Newzoo warns of a gap between investor thinking and game-market opportunities
Investors are worried about the U.S. retail game market. But overall game-industry sales are at $68 billion, growing 7 percent a year.
Game acquisitions set new record at $4B in 2012, but investments tumble 57 percent
Game acquisitions set a new record in 2012, but investments in new companies are down.
Year-to-date game acquisitions reach an all-time high
At this rate, it's going to be a boom year for game company acquisitions.
2012 game investments: Number of deals is up, but average raised per startup is dropping
The value of game deals is dropping in 2012 compared to 2011.
The DeanBeat: 10 takeaways about game investments from GamesBeat 2012
We examined many investment issues at GamesBeat 2012. This week's DeanBeat distills them to the 10 most important.
Zynga’s 1.8 trillion minutes and other cool facts about the game industry
In honor of our fourth annual GamesBeat conference starting on Tuesday, we've dug out an interesting set of facts and numbers about the game industry.
The road ahead in gaming: Welcome to the Crossover Era
Crossing over from an existing market to an emerging one is what our GameBeat 2012 conference is all about. We're seeing this trend play out in every segment of games.
Game acquisitions heated up in the second quarter while investments slowed
Game industry acquisitions grew dramatically in the second quarter, putting 2012 on track to break records for game M&A deals, according to investment bank...
GamesBeat 2012 analyzes the state of game investments
We’re pleased to announce that we have a panel on investing in the game business, one of the hottest investment categories of the past...
Does console have a future?
While recent headlines such as “Game sales crash!” and “Games retail collapses!” don’t paint a rosy picture, I believe the report of the death...