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This story has been updated to contain a response from the Diana Jones committee. Black Excellence in Gaming has won the 2020 Diana Jones Award. In its 20th year, the annual award is known for stepping out occasionally to recognize important industry trends. “For our community to continue to grow and improve, we must do better
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This story has been corrected to reflect the total gaming revenue numbers. Hasbro’s total gaming revenue, including Magic: The Gathering, Monopoly and others, fell 19% in Q2. Revenues fell from $393.4 million in 2019 to $319 million this year. The figure drops to 4% when looking at the last six months ending in June. Hasbro’s “Gaming” category
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Brenna Noonan along with Dann and Greg May have launched Quillsilver Studio to provide publishing services for the tabletop game industry. Quillsilver will provide game development, product and art design, 3D sculpting, Kickstarter management, and marketing. Noonan was previously Brand Manager at Starling Games where she developed a number of titles including Everdell and A War of Whispers. She left
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Asmodee have acquired long-time partner Libellud, the French game best known for Spiel de Jahres winner Dixit. The two companies formalized their relationship in 2010, allowing Libellud to focus on game creation while Asmodee became an exclusive distributor. Libellud founder Régis Bonnessée will leave the company to develop other business projects. Mathieu Aubert, who has worked with
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Ann Viaene has joined Cartamundi as their first Chief Marketing Officer. Viaene previously worked as CMO at A-Star Education and Armonea. Before that she worked for Kraft as Director Chocolate Brands Benelux. Viaene will oversee global brand growth and consumer strategy. Cartamundi’s corporate headquarters are based in Belgium, but the company has facilities in Japan, India, Poland, Germany,
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CMON have formed an independent investigation committee and appointed Mazars Singapore, an audit and advisory company, to conduct an independent investigation into the company’s delay in publication of their annual report which led to their suspension of trading. CMON Limited suspended trading on the Hong Kong Exchange on April 1. The company announced the suspension in March after it
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Comic book grading company Certified Guaranty Company have launched CGC Trading Cards, a division to authenticate, grade and enclose Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering cards. CGC entered the comic book collecting market in 2000 when it became the first company to provide expert grading to comics while also encapsulating them in clear containers. The company went on to
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9th Level Games have launched a new Hosted Online Play service featuring their games, Kobolds Ate My Baby!, The Excellents, and Mazes, run by vetted game masters. The game masters include Bug Carmean, Patrick Clapp, Zane Graves, Jon Maness, Brian Neff, and Jayson Utz. Tickets are $19.99 a session. Players can purchase indiviually or as a group. Sessions
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