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The DeanBeat: A big week for game company acquisitions

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 24, 2020
5 min

It was a heck of a week for game company transactions, illustrating the huge opportunities in gaming and growing investor interest — as well...

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SuperData: Consumers spent an all-time high of $9.8 billion on digital games in December 2019

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 23, 2020
1 min

Market insight group SuperData announced today that consumers spent $9.8 billion on digital games in December. This is a new high, and it’s up 8%...

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Super Lucky’s Tale dev Playful lays off a large portion of staff

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 22, 2020
1 min

Playful Corp. announced today that it is laying off a significant portion of its full-time staff today. The studio created Super Lucky’s Tale, a...

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Ninja Theory announces ‘mental terror’ experimental title Project: Mara

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 22, 2020
1 min

Ninja Theory announced today that it is working on Project: Mara, an “experimental title and a showcase of what could become a new storytelling medium”...

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Tencent makes $148 million offer to acquire all shares of Dune developer Funcom

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 22, 2020
2 min

China’s Tencent has made a $148 million offer the acquire all the shares of Funcom, maker of the Conan Exiles and Age of Conan...

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Lee Hutchinson, founder and CEO of Double Eleven.

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U.K. game studio Double Eleven expands to Malaysia

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 22, 2020
1 min

Game developer and publisher Double Eleven announced today that it is opening a new studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia later this spring. Double Eleven’s...