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GDC Day Two Roundup: Google Enters Gaming Market with Stadia
Google has made its move on gaming with the announcement of streaming platform Stadia. The news came on the second day of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco; and it surely stands as one of the most significant gaming reveals [...]
GDC Day One Roundup: Unity Partners with Tencent, Call of Duty Goes Mobile & How to Catch that Google Keynote
With the first day of the huge Game Developers Conference 2019 behind us, it's a chance to reflect on key news from the show. Here we'll bring you quick spotlights on key stories; something TheGamingEconomy will do every day of [...]
What Does House of Lords Proposed 'Digital Authority' Mean for Games?
A new report from the House of Lords has proposed the formation of a new 'Digital Authority' to monitor and even regulate technology companies, and make sure that UK law evolves in tandem with technology. As reported by the BBC, the [...]
Honor of Kings: One Game banks USD$1bn in One Month
The mobile game Honor of Kings has generated USD$1bn (£757.5m) through the month of February. By now, stories of free-to-play mobile games making extravagant amounts of money are relatively familiar, but the ramping success of TenCent's 'multiplayer online battle arena' game [...]
Nintendo Enters VR Market with 'Build Your Own' Labo Headset
Nintendo has revealed it is making an atypical move into virtual reality; Switch users will just have to build their own headset. The news comes after the gaming giant announced the fourth release in its Labo line, which provides the Switch [...]
Intel & Tencent Partner for New Game Streaming Service
Computing hardware specialist Intel and Chinese tech giant Tencent are expected to announce a co-developed game streaming service at this month’s Game Developers Conference. The likely announcement emerged after a series of tweets from Daniel Ahmad of market research and consulting [...]
Chinese Gaming Giants’ Overseas Revenues Skyrocket, Chinese Government Reinstates Game Approvals Freeze
Two current game business stories together highlight the stark dichotomy at the heart of China’s games market. As revealed in a new report from business insight specialist IHS Markit, Chinese tech giants Tencent and NetEase saw extraordinary profit growth for their [...]
End of an Era: Sony Winds Down PlayStation Vita Production
Sony looks set to step away from the handheld gaming market, as production of the PlayStation Vita winds down in Japan. As initially reported by Gametsu, the news appeared on Sony’s official Japanese PlayStation website. Presently only black and ‘aqua blue’ [...]
Short-Form Game Video Service Medal Secures £2.7m in Funding
New game ‘clipping’ service Medal has raised USD$3.5m (£2.7m) in investment. The success of the funding round appears to demonstrate that Medal’s short-form video clips platform has potential and appeal. Certainly, tech-savvy investors are apparently convinced. Medal lets users record the [...]
Facebook Sees More Q4 Mobile App Downloads than Any Other Publisher Globally
Social Networking giant Facebook saw its mobile app downloaded more times than those of any other publisher globally in the closing months of 2018, according to a new report. The Facebook app was downloaded 800 million times through October to December [...]
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