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

• The Mixing Circles of Gaming and Advertising: Q&A with James Draper, Bidstack

  6 years ago News

  

  Following an increased presence of gaming developers and publishers at advertising industry events, such as Cannes Lions and DMEXCO, within the previous few years, along with technical innovations such as the roll-out of 5G, now could be the time when [...]

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• Nintendo Faces Lawsuit Over Defective Switch Joy-Cons; EE Launches Partnership with Niantic

  6 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Nintendo faces lawsuit over defective Switch Joy-Cons; EE launches partnership with Niantic; and Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce announces departure after 28 years. Nintendo faces lawsuit over defective Switch [...]

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• Ubisoft Surpasses Q1 2019-2020 Targets; Nintendo Announces Update to Switch

  6 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Ubisoft surpasses Q1 2019-2020 targets; Nintendo announces update to Switch; and DouYu goes public with USD$775m (£624m) Nasdaq IPO. Ubisoft surpasses Q1 2019-2020 targets Despite not releasing a major [...]

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• Private Equity Firm Blackstone Buys Vungle; Tencent Launches Streaming App for WeGame

  6 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Private equity firm Blackstone buys Vungle; Tencent launches streaming app for WeGame; and Baidu renews partnership with Snap. Private equity firm Blackstone buys Vungle Private equity firm Blackstone has [...]

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• Niantic Shuts Down Field Trip; Growth Slows on Twitch

  6 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Niantic shuts down Field Trip; Growth slows on Twitch; Respawn forces cheaters to fight each other. Niantic shuts down Field Trip Niantic has announced that it will be shutting [...]

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• Monolith Soft Doubles Year-on-Year Profit; Fiverr Launches ‘Industry Store’ for Gaming Services

  6 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Monolith Soft doubles year-on-year profit, opens new studio; Fiverr launches ‘industry store’ for gaming services; and Ubisoft criticised for sourcing music through HitRecord. Monolith Soft doubles year-on-year profit, [...]

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• Over 4,000 developers Have Signed Up to Google Stadia Partners; Winners Announced for the Develop:Star 2019 Awards

  6 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Over 4,000 developers have signed up to Google Stadia Partners; winners announced for the Develop:Star 2019 Awards; and the Nintendo Switch Lite not a replacement for the [...]

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• Cuphead to Be Made Into Netflix Show; Nintendo Debuts Switch Lite

  6 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Cuphead to be made into Netflix show; Nintendo debuts Switch Lite; and Amazon is developing a Lord of the Rings MMO. Cuphead to be made into Netflix show Cuphead, [...]

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• Games Make Up Almost 75% of Global Mobile Spend in H1 2019; League of Legends is Most Viewed Game on Twitch

  6 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Games make up almost 75% of global mobile spend in H1 2019; League of Legends is most viewed game on Twitch; Pokémon GO grosses USD$2.65bn (£2.12bn) in [...]

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• Tencent Leads Efforts to Build China Age Ratings System; HQ Trivia Lays Off 20% of Staff

  6 years ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Tencent leads efforts to build age ratings system in China; HQ Trivia lays off approximately 20% of staff; and worldwide mobile gaming revenue hits USD$29.6bn (£23.6bn) in [...]

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