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Dec 6, 2021

ANNOUNCING PAC-MAN™ COMMUNITY

Welcome to PAC-MAN COMMUNITY Welcome to PAC-MAN COMMUNITY! The game where you can play PAC-MAN with friends in real time, create awesome mazes and…www.facebook.com I’m excited to announce a brand new entry into the pantheon of gaming history, PAC-MAN™ COMMUNITY, which is starting its beta test today. PAC-MAN COMMUNITY is the first title published by Genvid Entertainment. Produced in partnership with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. and developer Early Cross, it is exclusively available on…

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ANNOUNCING PAC-MAN™ COMMUNITY
ANNOUNCING PAC-MAN™ COMMUNITY

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Jul 15, 2021

Announcing Genvid Entertainment and Genvid’s Series C

Genvid’s vision has always been, unwavering, a belief in the future of entertainment being a mix of streaming media and games. We call this new entertainment format MILEs or Massive Interactive Live Events. They are cloud-streamed experiences that are live and support millions of people interacting together. We coined the…

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Announcing Genvid Entertainment and Genvid’s Series C
Announcing Genvid Entertainment and Genvid’s Series C

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Mar 24, 2021

Rival Peak: The First MILE is the Hardest

RIVAL PEAK released on December 2nd 2020. It was the first-ever “MILE”, or Massive Interactive Live Event, and aired live and 24/7 for thirteen consecutive weeks, finishing on March 3rd 2021. …

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Rival Peak: The First MILE is the Hardest
Rival Peak: The First MILE is the Hardest

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Jan 20, 2021

RIVAL PEAK at the Halfway Point: Lessons Learned So Far

After six weeks, Facebook users have consumed over 30 million minutes of the RIVAL PEAK franchise Episodes of RIVAL SPEAK, a companion show hosted by Wil Wheaton, have over 22 million views Over 600,000 Facebook users have registered for RIVAL PEAK, which is most popular in India, the United States…

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RIVAL PEAK at the Halfway Point: Lessons Learned So Far
RIVAL PEAK at the Halfway Point: Lessons Learned So Far

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Dec 1, 2020

Announcing “Rival Peak”

Introducing Rival Peak Starting December 2nd at 9:30PM ET/6:30PM PT, Facebook will be debuting a new interactive reality show called Rival Peak that’s powered by my company, Genvid, with design and creative by Pipeworks Studios and DJ2 Entertainment. You can find it at fb.com/rivalpeak. …

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Announcing “Rival Peak”
Announcing “Rival Peak”

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Nov 6, 2017

Esports startup tips from a veteran CEO

Last year I founded Genvid Technologies, a company that builds esports broadcasting tools, along with my incredible co-founders and early employees. Having spent years working for CEOs of Square Enix Holdings, before starting this company my background was in game publishing and development. …

Esports

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Esports startup tips from a veteran CEO
Esports startup tips from a veteran CEO
Esports

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Sep 13, 2017

Welcome to the New Genvid Tech

Today is long in coming. The Genvid SDK, which lets you deploy your game instance to the cloud and create rich interactivity over popular streaming platforms, has finally reached “General Availability.” We’ve spent a year and a half sharing the Genvid SDK only under NDA, in confidential talks with developers…

Gaming

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Welcome to the New Genvid Tech
Welcome to the New Genvid Tech
Gaming

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Jul 7, 2017

Game Publishers and the Esports Startup Ecosystem Catch-22

When we see numbers about the growth of the Esports business, we normally see those numbers separated from the game industry overall. And all too often, we do not consider the underlying power dynamics of the games ecosystem, and how the Esports business is situated within it. The plain truth…

Esport

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Game Publishers and the Esports Startup Ecosystem Catch-22
Game Publishers and the Esports Startup Ecosystem Catch-22
Esport

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Jun 28, 2017

Interactive Streaming and the Future of Content

Interactive streaming is one of this year’s major trends. This month we’ve seen Netflix announce “Choose Your Own Adventure”-style shows. Last month saw the rebranding of Microsoft’s Beam to Mixer and the introduction of co-streaming. And Twitch began testing interactive overlays on their website directly. We’re seeing an expansion from…

Esports

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Interactive Streaming and the Future of Content
Interactive Streaming and the Future of Content
Esports

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Dec 10, 2016

Revolutions of Rising Expectations: The Connection Between Zynga, Nintendo, and Virtual Reality

Video game economics and consumer expectations are rarely aligned. You can call it the 2015 Konami problem. The profitability of tremendously detailed game worlds is a problem that is much more nuanced and difficult than sales numbers suggest, and success can be dependent upon consumer expectations. Zynga, after years of…

Virtual Reality

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Revolutions of Rising Expectations: The Connection Between Zynga, Nintendo, and Virtual Reality
Revolutions of Rising Expectations: The Connection Between Zynga, Nintendo, and Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality

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Jacob Navok

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CEO @ Genvid Tech, formerly Shinra Tech and Square Enix

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