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 [...]
USD$4.2m Seed Round for Pragma; Lince Works Raises USD$3.4m
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: USD$4.2m (£3.2m) seed round for Pragma; Lince Works raises USD$3.4m (£2.6m); Joy-Con drift lawsuit referred to arbitration; Daniel Alegre appointed as COO and president of Activision [...]
E3 2020 to be Cancelled; Unity Acquires Artomatix
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: E3 2020 to be cancelled; Unity acquires Artomatix; Mod.io raises USD$1m (£769,000); and PUBG CEO to also lead parent company. E3 2020 to be cancelled The 2020 edition [...]
DDM Acquires Data Platform from Digi-Capital; Destiny Drops Loot Boxes
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: DDM acquires data platform from Digi-Capital; Destiny drops loot boxes; Disruptor Beam continues engine pivot; and GameStop announces trio of board appointments. DDM acquires data platform from [...]
Earplay, deltaDNA and the Rising Opportunity of 'Voice-First' Interactive Audio
Audio-first and audio-only games have to-date offered a fascinating micro niche within the gaming medium. In the late 1990s the visionary musician and game designer Kenji Eno released a game with very few visuals at all for the Sega Saturn and [...]
Kleiner Perkins Closes USD$700m Fund; Veritas Raises USD$10m
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Kleiner Perkins closes USD$700m (£542m) fund; Veritas raises USD$10m (£7.7m); and Improbable operating losses hit £63.7m. Kleiner Perkins closes USD$700m (£542m) fund Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner [...]
Google Opens Playa Vista Stadia Studio; Esports Players League Completes USD$1m (£767k) Seed Round
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Google opens Playa Vista Stadia studio; Esports Players League completes USD$1m seed round; and Phoenix Games acquires Studio Firefly. Google opens Playa Vista Stadia studio Google has opened [...]
Gaming Firms Allegedly Benefiting from Forced Labour; Sonatic Raises €2.3m
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Gaming firms allegedly benefiting from forced labour; Sonatic raises €2.3m (£2.0m); Curve Digital partners with H2 Interactive; and Zordix acquires Invictus Games. Gaming firms allegedly benefiting from [...]
The 5 Biggest Feature Trends Shaping the Mobile Game Market in 2020
In this special contributed feature by Wilhelm Voutilainen, senior game analyst at GameRefinery looks at what we can learn about mobile gaming by looking back to the previous year, pulling insights from the company's considerable pool of data. --- So here we [...]
Dan Houser Leaves Rockstar; Capcom Operating Income Up 30.1%
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Dan Houser leaves Rockstar; Capcom operating income up 30.1%; Sony closes VR Manchester studio; and Improbable acquires zeuz. Dan Houser leaves Rockstar Dan Houser, co-founder and VP creative [...]
Digital Drives 68.7% of EA's Q3 Net Revenue; Zuckerberg Still Committed to AR and VR as 'the Holy Grail of Social'
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Digital drives 68.7% of EA's Q3 net revenue; Zuckerberg still committed to AR and VR as 'the holy grail of social experiences'; and Global Game Jam [...]
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