Drake Star: Q1 game deals hit $98.7B in value, more than all of 2022
Microsoft’s $68.7 billion plan to buy Activision Blizzard and Take-Two’s $12.7 billion bid to buy Zynga pushed the first quarter toward a massive $98.7...
Drake Star Partners: Game deals could nearly double to $150B in 2022
Game deals are expected to nearly double to $150 billion in 2022, according to a forecast by investment bank Drake Star Partners. The report...
Gaming companies raised a record $71B in 844 deals so far this year
Game industries deals surpassed an unparalleled $71 billion in the first nine months of 2021, according to a report by investment bank Drake Star...
Drake Star Partners: Game deals surpassed $60B in first half of 2021
Game deals surpassed an unparalleled $60 billion in the first half of 2021, according to investment bank Drake Star Partners. Spurred by pandemic lockdowns...
Playtika’s Robert Antokol is ready to acquire — he just needs to find the right teams
Playtika‘s Robert Antokol doesn’t speak publicly that often. I did a fireside chat with him at Casual Connect in Israel in 2015, and he...
Scopely’s Javier Ferreira on breaking into the top ranks of mobile gaming
Scopely has broken out of the pack of mobile game makers to be one of the biggest in the industry, with hit games that...
The DeanBeat: Digital gaming events aren’t easy, but they may be the future
Next week marks our first-ever digital game conference, GamesBeat Summit Digital. We pivoted about eight weeks ago from our physical event in Los Angeles...
Hubs and spokes — Why Scopely and LA’s game ecosystem are on the growth path
Mobile game publisher Scopely is on a growth path. The company has a $400 million revenue run rate. It expanded its headquarters in Culver...
GamesBeat Summit 2019: Announcing the next four speakers
January is at its midway mark, GamesBeat Summit 2019 is closer than ever, and it’s time to introduce four new great speakers: Ted Price,...
GamesBeat 2017: 4 speakers to address the challenge of mobile gaming
GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5-6, and we’re delighted to announce our next four speakers. This...