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 [...]
Tencent Revenue Up 21%; Video Game Usage Rises Amid Covid-19
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Tencent revenue up 21%; video game usage rises amid Covid-19; and users prefer non-intrusive gaming ads to display units. Tencent revenue up 21% Tencent Holdings Limited has posted [...]
55% of UK Dev Jobs Are Outside of London and the South East; Atari to Open Gaming Hotels
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: 55% of UK dev jobs are outside of London and the South East; Atari to open gaming hotels; and USD$10m-plus (£7.68m-plus) contracts for top streamers departing Twitch 55% [...]
Rambler Media Group to Sue Twitch for £2.145bn; Global Gaming App Revenue hits £31.1bn
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Rambler Media Group to sue Twitch for RUB₽180bn (£2.145bn); global gaming app revenue hits USD$41.5bn (£31.1bn); and Animoca Brands to acquire nWay for USD$7.69m (£5.76m). Rambler Media [...]
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 [...]
Tenacious Entertainment Raises USD$3.3m (£2.7m); Content Streamed on Mixer Triples
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Tenacious Entertainment raises USD$3.3m (£2.7m); content streamed on Mixer triples; and Hearthstone player banned for Hong Kong protest support. Tenacious Entertainment raises USD$3.3m (£2.7m) Washington-based mobile developer Tenacious [...]
Niantic Shuts Down Field Trip; Growth Slows on Twitch
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Niantic shuts down Field Trip; Growth slows on Twitch; Respawn forces cheaters to fight each other. Niantic shuts down Field Trip Niantic has announced that it will be shutting [...]
Games Make Up Almost 75% of Global Mobile Spend in H1 2019; League of Legends is Most Viewed Game on Twitch
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Games make up almost 75% of global mobile spend in H1 2019; League of Legends is most viewed game on Twitch; Pokémon GO grosses USD$2.65bn (£2.12bn) in [...]
Global gaming market set to generate USD$152.1bn (£121.3bn) in 2019; Bernie Sanders endorses game industry unionisation
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: global gaming market set to generate USD$152.1bn (£121.3bn) in 2019; Bernie Sanders endorses game industry unionisation; and Twitch acquires social networking platform Bebo. Global gaming market set to [...]
Epic Removes Problematic Player-Created Content from Fortnite
Gaming giant Epic has removed a player-created scene from the Fortnite gameplay map after the game's fans reported that it depicted seriously problematic content. TheGamingEconomy will offer a brief warning here; this article will necessarily make very occasional and passing references to [...]
GDC Day Two Roundup: Google Enters Gaming Market with Stadia
Google has made its move on gaming with the announcement of streaming platform Stadia. The news came on the second day of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco; and it surely stands as one of the most significant gaming reveals [...]
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