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Outfit7 celebrates over 10 billion downloads; Zynga data breach affects over 200 million accounts
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Outfit7 celebrates over 10 billion downloads; Zynga data breach affects 200 million accounts; and Bungie to release non-Destiny IP by 2025. Outfit7 celebrates over 10 billion downloads Mobile [...]
Cuphead Has Sold Five Million Copies; Tencent Becomes Largest Shareholder of Funcom
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Cuphead has sold five million copies; Tencent becomes largest shareholder of Funcom; and Super League Gaming launches subscription service. Cuphead has sold five million copies Cuphead, which celebrated [...]
Sumo Group Welcomes New Chairman, Posts Half-Year Financials; Sony Selling Hardware and Games Direct to Consumer
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 [...]
Switch Lite Sales Predictions Trigger Nintendo Stock Drop; Manticore Games Secures USD$30m (£24.1m) for Accessible Dev Tech
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 [...]
Cloud Gaming in Asia to Hit USD$3bn (£2.4bn) Revenues by 2023; Google Launches Apple Arcade Rival Play Pass
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 [...]
PUBG Mobile Revenue Passes USD$1 Billion (£803.6m); Unity Acquires DeltaDNA
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 [...]
The Future of Premium? Hands on With Apple Arcade
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. [...]
NBCUniversal Shutters Game Publishing Arm; PlayVS Raises USD$50m (£40m) for Esports Platform
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: NBC Universal shuts down game publishing arm; PlayVS raises USD$50m (£40m) for esports platform; and Apple Arcade launches. NBCUniversal shuts down game publishing arm NBCUniversal, a division of [...]
Video games spearhead UK inflation growth rate slowdown
UK inflation growth slowed considerably through August 2019, with the falling price of video games highlighted as a significant factor. While UK inflation growth hit 2.1% in July the same year, through August it slowed to a rate of 1.7%, as [...]
Rockstar Launches Own Storefront; Mixer Rolls Out Ads
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Rockstar launches own storefront; Mixer rolls out ads; and Cuphead tops Billboard’s Jazz charts. Rockstar launches own storefront Rockstar has released its own PC storefront, Rockstar Games Launcher, [...]
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