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Supercell's Ilkka Paananen Will Receive Fellowship At Upcoming BAFTA Awards

Supercell's Ilkka Paananen Will Receive Fellowship At Upcoming BAFTA Awards https://ift.tt/E7nNtOF BAFTA has announced that Ilkka Paananen, the co-founder and CEO of Clash of Clans developer Supercell, will receive the BAFTA Fellowship at the upcoming BAFTA Game Awards on April 17. This is the highest honor from BAFTA, and it is bestowed upon people who have "driven innovation, creativity, and positive change in the screen arts, including games, over the course of their career." Paananen is getting the Fellowship for his work at Supercell, which he co-founded in 2010. The studio created Clash of Clans, which is one of the most popular mobile games of all time. Continue Reading at GameSpot

You'll Soon Start Seeing Ads On Discord--From Your Friends

You'll Soon Start Seeing Ads On Discord--From Your Friends https://ift.tt/8juwUcZ

Discord will soon start incorporating ads into its free in-game chat and streaming software, despite the fact the company has long said it didn't want to rely on ads for revenue like other social media companies.

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Discord is looking to integrate ads from video game developers and publishers "in the coming week." Discord previously detailed its ad approach in a blog post. The idea is that you'll earn gifts for playing games and completing "Sponsored Quests," specific in-game tasks, while you stream for friends to watch. Friends watching will then get their own chances to complete a sponsored quest and earn their own rewards.

The idea sounds similar to the digital rewards, or drops, streaming service Twitch offers to viewers when they watch certain streams as part of paid partnerships.

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