locally, giving players access to digital games, online play and member benefits without needing a US account. Big Deal for Mobile Gaming: Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games won Chinese antitrust approval for its more than $6 billion purchase of Moonton, maker of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Studio Cuts: Skydance Games has laid off staff and scaled back projects following its parent company’s Warner Bros. Discovery takeover. Digital Gifting: Nintendo’s new eShop feature will let Switch and Switch 2 players gift eligible games to family-group members, but not friends outside the group. Gaming Meets K-Pop: Riot’s virtual group K/DA returned with “FIRESTARTER”; its EP topped iTunes’ global album chart, while the song became Riot’s highest-charting track on Spotify. AI Debate: Big Walk developer House House said LLMs helped with technical problems during development, accounting for less than 0.1% of the game’s code, as some IGF jurors vow not to vote for games made with generative AI.
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