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• NetEase Revenue Up 11.2%; Dream Games Raises USD$7.5m

  3 weeks ago News

  

  TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: NetEase revenue up 11.2%; Dream Games raises USD$7.5m (£5.8m); and Mythical Games secures USD$19m (£14.7m) in funding. NetEase revenue up 11.2% Chinese internet and online games provider NetEase has realised revenue of CN¥14.636bn (£1.611bn) in the third quarter of 2019, representing a year-on-year increase of 11.2%, according to the company’s unaudited financial results. Gross profit also increased by 8.9% to reach CN¥7.87bn (£866m) The Guangzhou-based firm’s gaming division [...]

• UK Games Market Grows 10% Through 2018, Hitting £5.7bn Value

  8 months ago News

  

  The United Kingdom’s games sector appears to be in rude health. As part of this week’s ongoing London Games Festival, it was revealed that the UK games market enjoyed 10% year-on-year growth through 2018. UK games industry trade body Ukie also revealed that the growth saw the UK consumer games market reach a record £5.7bn value in 2018. Ukie’s figures also show that game software revenues in the UK cleared £4bn for the first time in 2018, climbing 10.3% year-on-year to £4.01bn. [...]

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• How Pokémon Won Over the United Nations

  1 year ago News

  

  This week, developer Niantic revealed that it has partnered with the United Nations to create ‘tourism experiences’ delivered as ‘real-world games’. The AR specialist studio will build titles specifically with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), with a view to work enhancing global tourism. Niantic, of course, created the global phenomenon that is Pokémon GO. In May 2018 alone, almost two years after the AR title’s launch, 147 million people played the game, according to Superdata. The data outfit also reported [...]