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Cecilia D'Anastasio

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Games Industry Reporter at Bloomberg News

reporter covering the games industry and digital culture for Bloomberg News @technology email: [email protected] Signal: cecilia.01 Discord: ehvee

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Articles

  • 4 days ago | seattletimes.com | Cecilia D'Anastasio

    Mobile-game developers may reap billions of dollars more in revenue this year as a result of a court ruling freeing them from rules imposed by Apple’s App Store. Aldora Intelligence, led by industry analyst Joost van Dreunen, estimates that $4.1 billion in revenue could shift from Apple to developers, based on 2024 figures from the Top 25 mobile-game publishers.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Cecilia D'Anastasio

    The Roblox app. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Roblox Corp.’s 2-month-old video game has quickly become one of the most-played titles in its history — and spawned a market for virtual crops and livestock that appears to violate company rules. At a recent peak on Saturday, May 24, some 8.7 million people were playing at once, roughly the population of Switzerland, according to data from RoMonitor Stats, an independent analysis site.

  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Cecilia D'Anastasio

    Roblox Corp.’s 2-month-old Grow a Garden video game has quickly become one of the most-played titles in its history — and spawned a market for virtual …

  • 1 week ago | thestar.com.my | Cecilia D'Anastasio

    Mobile-game developers may reap billions of dollars more in revenue this year as a result of a court ruling freeing them from rules imposed by Apple Inc’s App Store. Aldora Intelligence, led by industry analyst Joost van Dreunen, estimates that US$4.1bil (RM17.40bil) in revenue could shift from Apple to developers, based on 2024 figures from the top 25 mobile-game publishers.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Cecilia D'Anastasio

    The Apple App Store. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Mobile-game developers may reap billions of dollars more in revenue this year as a result of a court ruling freeing them from rules imposed by Apple Inc.’s App Store. Aldora Intelligence, led by industry analyst Joost van Dreunen, estimates that $4.1 billion in revenue could shift from Apple to developers, based on 2024 figures from the top 25 mobile-game publishers.

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Cecilia D'Anastasio
Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta
12 May 25

New: Political commentator @hasanthehun says he was briefly detained by US Customs and Border Protection, questioned about his views on Hamas and Trump. First reported by @UserMagazine. https://t.co/k34ZILHbRy

Cecilia D'Anastasio
Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta
12 May 25

RT @Techmeme: A profile of HoYoverse, the creator of Genshin Impact, which is exploring new game genres as its titles begin to cannibalize…

Cecilia D'Anastasio
Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta
7 May 25

Would love to know how the AI essay epidemic affects colleges with no grades. I went to one of those and have come to view college as a place to develop a relationship with difficulty, not earn scores. Grit is the most useful skill college can teach when information is free.

New York Magazine
New York Magazine @NYMag

Read @MrJDWalsh's feature on the future of higher education in a world completely reliant on AI (and don't use ChatGPT to summarize it). https://t.co/mmjp6KeQuL