TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Tencent to leverage partnership with Nintendo; US gaming industry ad spend reaches USD$60.3m (£47.2m); and Homescapes passes USD$1bn (£782m) in lifetime revenue. Tencent to leverage partnership with [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Sony appoints Hermen Hulst as head of Worldwide Studios; Activision Blizzard revenue falls 15%; and Valve seemingly working on cloud gaming service. Sony appoints Hermen Hulst as [...]

Google has made the software for its Cardborad VR system open-source, with a view to letting third-party developers continue to support the platform and existing apps. The announcement came via a Google blog post, and is as much and end-point as [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Niantic establishes developer fund and location sponsorship; China and US agree to roll back tariffs; and US gaming spending reaches USD$9.18bn (£7.13bn) in Q3 2019. Niantic establishes [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: G5 Games' USD$45.80 (£35.55) MAGRPPU; eFuse raises USD$1.4m (£1.1m) for esports platform; Supercell closing Rush Wars G5 Games reports USD$45.80 (£35.55) average monthly gross revenue per paying [...]

Apple is rumoured to be working with game outfit Valve on an augmented reality headset that may be due for release next year. Citing industry sources, DigiTimes points to late 2020 as the earliest reasonable debut for unnamed headset, and identifies [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Improbable partners with Tencent Cloud; Unity acquires Obvioos; Anzu.io enters Xbox Tools and Middleware Program. Improbable partners with Tencent Cloud London-based simulation software distributor Improbable has announced a [...]

In this exclusive article for ExchangeWire and TheGamingEconomy, James Anderson (pictured below), business director at Publicis Sport and Entertainment, discusses how mobile esports has evolved from humble beginnings, and why the time is right for advertisers to invest in the [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Blizzard criticised for crowdfunding; AMD targetting consoles & cloud gaming; and Team17 raises revenue expectations. Blizzard criticised for crowdfunding Blizzard has attracted criticism for 'deceptive language' regarding a [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Mainline Raises USD$6.8m (£5.26m); ACCC enforces refunds for Fallout 76 customers; and Amazon disallows non-approved third-party Nintendo sales. Mainline Raises USD$6.8m (£5.26m) Esports tournament software company Mainline has [...]