Category: Gaming UGC
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TikTok Wants a Piece of Gaming UGC
TikTok is going after Twitch and YouTube. The uber-popular social video app wants a piece of the gaming UGC action. TikTok boasts over 3 trillion views on gaming content in 2022, which means there’s a growing community on the platform that wants gaming content. According to the platform’s What’s Next: Gaming Trend Report, approximately half […]
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What’s the Skinny: Monetizing Skin Making in Games
The history of skins in video games is a fascinating journey that has evolved over time, with User-Generated Content (UGC) playing an important role in its development. Skins, which are custom appearances for characters, weapons, or other in-game objects, have become an integral part of the gaming experience. They allow players to personalize their gaming […]
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Game, Chat, Create: The Synergy of Discord and UGC
Discord is a leading platform for gamers and gaming content creators. It’s a wonderful, versatile tool, and one you must know in depth, in order to be an integral part of the UGC community. What is Discord? Launched in 2015, Discord began as a way to address the need for reliable voice chat software for […]
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How to Create Gaming UGC that Gen Z Will Love
User-generated content (UGC) and social media have become more popular, stealing some attention from streaming services. But just how popular are they? InMobi’s 2023 survey on streaming subscription behavior found that younger consumers’ content preferences have shifted significantly. While Millennials (ages 35-44) prefer streaming, Gen Z (ages 18-24) is more interested in UGC than other […]
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Basics Unboxed: Different Types of UGC in Gaming
Welcome, gaming enthusiasts! There’s never been a more exciting time to immerse yourself in the world of user-generated content (UGC) in gaming. The growing trend of UGC is fostering creativity, innovation, and even financial opportunity. Monetizing UGC is one of the most interesting ways to create an income, as passionate gamers evolve into entrepreneurial creators. […]
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UGC isn’t easy to make. Who should gain from it?
“Merit and monetisation: A study of video game user-generated content policies” is a very interesting article, which discusses issues that are at the heart of what we do here at LootLabs. It talks about the evolving relationship between user-generated content (UGC), monetization, and copyright law in the context of the video game industry. It challenges […]