Revenue opportunities for game developers in the wake of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) — all 66 pages of it — was activated almost exactly a year ago, became generally applicable this year on May 2, and will start to be enforced around March of next year. Its aim, of course, is to regulate major online platforms and gatekeepers, and the goal is to establish fair competition, consumer protection and data privacy. It’s pretty certain that the online global gaming industry, in which developers and game studios are profoundly affected by platform dynamics, will feel the brunt of the changes wrought by the DMA.

At GamesBeat Next 2023, Josephine Friday, senior business development manager of enterprise mobile gaming, Americas, at Xsolla, was joined by Felix Hilgert, tech and games lawyer and partner at Osborne Clarke as well as Don Reilley, EVP of Publisher Development & Partnerships, SCUTI to talk about what developers, studios and industry professionals need to know, right here and now — and where the opportunities lie.