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Interview: AppLovin's Carl Livie on Making In-App Bidding Mainstream
Late last year mobile marketing platform AppLovin acquired in-app bidding start-up MAX. The AppLovin team has since built out the MAX platform, and integrated the real-time mobile header bidding solution into its wider ecosystem. Now MAX has had a little time [...]
Amazon Planning 2020 Cloud Gaming Launch; Nazara to Invest USD$20m (£15.5m) in Startups
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Amazon planning 2020 cloud gaming launch; Nazara to invest USD$20m (£15.5m) in startups; and the top 1% of mobile game publishers generate 82% of total downloads. Amazon [...]
NetEase Revenue Up 11.2%; Dream Games Raises USD$7.5m
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: NetEase revenue up 11.2%; Dream Games raises USD$7.5m (£5.8m); and Mythical Games secures USD$19m (£14.7m) in funding. NetEase revenue up 11.2% Chinese internet and online games provider NetEase [...]
App Store Paid Game Revenue At All-Time Low; German Bundestag Approves €50m (£42.8m) Games Funding
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: App Store paid game revenue at all-time low; German Bundestag approves €50m (£42.8m) games funding; and Proletariat raises USD$20m (£15.5m) in Series C funding. App Store paid [...]
Valve to Launch VR Half-Life Title; Skydance Media to Form New Studio
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Valve to launch VR Half-Life title; Skydance Media to form new studio; and PC & Mobile gaming revenue to pass USD$8.3bn (£6.4bn) in Greater Southeast Asia. Valve [...]
Hands-on With Google Stadia: The Future of Gaming?
Late last week TheGamingEconomy headed to the upper floors of Google’s central-London offices so as to spend a little time hands on with Stadia. Even in the few days since that preview opportunity, updated news about the platform’s arrival has continued [...]
The Development of Collegiate and Professional Esports: Interview with Chris Buckner, Mainline
Following the completion of a USD$6.8m (£5.26m) funding round earlier in November, TheGamingEconomy spoke with Chris Buckner, co-founder and CEO of Mainline, to discuss the future of the collegiate esports market, and how its growth will carry through to the [...]
Game Financial Reports Round-Up: Sony, Sega Sammy, EA, Ubisoft, Rovio and More
[UPDATED NOV 18TH] Numerous gaming companies and related tech outfits have been sharing their new financial reports in recent days, with the Q3 financial quarter drawing to a close at September's close. The likes of Activision Blizzard, Tencent, Sony, Rovio, EA, Ubisoft, [...]
Stadia to Launch with 22 Titles; Innogames Passes USD$1.1bn (£850m) Lifetime Revenue
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Stadia to launch with 22 titles; Innogames passes USD$1.1bn (£850m) lifetime revenue; and Microsoft less focused on games-as-a-service. Stadia to launch with 22 titles Google has announced that [...]
Streaming and the Cloud: What We Learned from Microsoft's XO19 Event
Last night was a big night for Xbox. Microsoft hosted its X019 event in London, which was plump with announcements. If one theme dominated, though, it was the delivery of games as a service. Both Game Pass and Project xCloud enjoyed plenty [...]
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