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You Heard it Here Last E13
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You Heard it Here Last
Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news you’ve already heard.
Let’s talk business. In 2023 exports from Poland to the US reached the highest levels in history. 2% of all those exports…...was the video game Cyberpunk 2077.
What makes these numbers interesting is that the rollout of Cyberpunk 2077 was a massive failure and the Computer Gaming Industry in Poland took a hit. But today things have changed.
Christina, What’s up with Poland?
[Kick to Christina]
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/cyberpunk-2077-s-embattled-launch-was-felt-across-poland
https://www.trade.gov.pl/en/extended-topics/polish-gamedev-is-growing-in-strength/
We have more business news, this time in the TTRPG world.
Roll 20 has acquired Demiplane. For those of you not familiar, Roll20 is an online VTT for table top roleplaying, and Demiplane is an online tool that works with virtual table tops to provide rules for a large number of games that don’t start with D&D. That’s pretty interesting in and of itself.
But that's not even the most interesting part of it. Adam Bradford, the driving force behind first D&D Beyond and then Demiplane, opted not to go to Roll 20 and is now heading up development at Fantasy Grounds.
Christina, What’s all this then?
[Kick to Christina]
https://geektyrant.com/news/digital-ttrpg-giant-roll20-acquires-demiplane
Finally let’s talk Ennie Awards. The Ennie Awards are an annual fan-based celebration of excellence in tabletop roleplaying and they are awarded each year at GenCon. This year’s nominees have been announced and there are a lot of interesting stuff on it.
Christina, any of the nominees stand out to you or are there any that you are excited to see on the list of nominees?
[Kick to Christina]
https://ennie-awards.com/2024-nominees/
Well, there you have it, tune in next time for all the news you’ve already heard.
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