Mobile gaming is booming right now. Mobile gaming revenue, which is estimated to be at $98.22 billion by the end of the year, now accounts for more than half of the total games industry revenues. People aren’t just using their […]
The winners of the Polkastarter GAM3 Awards, dubbed the Grammys for web3 gaming, have been crowned. The 16 winners were revealed at a live event on December 15, marking the conclusion of the inaugural industry awards. The GAM3 Awards Game […]
Israeli-founded gaming giant Playtika is laying off 615 employees as part of the company’s broader restructuring. The company confirmed today following last week’s speculation that the company was planning to part with 500 employees this week. Playtika CEO and Founder Robert Antokol officially […]
From the advent of the sewing machine to the rise of e-commerce, fashion has always been on the cutting edge of innovation. Like technology, trends in the fashion industry are both forward-thinking and cyclical. This intersection between the two sectors […]
Celebrity video messaging service Cameo today announced it has partnered with Candle Media to launch Cameo Kids, a new service that enables parents and loved ones to book personalized Cameo videos for kids from their favorite family entertainment stars. The new Cameo service […]
In what’s been described as the “Trinity of Football,” SuperOne, the fandom Metaverse for sports and entertainment has teamed up with Footballco and FIFPRO to license the game content and empower value-creation for football players in the new digital economy. Footballco is the world’s […]
Maincard, a Web3 game designed to introduce the Blockchain world to billions of sports fans in the most fun and engaging way, today announced its main net launch. The Polygon-based, NFT-powered, Web3 sports prediction game went live on Nov. 19, the […]
At a time when tech startups are struggling to raise new funding, India-based startup global web3 game discovery and wallet app Glip announced today it has secured $2.5 million in a funding round led by Hashed Emergent with participation from Beenext […]
The popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has led to the sudden explosion of decentralized play-to-earn games that provide rewards like NFTs and cryptocurrencies. It’s also a boom for gaming startups as they seize the opportunity to meet the growing demands through […]
In this time of social and global division, London, England-based mobile gaming startup Landmark Games believes adventures can bring us closer together and great social experiences through its social gameplay playable only on smartphones. Landmark was launched just a year ago by the […]
Welcome back to This Week in Online Gaming, the weekly TechStartups series that looks at the iGaming space, video games, mobile apps, and the overall global gaming economy. Despite the looming recession and the slowdown in mobile game spending, the […]
In just five years, the global video gaming industry has grown by over $100 billion from $120.4 billion in 2017 to $235.7 billion in 2022. The overall gaming industry could be worth $321 billion by 2026, a new PwC report shows. […]
Arcade, a GameFi platform that’s democratizing web3 gaming, announced it has just raised $3.2 million in seed funding. The announcement comes at a time when crypto startups are struggling to raise new funding due to the ongoing crypto winter. The […]
Google launched its Stadia streaming service with much fanfare in 2019. Three years after spending millions of dollars to compete with Amazon and Microsoft, the tech giant is throwing the towel and shutting down the service due to its failure […]
Well-link Technologies, a Chinese cloud gaming service provider, announced Monday it had raised $40 million in an early-stage or B2 funding round led by Singapore state investment firm Temasek. Temasek also confirmed the deal in an email. Despite the difficulties faced by Chinese startups […]
As the crypto market continues to expand, more and more people are beginning to realize the amazing trading opportunities put forth by this relatively nascent space. To this point, reports suggest that the number of people who currently own some […]
Before the dawn of the Internet, people of all ages played different types of games as a way to relax, entertain, and have fun with friends and family. Games were also used as a way to entertain and teach children. […]
In early August, Mobile marketing company AppLovin announced it was acquiring gaming giant Unity Software in a $17.54 billion all-stock deal. The enterprise value of the deal is $20 billion. But a little over a month later, the game developer said it’s giving […]
Walken, a gaming startup that connects real-life sports activities with online gaming and earning crypto, is preparing to take the next step toward enhancing its fast-growing ecosystem. Today, Walken unveiled a new roadmap and shared in-game statistics. The new roadmap includes various new […]
Apeiron, the world’s first NFT god game on the blockchain, burst into the NFT scene in April with its tri-token innovation to shake up the NFT gaming landscape. While many NFT games rely on just two tokens, Apeiron brings three currencies to […]
