Video game tax credits have been withdrawn in the Canadian province of Alberta after just one year. Tax credits - also known as tax breaks - have existed in the game industry for many years, but have in recent months come [...]

Twitter isn't a gaming platform. The social network may have seen a major uptake in gaming engagement in recent months, but while the likes of Facebook, WeChat and Kakao Talk have become homes for hyper casual, the micro-blogging platform has not. Still, [...]

A new study by the Oxford Internet Institute has concluded that individuals that carry dysfunctional gaming habits are likely to be demonstrating underlying frustrations and wider psychosocial functioning issues, over a 'gaming disorder' in isolation. Furthermore, the study found no evidence [...]

Earlier this year mobile monetisation platform outfit Fyber launched a significantly reworked version of its Fyber FairBid technology, having celebrated 10 years in business in the previous months. But what have the team learned about the changing in-game advertising landscape over [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Esports Giant Riot Reveals Slate of New Products, Paradox pulls Stellaris: Galaxy Command Over 'Stolen' Assets; Google Stadia Gets Exact Release Date; Coming November 19th Riot Games [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Sumo Group Welcomes New Chairman, Posts Half-Year Profits; Sony Selling Hardware and Games Direct to Consumer; Improbable Acquires The Multiplayer Guys.   Sumo Group Welcomes New Chairman, Posts [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]