TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Activision Blizzard and Google sign partnership; Developers shift focus to next-gen consoles and VR; and LPL suspended indefinitely due to coronavirus. Activision Blizzard and Google sign partnership Activision Blizzard and Google have signed a multi-year strategic partnership which will see the latter becoming the developer-publisher’s preferred provider of game hosting infrastructure via its Google Cloud division. While unconfirmed, it is likely that Activision Blizzard development staff will work more [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Twitch growth slows in 2019; Stadia to debut 120 titles; and Microsoft pledges carbon neutrality by 2030. Twitch growth slows in 2019 Twitch growth has slowed in 2019, with hours watched, hours streamed, number of unique channels and average concurrent viewership (CCV) all decreasing from Q1 to Q4, according to the Year in Review Live Streaming industry report released by Streamlabs and Newzoo. While Q4 results for the [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: CWA launches campaign for video game unionisation; Square Enix focusing on cloud gaming; and Anzu.io partners with Vivid Games. CWA launches campaign for video game unionisation The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union has launched the Campaign to Organize Digital Employees (CODE), which will focus on the unionisation of US companies within the video game and technology industries. The campaign was established in cooperation with Game Workers Unite [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Nintendo open to cloud gaming; only two new releases in best-selling Steam Games of 2019; and 12 million subscribers forecast for Apple Arcade. Nintendo open to cloud gaming Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has stated the company is open to cloud gaming in an interview with Nikkei, however he tempered this by stating that dedicated hardware will not become defunct, at least within the next decade. While console rivals [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Typhoon Studios joins Google’s Stadia Games and Entertainment; Tencent-backed Global Esports Federation founded; and Twitch Fortnite viewership dips 28% in 2019. Typhoon Studios joins Google’s Stadia Games and Entertainment Following an acquisition independent developer Typhoon Studios has joined Google’s cloud-focused game division Stadia Games and Enetertainment. Founded in 2017, Typhoon is led by former Electronic Arts executive producer Reid Schneider, and previous Ubisoft creative director Alex Hutchinson. The acquisition [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Facebook acquires cloud gaming outfit PlayGiga; Bidstack secures £10m Agency Trade Deal; and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare clears USD$1bn (£776.4m) in sales Facebook acquires cloud gaming outfit PlayGiga Social networking giant Facebook has acquired Madrid-based cloud gaming company PlayGiga. As reported by CNBC, the move furthers Facebook’s increasing presence in the gaming space, following the news that it picked up VR studio Beat Games last month. Equally, with [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Tencent partners with NVIDIA for START; Nreal files Magic Leap counter lawsuit; and Rambler Media Group drops Twitch claim. Tencent partners with NVIDIA for START Tencent and NIVIDIA have announced a partnership which will see the latter’s GPU technology power the upcoming Tencent START cloud gaming platform. Moreover, the two firms have announced a “joint innovation lab” which will examine new applications for AI, game engine software optimisations [...]

In recent years Amazon has continued to expand its Game Tech offering, providing numerous tools and services from within the cloud, covering back-end services, analytics, monetisation and game development itself. And according to Eric Morales, Games Industry Segment Leader, EMEA for Game Tech, which sits within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) division, it’s part of a movement that could change the way people make games, letting them swap process for creativity. As such TheGamingEconomy caught up with Morales to get a sense [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Xbox Series X revealed; Game.tv raises USD$25m (£19m); and High Fidelity lays off 50% of staff. Xbox Series X revealed Microsoft has revealed its next generation console, the Xbox Series X, at this year’s The Game Awards. Technical specifications for the device, previously known under the Project Scarlett moniker, have also been reiterated, with the console purportedly being able to support 120FPS and 8K visuals. Further details about [...]

TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Gameloft partners Blacknut for cloud gaming; PUBG Mobile lifetime revenue passes USD$1.5bn (£1.1bn); Sony hires Greg Rice and Christian Svensson. Gameloft partners Blacknut for cloud gaming Mobile publisher Gameloft Distribution Solutions has announced the launch of a cloud gaming service in partnership with Blacknut, which will see the two firms combine their respective catalogues of over 360 owned and third-party titles. The games will be available to stream [...]