South Korea is a mobile gaming haven — even for Western studios
South Korea is the fourth largest mobile game market in the world. More than half of South Korea’s population play games on their smartphones....
Fortnite rules Q1 streaming hours, but Apex places No. 2 and surpasses League of Legends
Fortnite players streamed more than 23.9 million hours of gameplay in the first quarter, cementing Epic Games’ position as the publisher of the world’s...
Newzoo: Top 25 public game companies generated over $100 billion in 2018 revenue
Market researcher Newzoo reported that the top 25 public game companies account for nearly 80 percent of the global market, and they generated $107.3...
Newzoo: AR has a far bigger opportunity on mobile than VR
Virtual reality is clunky. Augmented reality is less so. And so it makes sense that AR has a bigger opportunity on mobile devices than...
Games designed for streaming need to include spectator interactivity
Watching other people play games has become big business. Last year alone, we watched over 60 billion hours of gaming footage on platforms such...
Newzoo: 2.4 billion people will game in 2019, thanks to mobile
Market researcher Newzoo expects more than 2.4 billion people to play games in 2019, according to a new report. It also expects the game...
Don’t sleep on Latin America, game publishers
When mobile app developers consider the next markets, Latin America isn’t often top of mind. After all, if you look at top countries by...
From studies to esports, colleges can use video games
College students need to play more video games. Seriously. New research shows that gaming — long thought by parents and teachers to be a...
4 biggest Western esports events generated 190.1 million viewing hours
Esports viewership is on the rise, but not all of big events are benefiting equally. Market researcher Newzoo said that tournaments for the West’s...
Advance Publications acquires stake in esports and games analytics firm Newzoo
Esports and games have become a big business, and Newzoo tracks both. So it’s only fitting that the marker research firm has drawn its own investment...