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As gaming’s influence grow’s, Facebook’s Gameroom was a matter of time

As gaming’s influence grow’s, Facebook’s Gameroom was a matter of time

We’ve continued to watch gaming become a growing force in our Content is King theme as it has spawned movies like Assasin’s Creed as well as live events that attract viewers worldwide. It was only a matter of time until Facebook focused on gaming, now we want to see how it brings its growing emphasis of monetization to Gameroom.

After losing mobile gaming to iOS and Android, Facebook is making a big push into playing on PC with today’s developer launch of its Gameroom Windows desktop gaming platform. After months of name changes, beta tests and dev solicitation, Facebook opened up the beta build for all developers and officially named it Gameroom.

The app is openly available for users to download on Windows 7 and up.Gameroom let users play web, ported mobile and native Gameroom games in a dedicated PC app free from the distractions of the News Feed.

Source: Facebook officially announces Gameroom, its PC Steam competitor | TechCrunch

PwC Data Confirms Our Content is King Investing Theme

PwC Data Confirms Our Content is King Investing Theme

We’ve touched on this aspect of our Content is King investing theme before, but nothing like data from PricewaterhouseCoopers to confirm it and the theme itself!

Box-office markets over the next few years are expected to grow more quickly abroad than in North America, where receipts have been relatively flat and are forecast to expand only modestly. That dynamic already is changing the way movies get made in Hollywood, as studios focus on big-tent productions like superhero epics that play across borders, or find story lines they know will fly in censorious countries.The Wall Street Journal used analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers to give a fuller picture of the five fastest-growing box-office markets around the world.

Source: A Look at the Five Fastest-Growing Markets for Movies – WSJ