Game acquisitions rose in Q2 but private investments stagnated | Aream & Co.

The game industry continues to show both resilience with rising acquisitions as well as weakness with stalled private game investments in Q2, according to a report by Aream & Co.

Add to that the announcements of new layoffs — likely in the thousands — at Microsoft’s Xbox game studios this week — and you’re likely to be confused about the direction the game industry is heading. Those layoffs, of course, are terrible news in my opinion.