TGE Index Investment Report - Q4 & Year-End 2020
2020 highlights - Total investment and M&A activity across the video games industry tracked by the TGE Index through April-December 2020 reached USD$37.890bn from 406 disclosed transactions (501 total). Adding averaged publicly-available data for Q1 gives a full-year approximation of USD$40.572bn [...]
Make-Up Outfit Benefit Partners With Gen.G On Female Esports Branding Initiative
Esports organisation Gen.G has partnered with cosmetics specialist Benefit to deliver a an initiative targeting female gamers that will include a series of beauty routine videos staring women popular as streamers and players. The 'Game Face' video series continues Gen.G's apparent [...]
Tencent Set to Acquire Funcom; AppsFlyer Raises USD$210m
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Tencent set to acquire Funcom for USD$148m (£114m); AppsFlyer raises USD$210m (£161m); Stillfront Group acquires Storm8 for USD$300m (£230m); and US state intervention attempt on Riot Games [...]
Tencent to Invest Away from Gaming; ByteDance to Enter Core Gaming
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Tencent to invest away from gaming; ByteDance to enter core gaming; and Rockstar claimed £37.6m in VGTR in 2019. Tencent to invest away from gaming Tencent Holdings executives are [...]
NHS Calls for Loot Box Ban; Ubisoft to Restructure Editorial Team
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: NHS calls for loot box ban; Ubisoft to restructure editorial team; and NetEase Tom and Jerry title reaches 100m users. NHS calls for loot box ban NHS mental [...]
Analysis: Cyberpunk 2077's Crunch Controversy
CD Projekt Red has delayed the release of its eagerly anticipated sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077. The game will now miss its scheduled April release slot, instead arriving in September 17th this year. That puts it in a very busy slot for [...]
Twitch Growth Slows in 2019; Stadia to Debut 120 titles
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Twitch growth slows in 2019; Stadia to debut 120 titles; and Microsoft pledges carbon neutrality by 2030. Twitch growth slows in 2019 Twitch growth has slowed in 2019, [...]
Mobile Gaming to Surpass USD$100bn (£76.8bn) in 2020; Stable Year for Video Games on Kickstarter
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Mobile gaming to surpass USD$100bn (£76.8bn) in 2020; stable year for video games on Kickstarter; and Star Wars mobile games pass USD$1bn (£768m). Mobile gaming to surpass [...]
USD$680m (£523m) Spent in Epic Games Store; Valve Index Sold Out Globally
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: USD$680m (£523m) spent in Epic Games Store; Valve Index sold out globally; and Asian gaming market to generate over USD$65bn (£50bn) in 2020. USD$680m (£523m) spent in [...]
Analysis: PlayStation Passing on E3 Attendence
PlayStation is skipping on attending E3 this year, just a few months before it plans to launch the PS5. A decade or so ago, that would have seemed like a very peculiar move. E3 has long been the place to announce [...]
Mobile Gaming Consumer Spend Hits USD$61.7bn (£47.4bn); Over 70 Million PC Shipments in Q4 2019
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Mobile gaming consumer spend hits USD$61.7bn (£47.4bn); over 70 million PC shipments in Q4 2019; and Riot launches tabletop division. Mobile gaming consumer spend hits USD$61.7bn (£47.4bn) Consumer [...]
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