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Read More »Starbreeze plans to ‘reduce costs and sharpen focus’ following ‘disappointing’ Overkill’s The Walking Dead sales
Chinese gamer spending ‘might contract in the near term because there are no new games’ warns analysts
Adjusted forecast predicts revenue falls for PC and mobile gaming in China
Read More »Rovio takes a drop in share price but games revenue is up
Shares in the Finnish developer are now down to $11 a share as costs for acquiring users rose by over 300 per cent
Read More »Zynga buys Peak Games rights for $100m as it turns new profits
Following from its first profitable quarter in a long time, Zynga invests by acquiring the Turkish developer's card games
Read More »EA quarterly earnings target drops, despite high performance from EA Sports
Star Wars Battlefront 2 expected to perform well as shares drop by 3 per cent
Read More »Nintendo doubles revenue estimate due to Switch demand
The company raised their initial 65 bn Yen estimate to 120 bn Yen following a boost in console production.
Read More »HTC Viveport developers to keep all profits until 2018
HTC Vive is to boost the amount of revenue share developers receive on its global Viveport store to celebrate its one-year anniversary, the company has announced. This is in addition to a swathe of new features for developers that will be rolling out very soon. From October until the end …
Read More »Swedish games industry generated 1.4bn in revenue in 2016
Revenue from Swedish game developers increased to €1.4bn in 2016, showing a growth of 1,000 per cent since 2010, according to the 2017 edition of the Swedish Game Developer Index. Of that figure, €35m (or 25 per cent) was generated by micro, small or medium sized companies, and the staff …
Read More »Global games market grew 9% in May to hit $7.8bn – SuperData
The worldwide games market grew by 9 per cent year-on-year in May, according to the latest report from SuperData,reaching $7.8bn. Once again, mobile was the strongest driver last month, with the sector growing by 16 per cent year-on-year. Free to play also grew by 17 per cent, while pay to …
Read More »Global game revenue to reach $29bn by 2021 – PwC
Worldwide video game revenue will reach $29bn by 2021, according to PwC’s latest global entertainment and media outlook report, which is more than double the revenue made in 2012 ($14bn). PwC says PC games will experience a healthier growth than their console counterparts, partly thanks to therise of eSports, which …
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