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Third round of Makers Fund raises $500 million to invest in games startups
Organisation readies largest fund yet, has previously invested in more than 90 companies
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Games firms opposing Russia are cutting off a $3.4bn market
Analysts help us contextualise the impact of sales bans by Microsoft, EA, Take-Two and more
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Trio of Activision Blizzard shareholders reportedly under investigation
Three businessmen with links to Bobby Kotick bought $108 million worth of shares four days before Microsoft acquisition
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Inworld AI raises $10 million to create characters for virtual worlds
A beta version of the company's AI characters creator platform is due in Q2
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Epic Games acquires music store Bandcamp as part of “creator marketplace ecosystem” vision
Company will continue operating as a standalone marketplace and music community
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Tencent acquires minority stake in Canadian studio Offworld Industries
Offworld hopes the investment will help it "build upon the live services of its successful FPS titles"
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Ampere Analysis: Console market grew to record $60bn in 2021
Data and analytics firm expects further $1 billion growth as rise of subscriptions offsets boxed sales decline
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MiHoYo invests $65m in nuclear fusion technology
Genshin Impact developer contributes to improving renewable energy research
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Hiro launches second venture fund
€300 million fund to be invested in "entrepreneurial teams" across games, esports, creator platforms and gamified fitness
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Netmarble generated $2.1 billion in revenue in 2021
Growth settles following pandemic boom, EBITDA down 30% year-on-year due to rising labour costs
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Square Enix raises forecasts thanks to increased MMO revenues
HD game sales still down year-on-year as Guardians of the Galaxy "undershot initial expectations"
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Roblox revenue soars 108% to $1.9bn in 2021
Platform had 45.5 million daily users on average last year
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Return Entertainment raises €5.3 million
The Helsinki-based studio is working on two cloud-native games for PC and mobile
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Supercell revenue increases 45% to $2.24bn in 2021
The studio generated profits before taxes of $852 million, a 80.3% rise compared to 2020
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Rovio reports record Q4 revenues of €286.2 million
Trio of Angry Birds games drive growth in revenues and bookings, but profits dip to €43.7 million
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Sega raises forecasts after strong game sales in holiday quarter
Publisher turns around last year's $53.5 million nine-month loss to $254.8 million profit
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European Union to invest €11bn in "technological race" for semiconductors
Investment to finance industrialisation of chip manufacturing and create "new applications" for various industries
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Intellivision Entertainment hasn't generated revenue since launch
The company may only be able to operate until July 2022 if it doesn't succeed in raising more funds
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Bandai Namco revenues up 15.5% to $5.4bn
Publisher saw growth across its game businesses driven by Japanese releases
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Nexon operating income down 18% to $793m in 2021
This is due to a "challenging comparison" with FY2020, the company said
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Hiro Metaverse Acquisitions raises £115m via IPO
Company raises full amount following announcement to go public last week
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Nvidia's acquisition of Arm cancelled due to "significant regulatory challenges"
Arm parent SoftBank will instead float chip maker's shares by April 2023, Arm gets new CEO
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Koei Tecmo profit grows 40% to $235m in nine-month financials
Net sales also increased 25.9% year-on-year
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Unity revenues up 44% to $1.1bn, but losses widen
Development platform sees uptick in full-year earnings, but operating losses account for almost half of it
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Konami revenue up 12% in nine-month financials
The company reiterated its intention to sell NFTs, "in an effort to preserve content that has been loved by [its] customers"