TGE Index Investment Report - Q4 & Year-End 2020
2020 highlights - Total investment and M&A activity across the video games industry tracked by the TGE Index through April-December 2020 reached USD$37.890bn from 406 disclosed transactions (501 total). Adding averaged publicly-available data for Q1 gives a full-year approximation of USD$40.572bn [...]
Activision Blizzard & Google Sign Partnership; Developers Shift Focus to Next-Gen Consoles and VR
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Activision Blizzard and Google sign partnership; Developers shift focus to next-gen consoles and VR; and LPL suspended indefinitely due to coronavirus. Activision Blizzard and Google sign partnership Activision Blizzard [...]
Disney Sells FoxNext Games; Valve Not Planning Release of Source 2 SDK
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Disney sells FoxNext Games; Valve not planning release of Source 2 SDK; and Nintendo wins European Court ruling on digital refunds. Disney sells FoxNext Games Disney has sold FoxNext [...]
Analysis: Cyberpunk 2077's Crunch Controversy
CD Projekt Red has delayed the release of its eagerly anticipated sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077. The game will now miss its scheduled April release slot, instead arriving in September 17th this year. That puts it in a very busy slot for [...]
Analysis: PlayStation Passing on E3 Attendence
PlayStation is skipping on attending E3 this year, just a few months before it plans to launch the PS5. A decade or so ago, that would have seemed like a very peculiar move. E3 has long been the place to announce [...]
Xbox to Delay Series X Exclusives; Switch Releases in 2019 Outnumber Combined PS4 and Xbox One Launches
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Xbox to delay Series X exclusives; Switch releases in 2019 outnumber combined PS4 and Xbox One launches; and research launched into environmental impact of gaming. Xbox to [...]
Twitch Falls Short of Ad Revenue Expectations; Steam Release Numbers Plateau
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Twitch falls short of ad revenue expectations; Steam release numbers plateau; and PlayStation 5 Japanese release window to mirror Western markets. Twitch falls short of ad revenue [...]
Miniclip to Acquire Ilyon Games; New Switch Console Rumoured for Mid-2020
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Miniclip to acquire Ilyon Games; new Switch console rumoured for mid-2020; and Tencent invests in Platinum Games. Miniclip to acquire Ilyon Games Tencent-owned Miniclip has reached an agreement [...]
Games grew 4% in 2019 to USD$120.1bn (£91.8bn); Razer applies for Digital Full Bank License
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Games grew 4% in 2019 to USD$120.1bn (£91.8bn); Razer applies for Digital Full Bank License in Singapore; and Xiaomi set to invest CNY¥50bn (£5.5bn) in AI, [...]
Facebook Acquires Cloud Gaming Outfit PlayGiga; Bidstack Secures £10m Agency Trade Deal
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Facebook acquires cloud gaming outfit PlayGiga; Bidstack secures £10m Agency Trade Deal; and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare clears USD$1bn (£776.4m) in sales Facebook acquires cloud gaming [...]
Xbox Series X Revealed; Game.tv Raises USD$25m (£19m)
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Xbox Series X revealed; Game.tv raises USD$25m (£19m); and High Fidelity lays off 50% of staff. Xbox Series X revealed Microsoft has revealed its next generation console, the [...]
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