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Anger Over Tax Relief for Rockstar; Calls for Industry to Counter ‘Skin Betting’ Sites
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Anger over tax relief for Rockstar North; calls for industry to counter ‘skin betting’ sites; Valve disables TFS inventories due to item-drop bug. Anger over tax relief for [...]
Analysis: Grand Theft Auto Online's New 'Real Money Casino'
If you've browsed the mainstream press recently - and read beyond the news of the new UK Prime Minister - you may have noticed a story ripe with controversy. The perennially popular Grand Theft Auto Online has recently enabled the [...]
Bigben Acquires Spiders; My.Games Incurs Impairment Charge of RUB₽630m (£7.99m)
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Bigben acquires Spiders; My.Games incurs impairment charge of RUB₽630m (£7.99m); and Bandai Namco debuts tori, an AR-infused play kit. Bigben acquires Spiders Bigben Interactive has acquired fellow French development [...]
Nintendo and Tencent Announce Press Event; Conversational Developer Doppio Secures €1m (£897,000) in Seed Funding
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Nintendo and Tencent announce joint press event; conversational developer Doppio secures €1m (£897,000) in seed funding; and Football Manager 2019 sells more than two million copies. Nintendo and [...]
Amazon Hiring for Gaming ‘Stealth Advertising’ Team; Microsoft Invests USD$1bn (£799m) in OpenAI
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Amazon hiring for gaming ‘stealth advertising innovation’ team; Microsoft investing USD$1bn (£799m) in OpenAI; and Tencent invests in Antstream. Amazon hiring for ‘stealth advertising innovation’ to disrupt gaming [...]
The Mixing Circles of Gaming and Advertising: Q&A with James Draper, Bidstack
Following an increased presence of gaming developers and publishers at advertising industry events, such as Cannes Lions and DMEXCO, within the previous few years, along with technical innovations such as the roll-out of 5G, now could be the time when [...]
Nintendo Faces Lawsuit Over Defective Switch Joy-Cons; EE Launches Partnership with Niantic
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Nintendo faces lawsuit over defective Switch Joy-Cons; EE launches partnership with Niantic; and Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce announces departure after 28 years. Nintendo faces lawsuit over defective Switch [...]
SkyWeaver dev Horizon Blockchain Games secures USD$3.74m (£2.97m) seed round
Canadian game dev and blockchain infrastructure outfit Horizon Blockchain Games has completed a USD$3.75m (£2.97m) seed round. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture fund Initialized Capital led the round, which was also supported by Golden Ventures, Polychain, Coinbase, Digital Currency Group and [...]
Ubisoft Surpasses Q1 2019-2020 Targets; Nintendo Announces Update to Switch
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Ubisoft surpasses Q1 2019-2020 targets; Nintendo announces update to Switch; and DouYu goes public with USD$775m (£624m) Nasdaq IPO. Ubisoft surpasses Q1 2019-2020 targets Despite not releasing a major [...]
As Pixion secures USD$2m in seed funding, has there been a better time to be in mobile esports?
London-based studio Pixion Games has revealed that it has secured USD$2m (£1.6m) in seed funding to further its efforts developing mobile titles specifically geared towards esports. Private investment firm Eldridge Industries led the round, with contributions from Jabre Capital Family Office [...]
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