Games VC funding reaches new plateau after 72% YoY decline | PitchBook
Venture capital funding in games leveled out and established a new baseline according to PitchBook’s Q4 2023 Gaming Report. Over the last five quarters,...
Games corporate and VC funding falls 75% to $2.7B in 2023 | InvestGame
Private funding and M&A activity in the gaming industry slowed to a crawl in 2023 according to InvestGame’s latest report. Games VC funding in...
Twitch viewership tops 1.9B in January thanks to esports, Palword | StreamElements
Twitch viewers watched 1.902 billion hours of content in January, according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream Report. Per Rainmaker.gg’s data, January’s viewership...
Why did players pick Helldivers 2 over Suicide Squad?
Over the last two weeks, Helldivers 2 and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League launched. However, fans had dramatically different takes on these co-op...
Knuckles Super Bowl trailer spins off Sonic movies into streaming
The trailer for the upcoming Knuckles series aired during the Super Bowl. The upcoming Paramount+ show — debuting April 26, 2024 — marks the...
GTA V reaches 195M copies sold while hopes soar for GTA VI
Take Two’s Q4 2023 earnings report revealed that Grand Theft Auto V has sold 195 million copies since its September 2013 debut. This is...
Matchingham Games Web3 spinoff Ginger Joy raises $1.26M
Ginger Joy, the Web3 spinoff of U.K.-based mobile developer Matchingham Games, has raised £1 million ($1.26 million). The company plans to develop an ecosystem...
Medieval manuscript strategy game Inkulinati launches February 22
Inkulinati, the debut title of Polish indie developer Yaza Games and publisher Daedalic Entertainment, is set to launch February 22, 2024. Inspired by Medieval...
U.S. video game spending stagnated in 2023, totaling $57.2B
U.S. consumers spent $57.2 billion on video games in 2023 according to a new report from the Entertainment Software Association and Circana. This figure...
Is Final Fantasy VII Rebirth worth playing without nostalgia?
Square Enix is back with another installment in the iconic Final Fantasy franchise. Following 2020’s Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is...