Running from the 17th to 18th of June, at Birmingham’s huge NEC, AnimeCon hopes to be the go-to-event for anime, manga and cosplays fans. It’s an Otaku celebration.
Fandom’s state of gaming: Gamers hate NFTs, but Fandom suggests gamers don’t know what they’re talking about
Fandom has published its annual state of gaming report, which looks at trends and issues facing games.
Cortex sold, Legends of Grayskull shuttered, and Dragon Prince RPG transferred as Fandom exits tabletop roleplaying
Fandom has left the tabletop roleplaying business before completing the Cortex marketplace; however, the RPG line will continue in part.
Fandom rollout interactive maps and other creator tools
While the public is hearing about the maps just this week, creators in the system have been testing them, and Trivia, for about a year. Development, it seems, is slow but sure at Fandom.
Festival of Video Games: Warhammer Skulls deals
Fandom might have sold D&D Beyond to Wizards of the Coast, and are still working on their Cortex marketplace but do still have Fanatical as a marketplace.
Death and surprises: Fandom taps its mighty database to give us a geeky summary of 2021
Fandom, which has generally has a job role open for data people, analysed billions of its own data points over 40 million pages of content to uncover some geeky facts.
Cortex RPG’s fan creator license released to dissent and distrust
Our initial plan for Cortex Prime licensing was to offer the Cortex Creator Studio, a distribution channel, marketplace, gaming hub, and design tool.
Fandom sells advertising to Kickstarter campaigns and RPG studios
To compete against other self-serve ad solutions, Fandom highlights its first-party data and insights from the gaming and entertainment sectors.
Most D&D fans can’t correctly answer “Who owns D&D Beyond?”
When this post first went live, the data says that most D&D fans can’t correctly answer “Who owns D&D Beyond?”. Does it matter?
Revenge of the Fifth: Lightsaber competition
Fanatical has teamed up with Galactic Sabers, Numskull Designs and Wookipeedia for three sets of prices.
