Mathew Broughton

Research Lead

Mat Broughton joined the ExchangeWire team in March 2019 as Editor. After a brief stint as editor at ExchangeWire's sister publication, TheGamingEconomy, Mat is now Research Lead at ExchangeWire, running creation, analysis and report production of ExchangeWire's suite of research products. Before joining the company he worked as a project manager working within the telecoms and travel marketing industries. Mat graduated from the University of Liverpool with an honours degree in Biological Sciences.

Articles by Mathew

• Corsair Bolsters Streaming Portfolio with EpocCam Acquisition; WinZO Raises USD$2m

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  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Corsair bolsters streaming portfolio with EpocCam acquisition; WinZO raises USD$2m (£1.5m); and Scottish game industry employment up 17%. Corsair bolsters streaming portfolio with EpocCam acquisition Video game hardware [...]

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• Activision Blizzard Revenue Surges by 52%; Stillfront Group Acquires Everguild

  5 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Activision Blizzard revenue surges by 52%; Stillfront Group acquires Everguild; and Gfinity exploring acquisitions or sale. Activision Blizzard revenue surges by 52% Activision Blizzard has released its financial [...]

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• Scopely Secures USD$340m Series E Funding; Shotcall Raises USD$2.2m

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  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Scopely secures USD$340m (£262m) Series E funding; Shotcall raises USD$2.2m (£1.7m); and EA fined up to €5m (£4.5m) over loot boxes. Scopely secures USD$340m (£262m) Series E [...]

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• Microsoft Gaming Revenue up 22%; Sony Sees Strong Digital Growth

  5 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Microsoft gaming revenue up 22%; Sony sees strong digital growth; and CD Projekt Red delays Cyberpunk 2077 for third time. Microsoft gaming revenue up 22% Microsoft has released [...]

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• Facebook Enters Cloud Gaming Market; Esports Entertainment Group in Dual Acquisition

  5 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Facebook enters cloud gaming market; Esports Entertainment Group in dual acquisition; and MY.GAMES revenue climbs by 33%. Facebook enters cloud gaming market Facebook has announced the launch of [...]

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• VSPN Raises USD$100m; Koei Tecmo Sales up 39.7%

  5 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: VSPN raises USD$100m (£76.6m); Koei Tecmo sales up 39.7%; and Scopely acquires Genjoy. VSPN raises USD$100m (£76.6m) Shanghai-based esports solutions provider Versus Programming Network (VSPN) has announced that [...]

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• TGE Index New Additions Analysis - September 2020

  5 years ago News

  

  In this monthly series, TheGamingEconomy takes an in-depth look at a sample of the 300 companies added to the TGE Index over the last month. In this edition: French development studio Dontnod Entertainment; AI voice assistant and marketing technology firm [...]

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• EVOS Esports Raises USD$12m; Alliance Entertainment Acquires GameFly

  5 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: EVOS Esports raises USD$12m (£9.3m); Alliance Entertainment acquires GameFly; and active development ceased on StarCraft II. EVOS Esports raises USD$12m (£9.3m) Singapore-based Attention Holdings, parent company of EVOS [...]

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• Virtuos Acquires CounterPunch Studios; Mogul Raises AUD$8m

  5 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Virtuos acquires CounterPunch Studios; Mogul raises AUD$8m (£4.4m); and Unity Ads joins AppLovin and IronSource in gaming ads triopoly. Virtuos acquires CounterPunch Studios Singaporean developer Virtuos has acquired [...]

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• Kahoot! Raises USD$215m; Unity Launches Game Growth Program

  5 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Kahoot raises USD$215m (£165m); Unity launches Game Growth Program; and Vungle acquires AlgoLift. Kahoot! raises USD$215m Oslo-based educational gaming company Kahoot! has announced that it has raised NOK1.978bn [...]

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