Study: Traditional TV far from dead
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, a professional services firm, and digital media consulting company, Vorhaus Advisors, have released their inaugural Digital Strategy Study, which analyses the state of media and content…
Report: Record $9.6bn games investment in last 18 months
Digi-Capital’s new Games Investment Report Q3 2019 shows that after a record $5.8 billion games investment in 2018, VC and strategic games investors poured another $3.8 billion into games companies…
Netflix green-lights Cuphead series
Netflix and King Features Syndicate, a part of Hearst Entertainment and Syndication, have jointly announced a new animated series The Cuphead Show!, based on Studio MDHR’s award-winning video game Cuphead.…
FIFA eWorld Cup returns to London in August
FIFA has announced that the FIFA eWorld Cup will return to London later this year, confirming that this season’s pinnacle event will once again take place at The O2 from…
‘World’s Fastest Gamer’ launches biggest prize in eSports racing
World’s Fastest Gamer season two will bring together ten of the fastest eSports racers on the planet to battle it out to win a year of racing for real at…
Survey: 70% European gamers not interested in streaming games
Some 70 per cent of gamers surveyed in UK, France, Germany and Spain say they’re not interested in a video game streaming service according to a survey conducted by Ipsos…
Propagate, Asmodee collaborate on Ticket to Ride game
Propagate, an content creation and distribution studios, today announced the development of an adventure competition series with Asmodee Entertainment, a newly formed platform of global games publisher and distributor Asmodee, whose…
Gaming to benefit from rising content investment
Investment bank Berenberg has issued a detailed report on the video gaming industry, and stated that game-playing production will in many cases follow the recent pattern of high-end TV production,…
Video game streaming is the dawn of a new age
Analysts from investment bank Berenberg visited E3, the annual gaming expo held in Los Angeles, and in a comprehensive report provided a valuable analysis of the importance of the event…
FIFA 19 eSports sees 60% audience growth
Video game producer EA has revealed that the EA Sports FIFA 19 Global Series eSports competition generated more than 680 million minutes watched, a 60 per cent annual increase and…
Gametoon to show Esports Balkan League
SPI/FilmBox has acquired the exclusive linear and digital rights to the Esports Balkan League (EBL), the first professional esports competition in which the best eight teams from ten European countries…
Movistar, Mediapro LatAm Esports launch
Spain’s Movistar and Mediapro have allied to launch Movistar Esports Ubeat in Latin America targeted at all esports fans. The channel, available on Movistar’s OTT platform Movistar Play, includes all…
UK showcases createch pioneers
Fifty breakthrough UK businesses and projects harnessing creativity and technology are featured in a report published at the Createch 2019 conference, part of London Technology Week. The Ones to Watch…
Report: Global gaming software spend hits $132bn
Consumer spend on gaming software continues to grow, achieving $132 billion (€116.6bn), including mobile, PC and console games worldwide in 2018, according to a gaming trends market report from Futuresource…
Microsoft unveils Project Scarlett; 8K capable
At the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, Microsoft revealed the first details of their next gaming console. Codenamed Project Scarlett, the console boasts significantly reduced loading times, and a…