Tackling toxicity in online communities is a demanding, nuanced and sometimes thankless task. As communities around single games grow into tens of millions - or hundreds of millions in some cases -  a tiny minority of problematic users can still [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Hyper-casual games proliferate by 170%; Valve Index sells out in some regions; and Genvid raises USD$27m (£21m). Hyper-casual games proliferate by 170% Hyper-casual gaming titles have proliferated by [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Facebook acquires Beat Games; Candy Crush Saga passes USD$2bn (£1.6bn) in revenue; and Coffee Stain invests in Kavalri. Facebook acquires Beat Games Facebook has acquired VR developer Beat [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: EA bullish on cloud gaming; Roblox Mobile passes USD$1bn (£776m) in lifetime revenue; and Rebellion acquires The Bitmap Brothers portfolio. EA bullish on cloud gaming EA executives are [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Microsoft considers xCloud-exclusive titles; global game spend forecast revised to USD$148.8bn (£115.9bn); Coherance raises USD$2.5m (£1.9m) seed funding; and Misfits launches USD$10m (£7.8m) esports and gaming [...]

Late last year mobile marketing platform AppLovin acquired in-app bidding start-up MAX. The AppLovin team has since built out the MAX platform, and integrated the real-time mobile header bidding solution into its wider ecosystem. Now MAX has had a little time [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Amazon planning 2020 cloud gaming launch; Nazara to invest USD$20m (£15.5m) in startups; and the top 1% of mobile game publishers generate 82% of total downloads. Amazon [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: NetEase revenue up 11.2%; Dream Games raises USD$7.5m (£5.8m); and Mythical Games secures USD$19m (£14.7m) in funding. NetEase revenue up 11.2% Chinese internet and online games provider NetEase [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: App Store paid game revenue at all-time low; German Bundestag approves €50m (£42.8m) games funding; and Proletariat raises USD$20m (£15.5m) in Series C funding. App Store paid [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Valve to launch VR Half-Life title; Skydance Media to form new studio; and PC & Mobile gaming revenue to pass USD$8.3bn (£6.4bn) in Greater Southeast Asia. Valve [...]