TGE Index Investment Report - Q4 & Year-End 2020
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: CD Projekt now most valuable European game company; Amplifier Game Invest acquires DESTINYbit; and AdInMo raises USD$500,000 (£408,000). CD Projekt now most valuable European game company Warsaw-based CD [...]
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. [...]
NBCUniversal Shutters Game Publishing Arm; PlayVS Raises USD$50m (£40m) for Esports Platform
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: NBC Universal shuts down game publishing arm; PlayVS raises USD$50m (£40m) for esports platform; and Apple Arcade launches. NBCUniversal shuts down game publishing arm NBCUniversal, a division of [...]
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 [...]
Double Fine May Close Indie Publishing Wing 'Presents', But its Ambition Isn't Going Anywhere
Celebrated developer Double Fine is contemplating shuttering its 'Presents' indie publishing arm. That's not because the initiative is a failure. Far from it, in fact - the program just successfully delivered the anticipated indie game Knights and Bikes, from micro-studio Foam [...]
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' [...]
Mobvista Half-Year Profits Grow by 65%; MWM Immersive Rebrands and Expands Into Publishing
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Mobvista half-year profits grow by 65%; MWM Immersive rebrands and expands into publishing; and UKIE launches industry diversity survey. Mobvista half-year profits grow by 65% App technology platform [...]
ESL & DreamHack Form World’s Largest CS:GO competition; Starbreeze Applies for Third Reconstruction Extension
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: ESL & DreamHack form world’s largest CS:GO competition; Starbreeze applies for third extension to reconstruction period; and Nintendo partners with DSH. ESL and DreamHack form world’s largest [...]
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