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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 [...]
Flowstate Games Closes Pre-Seed Funding Round; HQ Trivia Folds
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Flowstate Games closes pre-seed funding round; HQ Trivia folds; Sonic the Hedgehog breaks video game box office record; and Tematem raises USD$3.5m (£2.7m). Flowstate Games closes pre-seed [...]
Nvidia Revenue Climbs 41%; Sony Wrestling with PlayStation 5 Price-Setting
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Nvidia revenue climbs 41%; Sony wrestling with PlayStation 5 price-setting; and Google Activision Blizzard deal valued at USD$160m (£123m). Nvidia revenue climbs 41% Nvidia has published its financial [...]
Lessons to Learn From English Heritage's Ill-Conceived Swipe at Gaming
English Heritage yesterday found itself at the centre of something of a social media storm when it was noted that a recent marketing campaign by the history charity took a swipe at gaming. As highlighted in a tweet by Paul Kilduff-Taylor [...]
Tim Sweeney Warns Against "Customer Adversarial" Models; Double Loop Games Raises USD$2.5m
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Tim Sweeney warns against "customer adversarial" practices, Double Loop Games raises USD$2.5m (£1.9m), and Bit Fry Game Studios raises USD$3.5m (£2.7m). Tim Sweeney warns against "customer adversarial" [...]
Activision Blizzard Withdraws Titles from GeForce NOW; Supercell Revenue Climbs 2%
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Activision Blizzard withdraws titles from GeForce NOW; Supercell revenue climbs 2%; and DKB bank to offer esports scholarships. Activision Blizzard withdraws titles from GeForce NOW Activision Blizzard has [...]
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 [...]
Microsoft Focusing on Players over Console; UK VGTR Spend Hits £582.6m
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Microsoft focusing on subscribers over consoles; UK VGTR spend hits £582.6m; and ironSource opens mobile game studio. Microsoft focusing on subscribers over consoles Microsoft is focusing less on [...]
China Mobile Firms Partner to Form GDSA; Esports Jobs Up 87% in 2019
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: China mobile firms partner to form GDSA; Esports jobs up 87% in 2019; and THQ Nordic establishes new studio in Slovakia. China mobile firms partner to form [...]
COD and King See Activision Blizzard Exceed Projected Revenues; Ubisoft Revenues Trump Revised Forecasts, Despite Year-on-Year Drop
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: COD and King see Activision Blizzard exceed projected revenues; Ubisoft revenues trump revised forecasts, despite year-on-year drop; and Take-Two GAAP revenue down USD$300m YOY for it's [...]
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