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Microsoft's full-year gaming revenues nearly flat for fiscal 2020
Minecraft, subscriptions, and COVID-19 saw content and services up, but hardware was down
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Mobile revenues grew $135m in Malaysia and Singapore in two years
Niko Partners reports shows rapid growth in gaming on smartphones, surpassing PC
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FIFA Ultimate Team revenue "off the charts" during lockdown
EA's key franchises boomed during lockdown, and CEO Andrew Wilson doesn't expect staff to "ever go back exactly to the way things were"
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If 30% is too high, what's the right number? | Opinion
As authorities investigate Apple's share of App Store revenues, there's broad agreement that 30% is too high -- but there's little consensus on an alternative number
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Steam launches, new releases, and The Sims propel EA's first quarter earnings
The Sims 4 has now reached over 30m users on all platforms since launch
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Moss dev Polyarc secures $9m investment to branch into augmented reality
Series B funding round led by Hiro Capital
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Niantic doubles donation to Black Lives Matter causes to $10m
Pokémon Go developer will share revenues from weekend event with non-profit organisations and Black creators
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Investment health check: Preparing for the due diligence process
In the second of two articles, Sheridans' Kamila Bochenek describes how preparing for the due diligence process can benefit your games business overall
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Suikoden successor's Kickstarter raises $1.5 million on day one
Upcoming Japanese RPG Eiyuden Chronicle aims for release on PC, Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 in 2022
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Animal Crossing is Japan's best-selling game of the year so far
Japanese gamers spent more than $1.6 billion on physical games and download cards in the first half of 2020
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Shigeru Miyamoto's base salary is higher than Bobby Kotick's
But Activision CEO takes home more than $30 million after equity awards
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Meet CtW: The investors taking on Activision Blizzard and EA over exec pay
Dieter Waizenegger and Michael Varner on why they want to change how corporations think about compensation
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Ubisoft reports record bookings despite light Q1 release slate
Assassin's Creed, Just Dance, Rainbow Six Siege performing well in pandemic; Ubisoft Forward had more concurrent viewers than any of publisher's E3 briefings
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Mobalytics closes $11.25m Series A round
Almaz Capital and Cabra VC lead investment in the startup's "personal gaming assistant" and analytics platform
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Paradox buys Iceflake Studios
Finnish company becomes the ninth developer in the Paradox family
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TinyBuild acquires Hello Neighbor developers
Team will now be called Eerie Guest Studios, indie publisher will invest more than $15 million into franchise
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Nazara Technologies buys majority stake in Paper Boat Apps
Indian firm raises stake to 51%, values the educational game developer at around $20m
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Rising video game prices drove UK inflation in June
The Last of Us Part 2's launch, plus ongoing Switch success stories, likely to be biggest contributors
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Darewise Entertainment secures €3m in seed funding
Investment led by European VC firm Serena, will be used to recruit and further develop debut game Life Beyond
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Tencent is the latest potential buyer for Leyou Technologies
Chinese tech and games giant reportedly in talks to acquire parent of Warframe developer Digital Extremes
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Traplight closes €8m investment round
Finnish mobile dev to focus on live-service development of latest title, Battle Legion
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11 Bit Studios commits $21m to production of seven games
Four of the new products are through its publishing label, while three are first-party titles
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Tru Luv secures investment for "emotionally conscious AI"
Startup founded by Brie Code to explore "an alternative to the gamification model of rising challenge, fear, shock, or FOMO"