TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: global gaming market set to generate USD$152.1bn (£121.3bn) in 2019; Bernie Sanders endorses game industry unionisation; and Twitch acquires social networking platform Bebo. Global gaming market set to [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: PUBG Mobile is now the world’s most popular mobile game, Niantic suing Global++ hacking outfit, buys Sensible Object; and Oculus Quest sells USD$5m (£3.98m) of content in [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Epic Games founder praises cross-play; Amazon lays off dozens of game development staff; and 83% of gamers interested in new cloud gaming services. Epic Games founder praises cross-play Epic [...]

Seattle start-up Against Gravity has raised USD$24m (£18.9m) of VC funding. The money will help bolster Rec Room, the studio's blend of social space, game compilation and user content generation platform. As reported by TechCrunch, Against Gravity raised the investment over [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Epic Games acquires social platform Houseparty; Riot Games in trouble with gender discrimination investigation; and The Esports Global Fund launches. Epic Games acquires social platform Houseparty Houseparty, the face-to-face [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Nintendo impresses consumers with dazzling E3 game line-up; Microsoft could set sights on Asia; and Nintendo speaks out against crunch. Nintendo impresses consumers with dazzling E3 game line-up Always [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: New Xbox console will offer backwards compatibility; Ubisoft to launch subscription service; and Google Stadia will support publisher-specific subscriptions. New Xbox console to offer backwards compatibility Microsoft announced that [...]

With this year's huge E3 gaming conference hardly underway, Microsoft has revealed that its follow up to the Xbox One console, announcing that the machine is due to launch in 2020. Code-named Project Scarlett, the coming console promises to be 'four [...]

TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Microsoft acquires Double Fine; Tencent sells Glu Mobile shares; and Bethesda Softworks announces cloud gaming platform. Microsoft acquires Double Fine (& confirms new Xbox) Microsoft has confirmed it's bought [...]

Google has moved to reveal more details on its eagerly anticipated Stadia cloud-gaming service; namely pricing structures, launch details and launch games. The gaming platform - due in November this year - requires no console-like 'box' or dedicated hardware beyond a [...]