BW328 - Branchenfunk Mai 2020
Es ist wieder viel passiert in der Spielebranche; Matthias berichtet. In dieser Folge sogar mit Gast. Und Corona taucht auch auf.
News Rückblick Personalien Jens Nygaard Knudsen ist gestorben https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Nygaard_Knudsen ASMODEE ADDS INTERACTIVE GAMES LICENSING MANAGER - Christian Dunn https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45523/asmodee-adds-interactive-games-licensing-manager ASMODEE CANADA HIRES GM FOR LION RAMPANT - Kevin Ratko https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45596/asmodee-canada-hires-gm-lion-rampant PEGASUS SPIELE HIRES ASMODEE NA VET AS SALES & MARKETING EXEC - Johanna Sadkovich https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45568/pegasus-spiele-hires-asmodee-na-vet-sales-marketing-exe Johanna Sadkovich Joins Pegasus Spiele as Sales and Marketing Executive North America Paizo Announces New Hires, Promotions Sam Healey Relaunches Dice Steeple Podcast Vertrieb Was ist Bei Alliance/Diamond passiert DIAMOND CANCELS RETAILER SUMMIT https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45397/diamond-cancels-retailer-summit Alliance Halts Payments to Vendors; Asmodee to Leave Alliance in July 2020 https://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/102521/alliance-halts-payments-vendors-asmodee-leave-alli DIAMOND HALTING DISTRIBUTION OF NEW PRODUCT, ALLIANCE SHUTTING DOWN COMPLETELY https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45490/diamond-halting-distribution-new-product-alliance-shutting-down-completely DEVIR GAMES WILL SELL DIRECT TO RETAILERS DURING COVID-19 CRISIS https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45497/devir-games-will-sell-direct-to-retailers-during-covid-19-crisis VIZ CONTINUES SHIPPING MANGA TO BOOK CHANNEL https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45515/viz-continues-shipping-manga-book-channel DIAMOND, ALLIANCE SUSPEND REGULAR PAYMENTS https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45534/diamond-alliance-suspend-regular-payments DIAMOND DETAILS DELAYED PAY-OUTS FOR PUBLISHERS, ALLIANCE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45561/diamond-details-delayed-pay-outs-publishers-alliance-handled-differently DIAMOND, ALLIANCE FURLOUGH EMPLOYEES https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45591/diamond-alliance-furlough-employees Alliance Game Distributors to Furlough Employees MARVEL FURLOUGHS EMPLOYEES https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45642/marvel-furloughs-employees DIAMOND PLANS TO RESUME SHIPPING NEW PRODUCT 'MID- TO LATE MAY' https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45610/diamond-plans-resume-shipping-new-product-mid-late-may DIAMOND TO RESUME WEEKLY NEW PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45658/diamond-resume-weekly-new-product-distribution AWA STUDIOS SIGNS COMIC CHANNEL EXCLUSIVE WITH DIAMOND https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45688/awa-studios-signs-comic-channel-exclusive-diamond Was ist bei Amazon passiert AMAZON ENDS NON-ESSENTIAL INCOMING SHIPMENTS; B&N CEO SAYS 'WE WILL SUFFER' https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45447/amazon-ends-non-essential-shipments-b-n-ceo-says-we-will-suffer GAMA LAUNCHES GAME STORE LOCATOR WITH STATUS INFO https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45535/gama-launches-game-store-locator-status-info BARNES & NOBLE HAS 120 STORES OPEN https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45565/barnes-noble-has-120-stores-open AMAZON TO RESUME NON-ESSENTIAL SHIPMENTS https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45592/amazon-to-resume-non-essential-shipments ASMODEE DELAYS ALL NEW RELEASES https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45484/asmodee-delays-all-new-releases ASMODEE SUSPENDS NEW RELEASES THROUGH MAY https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45612/asmodee-suspends-new-releases-through-may LUMA, GREATER THAN GAMES, JAPANIME, MORE GAME COMPANIES SUSPEND SHIPMENTS https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45507/luma-greater-games-japanime-more-game-companies-suspend-shipments Store Support: Haba - WOTC ANNOUNCES GAME STORE RELIEF https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45511/wotc-announces-game-store-relief ANOTHER FREE PRODUCT FOR RETAILERS FROM WOTC https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45546/another-free-product-retailers-wotc Pegasus - EMERGENCY CREDIT FOR COMIC STORES? 'STATUS' ADDED TO COMIC SHOP LOCATOR, TKO OFFERING TO SHARE ONLINE SALES https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45521/emergency-credit-comic-stores-status-added-comic-shop-locator-tko-offering-share-online-sales DC DONATES $250K, JIM LEE DONATING ART TO HELP COMIC RETAILERS VIA BINC https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45551/dc-donates-250k-jim-lee-donating-art-to-help-comic-retailers-via-binc HUMBLE BUNDLE FOR COVID-19 RELIEF RAISES OVER $1.3 MILLION IN FIRST DAY https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45536/humble-bundle-covid-19-relief-raises-over-1-3-million-first-day ‘Virus’ Card Game by Goliath to Help Fund COVID-19 Research GAMA Provides Retail Support List CARES ACT IMPROVES OPTIONS FOR RETAILERS, OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45519/cares-act-improves-options-retailers-other-small-businesses FEDERAL PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES RUN OUT OF MONEY https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45604/federal-programs-small-businesses-run-out-money ROLLING FOR INITIATIVE -- $349 BILLION GONE IN 14 DAYS https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/45616/rolling-initiative-349-billion-gone-14-days Asmodee Germany Launch Retailer Initiative, ‘Open! Back in the Game’ Spiel Direkt - Pegasus - GAMES WORKSHOP SHUTS DOWN OPERATIONS https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45525/games-workshop-shuts-down-operations GAMES WORKSHOP UPDATES SHUTDOWN https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45632/games-workshop-updates-shutdown GAMES WORKSHOP CREATES FREE SPECIAL EDITION MODEL FOR INDEPENDENT RETAILERS https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45660/games-workshop-creates-free-special-edition-model-independent-retailers Games Workshop Secures Operating Loan, Reopens Warehouse, Some Stores Hintergrund: WORLD ACCORDING TO GRIEPP: DISTRIBUTOR CASH FLOW 101 https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/45542/world-according-griepp-distributor-cash-flow-101 NPD Reports Game & Puzzle Sales Up 228% For Week Ending March 21 U.S. Game and Puzzle Sales Grew by 55% in Q1 WORLD ACCORDING TO GRIEPP: GEEK WINTER IS COMING https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/45635/world-according-griepp-geek-winter-is-coming CMON Links: Charlie Theel Digs into High Society, Tom Felber Burns Bridges, and Hong Kong Suspends Trading in CMON Limited https://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/102744/links-charlie-theel-digs-high-society-tom-felber-b CMON Trading suspended https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2405083/cmon-trading-suspended ANNUAL REPORT DELAYED, TRADING SUSPENDED IN CMON https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45581/annual-report-delayed-trading-suspended-cmon CMON Suspends Stock Trading, Independent Directors Resign CMON Response https://cmon.com/news/cmon-april-2020-update CMON RELEASES MORE INFO ON 'GOING CONCERN' ISSUE https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45583/cmon-releases-more-info-going-concern-issue CMON Responds to Business Speculation, Reassures Consumers COVID-19 at the Gaming Table IV: Delayed Releases, Free Games, and a Print-and-Play Design Contest https://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/102248/covid-19-gaming-table-iv-delayed-releases-free-gam Asmodee Launches ‘Print & Play’ Website with Popular Titles Pegasus Free PnP https://www.pegasusdigital.de/browse.php?filters=45695 Feuerland Regain English, French Rights, Partners with Capstone Games Quartalsergebnisse Spin Master to Report Q1 Results May 6, Asks Shareholders Not to Attend Annual Meeting Hasbro Announces Q1 Earnings Call Hasbro’s Annual Meeting will be Virtual Only HASBRO'S TOTAL GAMING BUSINESS UP 40% IN Q1 https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45666/hasbros-total-gaming-business-up-40-q1 Hasbro Gaming is Highlight of First Quarter, 40% Growth Over Last Year Events GAMA EXPO WRAPS UP A BAD WEEK https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45421/gama-expo-wraps-up-bad-week US tabletop event Origins delayed to autumn, ‘virtual convention’ to be held this summer https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/origins-game-fair/news/origins-game-fair-2020-delayed POKEMON SHUTS DOWN ORGANIZED PLAY https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45532/pokemon-shuts-down-organized-play FANTASY FLIGHT POSTPONES IN-STORE OP UNTIL FALL https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45602/fantasy-flight-postpones-in-store-op-until-fall 'YU-GI-OH! ORGANIZED PLAY POSTPONEMENTS EXTENDED https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45682/yu-gi-oh-organized-play-postponements-extended ORIGINS DECISION DEFERRED, ATLAS OFFERS LOCAL GAME DROP, GFE HQ WORKS FROM HOME https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45460/origins-decision-deferred-atlas-offers-local-game-drop-gfe-hq-works-home CORONAVIRUS TAKES ITS TOLL ON GEEK CULTURE EVENTS https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45449/coronavirus-takes-its-toll-geek-culture-events EVENTS PLATFORM PATRON CEO ON COVID-19 IMPACT ON FAN EVENTS https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/45498/events-platform-patron-ceo-covid-19-impact-fan-events ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE CANCELED, AWESOME CON DELAYED, ACE COMIC CON SUES GROWTIX, MORE https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45506/ala-annual-conference-canceled-awesome-con-delayed-ace-comic-con-sues-growtix-more GAMA POSTPONES ORIGINS GAME FAIR https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45575/gama-postpones-origins-game-fair Origins Postponed, BGG Spring Cancelled Toy Association Launches ‘Toy Fair Everywhere’ A Series of Week-Long Virtual Events Steve Jackson Games Hosts Virtual Fnord Con Berlin Brettspiel Con Postpones to December UK Games Expo Cancels August Event GardenCon will become PaizoCon Francia As Large German Events Cancel, Spiel Still Hopeful Paizo Announces PaizoCon Online for May 26-31 BoardGameGeek Announce BGG.CONline for May 20-21 Anmeldung Hamburg - Anmeldung Rostock - Diverses Union Vote at TCGplayer Suspended KICKSTARTER LAYS OFF 40% AFTER BIG DROP IN PROJECTS https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45695/kickstarter-lays-off-40-after-big-drop-projects?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Dungeons & Dragons Records 6th Consecutive Year of Growth Gamemasters Movie Picked up for Distribution by Gravitas Ventures The Army Painter Shifts from Paint to Hand Sanitizer From Hedbanz to Hospitals Spin Master Awarded Record Damages in Chinese Patent Dispute Mattel Rolls Out Sugarcane-based Plastics in Time for Earth Day Mattel to Reduce Non-Manufacturing Workforce by 4% UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE WARGAME – PATENTS IN BOARD GAMING https://www.myuenlaw.com/blog/unconventional-warfare-wargame-patents-in-board-gaming Hasbro Reaches Settlement in Marisa Pawelko Trade Secrets Case New U.S. Age Determination Guidelines go in Effect June 1 Award Links: Leacock on Pandemic in Today's World, Tales of Tricks Taken, and Nominees for the 2020 Origins Awards https://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/102063/links-leacock-pandemic-todays-world-tales-tricks-t Winners Announced for 14th Annual Golden Geek Awards Deutscher Computerspielpreis https://deutscher-computerspielpreis.de/preistraeger