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Who will be at GDC next week? Super excited to participate in "Web3 Gaming: Collaboration Over Competition" because interoperability was one of core values that drew us to Web3 and Polkadot . And check out the impressive line up of panelists!

Attending the 33rd Annual Deutsche Bank TMT Conference to talk about the future of entertainment and disruption across UCG (think Roblox and Epic Games), AI (think Sortium), and Web3 (think Mythical Games and Polkadot) was awesome! And with panelists like Mercedes Moné and Zachary Letter ?? GDC, even better! Great work DB in pushing boundaries. Plus, the explosion of floral, led by PINK, at the Breakers was beautiful. ???????????? And the best part has been reconnecting with my old colleague and friend Bryan Kraft ?? Thank you!

Bits of Signum Creator Stories is out today. Signum Growth Dot Play ?? ?? Whirlwind of Records! Snoop's New Missionary, Mercedes Moné's New Japan Title, Roblox’s Blox Fruits, Fortnite's Live Events, & Polkadot's The Spammening!

CAA Frame & Pixel: An Evening Celebrating Video Games & Hollywood - Last night was a wonderful night of games and entertainment in LA. Big thanks to CAA Agency and Immix Law Group IME Law for including Angela Dalton, CEO of Signum Growth Dot Play! ?? ?? ??? ?? ??

Quick check in on this Sunday with GRATITUDE - will write a full thought piece on our Slush event on what we learned from some incredible game developers and thought leaders in UGC, but the last 7 days have been a whirlwind of love, hugs and PINK! ?? 1) Helsinki - ~250 people joined an incredible gathering of minds on the Future of Gaming, co-hosted with Gamefam. At Signum Growth Dot Play we believe in a world in which game developers stay close to their audiences, maintain creative control and capture the value they deserve. The background says, “Roblox and UGC Gaming Will Disrupt Console, Mobile, and Media Itself. What are You Going to Do About It?” (h/t Joe Ferencz) Loved learning from Michael Galstyan (creator of War Tycoon!) and listening to Lee Veitch, Tami Bhaumik and Kay Vasey on our responsibilities to kids, the community and authenticity, to Marc Seal, Sortium on responsible #AI in games, to Arron Goolsbey, Mythical Games on blockchain working in the background, to Le Zhang, Spaceport.xyz on the future of #IPRights in games???? Creators Undonebuilder and @MATS (Super League Soccer!) were inspiring. And the Epic Games UEFN panel with Grace Lind - ?? Dreamhack ????, Kevin Marciano, Birdo and Brendan Stock ?? Slush was ?? (missed you Miles Dorsey ??) 2) Stopped in DC for Frank McCourt/Project Liberty’s Summit on the Future of the Internet (check out his People’s Bid for Tik Tok!) and caught up with some new and old Polkadot and other friends?incl. Chrissy Hill, úrsula O'Kuinghttons, Peter M. Christoph Kampitsch, Jeffrey Edell, Ethan Sawyer, and many more! 3) Landed just in time for Mythical’s announcement to partner with FIFA Mobile on a new game - FIFA Rivals. This is HUGE - their first game, NFL Rivals, drew 6 million players, but FIFA could be 20x the size??? EA Madden at ~25 million players vs FIFA Mobile which *was* at 500 million. I loved Mattias Grafstr?m’s, FIFA Secretary General, quote in Dean Takahashi's excellent article "Mythical Games teams with FIFA to make Web3 mobile soccer game FIFA Rivals" Loved every second with Team Dot Play - Nicholas Douzinas, Eliza Jappinen, our extended team, and those there in spirit Keshav Holani James Purell and Karen Bader! Also, to the rest of the rock star Gamefam team -Ricardo Briceno, Alexandra (Alli) Guglielmino, Justin Peress - THANK YOU!!! #polkadot #inittowinit #games #UGC #futureofgaming #media #entertainment #IPrights #ResponsibleAI #AIinGames #developersfirst #lesstrustmoretruth

This is why Roblox is so fascinating. The level of connection, authenticity, and play around creative content is the deferentiating feature that other platforms currently are going to struggle to compete with. Thanks James Purell for this continued sharing of what’s going on in Roblox. Fellow friends who just heard me speak about this CARTOON business be sure to follow him and Dot Play as we dig deep into this dynamic entertainment landscape together.

Kicking off our Slush with our cosponsered event The Future of Gaming, UGC is changing everything! Signum Growth Dot Play and Gamefam ?? Angela Dalton??Slush Nicholas Douzinas

Snoooooop! About Friday night in Times Square… After many years in NYC, I have never joined a larger gathering. A crowd that seemed to go on for blocks in every direction, gathered for the launch of Fortnite Remix, The Prelude, the new Fortnite season. The number of people who attended live, in-person surely pushed the reported 9.85m in-game, concurrent attendees to well over 10 million, and likely even closer to 11 million. We met up with so many smart creators, and we can't wait for the right moment to launch Mercedes Moné, pictured below along with me and her Advocate Keven Undergaro . She is the CEO of wrestling league AEW, a star on the Mandalorian, and she happens to be Snoop Dogg's cousin. Epic Games’ creator platform, Unreal Engine for Fortnite ("UEFN") is on our bucket list - stay tuned for more! We were lucky to be invited by Death Row Games - thank you Cordell Broadus and Shiv Jain - the in-person version was epic! ?? ?? Fortnite Remix brings artists like Snoop Dogg, Ice Spice, and Eminem to center stage, integrating their music and IP directly into gameplay. Watch this link as the Minigun (an existing weapon that Fortnite players are already familiar with) fires to Eminem's iconic "Rap God" verse—a perfect example of how Epic fuses IP with gameplay, keeping audience enjoyment at the core. Video via @andredotuasset on X https://lnkd.in/erKH2NU5 ?? By the way, this tweet got our wheels turning on how we might incorporate Mercedes' debut single, "CEO"! ?? Note on Slush! Signum Growth Dot Play looks forward to November 19 in Helsinki, Finland, where we will co-host the official Slush 2024 Gaming Side Event with Gamefam. Please let us know if you will be in Helsinki and if you would like to connect!? ?? “The Future of Gaming - UGC is Changing Everything” ??November 19th

Will you be at Slush in Helsinki from 11.19 - 11.22? ?? “The Future of Gaming - UGC is Changing Everything” ?? will be a full day event hosted by Gamefam and Signum Growth Dot Play on November 19th in Helsinki, Finland. An panel that we are excited about - "Future State Panel: How AI and Emerging Platforms Will Impact the Industry". This panel with Arron Goolsbey and Marc Seal will explore the ways in which we see UGC platforms integrate new technologies like AI and Web3 into the broader 3D internet over the coming 5-10 years, and how they will impact your investment and product strategies. ??? Want to join us? Sign up for “The Future of Gaming - UGC is Changing Everything” event here:? https://lnkd.in/eQNrTc_p? ??? Tuesday, November 19 from 10:00 AM – 5:15 PM ?? Hotel Mestari, Fredrikinkatu 51, 00100 Helsinki, Finland Who else will be there? ?? Let’s connect!? #UGCGaming #Gaming #VideoGames #Roblox #Fortnite #Metaverse #Media

We are so excited about this incredible line up!!! It is going to be so ????!