TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Genvid raises USD$6m (£4.9m); Miniclip acquires Eight Pixels Square; and Gfinity lowers revenue expectations. Genvid raises USD$6m (£4.9m) Interactive streaming technology provider Genvid Technologies has announced it has [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Bazooka Tango raises USD$2.5m (£2.0m); Samsung to shutter PlayGalaxy Link; and Impressivo secures Series A funding. Bazooka Tango raises USD$2.5m (£2.0m) Nascent studio Bazooka Tango, formed by the [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Video games UA spend to hit £37bn; PlatinumGames developing engine; and Comscore and Twitch partner for streaming analytics. Video games UA spend to hit £37bn Mobile attribution platform [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Epic Games acquires Cubic Motion; USD$4.1bn (£3.2bn) invested in XR in 2019; Super League Gaming posts net loss of USD$30.6m (£24.1m); and GameStop shareholders demand board [...]

As part of the recent UK budget, the government confirmed that it is pressing ahead with its somewhat controversial Digital Services Tax. As reported by the Financial times, the UK plans to raise £500m a year by applying the tax primarily [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: USD$4.2m (£3.2m) seed round for Pragma; Lince Works raises USD$3.4m (£2.6m); Joy-Con drift lawsuit referred to arbitration; Daniel Alegre appointed as COO and president of Activision [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: E3 2020 to be cancelled; Unity acquires Artomatix; Mod.io raises USD$1m (£769,000); and PUBG CEO to also lead parent company. E3 2020 to be cancelled The 2020 edition [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: DDM acquires data platform from Digi-Capital; Destiny drops loot boxes; Disruptor Beam continues engine pivot; and GameStop announces trio of board appointments. DDM acquires data platform from [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: SEA Telcos to launch gaming joint venture; Horizon raises USD$5m (£3.8m); and Nvidia acquires SwiftStack. SEA Telcos to launch gaming joint venture Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), its Thai affiliate [...]

Audio-first and audio-only games have to-date offered a fascinating micro niche within the gaming medium. In the late 1990s the visionary musician and game designer Kenji Eno released a game with very few visuals at all for the Sega Saturn and [...]