TGE Index Investment Report - Q4 & Year-End 2020
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Tencent integrates live-streaming e-commerce functions in WeChat, Scopely expands into APAC, and PlayStation 4 sells thirty million units in the US. Tencent integrates live-streaming e-commerce functions in [...]
Bidstack Launches in the US; EA Data Breach Affects 1600 Fifa 20 Global Series Competitors
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Bidstack launches in the US; EA data breach affects 1600 Fifa 20 Global Series competitors; and Reality Gaming Group to raise £1.5m. Bidstack launches in the US Bidstack [...]
Fyber launches FairBid; Take-Two Interactive earns USD$540.5m (£444.9m) in Q1 FY 2020
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Fyber launches FairBid, a new ad mediation platform; Take-Two Interactive earns USD$540.5m (£444.9m) in Q1 FY 2020; and nWay tests blockchain solution for development platform. Fyber launches FairBid, [...]
SkyWeaver dev Horizon Blockchain Games secures USD$3.74m (£2.97m) seed round
Canadian game dev and blockchain infrastructure outfit Horizon Blockchain Games has completed a USD$3.75m (£2.97m) seed round. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture fund Initialized Capital led the round, which was also supported by Golden Ventures, Polychain, Coinbase, Digital Currency Group and [...]
CEO Tim Sweeney Defends Epic Game Store; InnoGames’ Forge of Empires reaches lifetime revenue of €500m (£447.3m)
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: CEO Tim Sweeney defends Epic Game Store; InnoGames’ Forge of Empires reaches lifetime revenue of €500m (£447.3m); and Gumi Cryptos acquires JP¥179,536,500 (£1.31m) worth of shares in [...]
Facebook Announces Cryptocurrency Libra; Fallout Shelter Revenue Reaches USD$100m (£79.3m)
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Facebook announces cryptocurrency Libra; Fallout Shelter revenue reaches USD$100m (£79.3m); and Spy RPG Alpha Protocol is pulled from Steam. Facebook announces cryptocurrency Libra Facebook has announced its own cryptocurrency [...]
Q&A: Reality Clash & the Arrival of Blockchain-Powered AR
Reality Clash is an in-development mobile AR shooter that integrates blockchain, cryptocurrencies, dynamic in-game advertising, and geo-mapping technology into the gameplay experience it offers. Yes... there are a lot of tech buzzwords in that opening line. We'd only need to throw [...]
How Blockchain Is the Future of the Gaming Industry
Year after year, the gaming industry produces more advanced, high-specification games that require powerful hardware which, due to high prices, is not available for all gamers. This is a problem that is not surprising, writes Egor Gurjev, CEO at Playkey, exclusively [...]
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