INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Now, others in the gaming industry are experimenting with how they too can capitalize on new trends in gaming.Mythical Games, a startup out
between players, content creators, brands and developers is the norm
on the way.Mythical is led by a group of gaming industry veterans
Its chief executive officer is John Linden, a former studio head at Activision and president of the Niantic-acquired Seismic Games
The rest of its C-suite includes chief compliance officer Jamie Jackson, another former studio head at Activision; chief product officer
Stephan Cunningham, a former director of product management at Yahoo; and head of blockchain Rudy Kock, a former senior producer at Blizzard
has led the round for Mythical
space.Epic Games raised a $1.25 billion round late last month thanks to the cultural phenomenon that its game, Fortnite, has become
Discord, a chat application for gamers, raised a $50 million financing in April at a $1.65 billion valuation from Benchmark Capital,
Greylock Partners, IVP, Spark Capital and Tencent
Venrock, with participation from GV and Samsung NEXT.In total, VCs have invested $1.8 billion in gaming startups this year, per PitchBook.
