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 [...]
Niantic Acquires Mayhem; WestBridge Sells INR₹5bn Stake in Nazara Technologies
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Niantic acquires Mayhem; Westbridge sells INR₹5bn (£50.2m) stake in Nazara Technologies; and Frogwares' The Sinking City returns to stores amid legal dispute with Nacon. Niantic acquires Mayhem Augmented [...]
Gaijin Entertainment Allegedly Funding DPR Militants; Asetek in IP Deal with Granite Devices
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Gaijin Entertainment allegedly funding DPR militants; Asetek in IP deal with Granite Devices; and Microsoft calls for arbitration in Xbox drifting lawsuit. Gaijin Entertainment allegedly funding DPR [...]
Discord Raises USD$100m; Unity Partners with Snap
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Discord raises USD$100m (£74.7m); Unity partners with Snap; and Rec Room secures USD$20m (£15m). Discord raises USD$100m (£74.7m) Gaming-centric voice chat app Discord has announced that it has [...]
Roblox Acquires Loom.ai; SteelSeries in KontrolFreek Buyout
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the prevalent business stories in gaming. In today’s news: Roblox acquires Loom.ai; SteelSeries in KontrolFreek buyout; and eBay scalping market for consoles, GPUs, and CPUs, calculated at USD$82m (£64m). Roblox acquires Loom.ai Online gaming platform Roblox Corporation [...]
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