TGE Index Investment Report - Q4 & Year-End 2020
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Epic Games acquires Rad Game Tools; Tapjoy reaches settlement with the FTC; and Juked closes crowdfunding campaign at USD$1.07m (£788,000). Epic Games acquires Rad Game Tools Epic Games [...]
Cloud Gaming has Incredible Disruptive Potential, and 5G is the Key to Unlocking it
In this special contributed piece Erick Fang, CEO of AI-driven ad platform Mintegral, explores the opportunity and challenges around cloud gaming. And as the release of Google Stadia nears, he considers how the roll-out of 5G will found any potential... March’s [...]
Switch Lite Sales Predictions Trigger Nintendo Stock Drop; Manticore Games Secures USD$30m (£24.1m) for Accessible Dev Tech
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Switch Lite Sales Predictions Trigger Nintendo Stock Drop; Manticore Games Secures USD$30m (£24.1m) for Accessible Dev Tech; Nintendo Debuts Mario Kart Mobile Subscription Service Switch Lite Sales [...]
Cloud Gaming in Asia to Hit USD$3bn (£2.4bn) Revenues by 2023; Google Launches Apple Arcade Rival Play Pass
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Cloud Gaming in Asia to Hit USD$3bn (£2.4bn) Revenues by 2023; Google Launches Play Pass Subscription Service; Borderlands 3 Pushes Franchise Over USD$1bn (£803.6m) Net Bookings [...]
PUBG Mobile Revenue Passes USD$1 Billion (£803.6m); Unity Acquires DeltaDNA
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: PUBG Mobile Revenue Passes USD$1 Billion (£803.6m); Unity Acquires DeltaDNA; French Court's Steam Second Hand Sales Ruling Contradicts EU Law, Says Trade Body PUBG Mobile Revenue Passes [...]
The Future of Premium? Hands on With Apple Arcade
By the time Apple's mobile gaming subscription service launched yesterday, we'd all heard plenty of theorising about the potential success, failure and impact of the platform. A lot of questions remain that will only be answered with the passage of time. [...]
Video games spearhead UK inflation growth rate slowdown
UK inflation growth slowed considerably through August 2019, with the falling price of video games highlighted as a significant factor. While UK inflation growth hit 2.1% in July the same year, through August it slowed to a rate of 1.7%, as [...]
Apple Arcade Detailed; Capcom Wins Patent Lawsuit; Disney Reported to be Looking to Sell FoxNet Studio
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Apple confirms Apple arcade date and price; Capcom wins legal clash with Koei Tecmo; Disney reported to be selling FoxNext gaming business. Apple Arcade coming September 19th [...]
Team17 sees revenues climb 97%; BAFTA drops mobile category in game awards restructuring
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Team17's 97% revenue growth; BAFTA restructures game awards; Google Stadia VP talks cross-progression and free trials; app games for crivers outfit Drivetime secures USD$11m (£8.9m) investment. Team17 [...]
The Rise and Rise of the Nintendo Switch
As midnight neared yesterday, Nintendo unleashed a barrage of announcements, from major esports shooters making their way to Switch, to the news that classic SNES games were to be available on the console imminently. And only hours before that 'Nintendo Direct' [...]
Gamescom Round-Up: The Google, Nintendo and Microsoft Conference Streams
The vast expo Gamescom kicks off tomorrow, starting its 11th year. Likely to attract hundreds of thousands of consumer and trade attendees, the event is now a giant of the gaming sector. And as is something of a tradition, the day [...]
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