TGE Index Investment Report - Q4 & Year-End 2020
DeltaDNA is well known throughout the games industry. It's core offering combines data, analytics and marketing technology to serve engagement and monetisation. But the company is equally famed for its oft-quoted reports and presentations, which commonly found or buoy up [...]
Sony Cuts PS5 Production by 4 Million Units; Facebook Oculus Quest 2 Leaked
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Sony cuts PS5 production by four million units; Facebook Oculus Quest 2 leaked; and CNET Media Group sold to Red Ventures for USD$500m (£389m). Sony cuts PS5 [...]
Sony to Double PlayStation 5 Production; Nifty Games Opens Chicago Studio
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Sony to double PlayStation 5 production; Nifty Games opens Chicago studio; and Darewise Entertainment raises €3m (£2.7m). Sony to double PlayStation 5 production Sony Corp. has informed its [...]
Paradox Interactive Acquires Playrion; Sony Mulling Offer for Leyou
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Paradox Interactive acquires Playrion; Sony mulling offer for Leyou; and Tencent launches second US studio. Paradox Interactive acquires Playrion Stockholm-based developer-publisher Paradox Interactive has announced that it has [...]
PlayStation 5 Revealed; Playable Worlds Raises USD$10m
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Playstation 5 revealed; Playable Worlds raises USD$10m (£7.9m); and Zynga partners with Snap. Playstation 5 revealed Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has revealed its next-generation PlayStation 5 console, with [...]
Lightspeed Raises USD$4.2bn Fund Trio; Esports Entertainment Group in USD$8.4m IPO
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Lightspeed raises USD$4.2bn (£3.3bn) fund trio; Esports Entertainment Group in USD$8.4m (£6.7m) IPO; and SIE announces USD$10m (£7.9m) development fund. Lightspeed raises USD$4.2bn (£3.3bn) fund trio California-based VC [...]
COVID-19 and the Game Industry: News Round-up [UPDATED 7th April]
[LATEST UPDATE: 3rd April] As the COVID-19 novel coronavirus continues its spread and has hit pandemic level, there has been a growing impact on the game industry. The game sector's problems, of course, are trivial compared to the millions impacted and [...]
Game Financial Reports Round-Up: Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Zynga, Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft, Take-Two and More
[LAST UPDATE: 28th February, 2020] The time of year has come when myriad gaming companies and other tech outfits are releasing their new financial reports, with the conventional Q4 financial quarter drawing to a close on the final day of 2019. The [...]
Ubisoft Recruiting for AAA VR Title; Current-Gen Console Sales Declining at Faster Rate
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Ubisoft recruiting for AAA VR title; current-gen console sales declining at faster rate; and ByteDance appoints head of gaming. Ubisoft recruiting for AAA VR title Ubisoft Blue Byte [...]
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 [...]
Gameloft Partners Blacknut for Cloud Gaming; PUBG Mobile Lifetime Revenue Passes USD$1.5bn
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Gameloft partners Blacknut for cloud gaming; PUBG Mobile lifetime revenue passes USD$1.5bn (£1.1bn); Sony hires Greg Rice and Christian Svensson. Gameloft partners Blacknut for cloud gaming Mobile publisher [...]
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