Profitable Earnings, Painful Breakups
With Blizzard choosing not to renew their partnership with NetEase, the company’s earnings report wasn’t the only headline-making story this week. We analyze... Read more.
Konami, Silent Hill, and Lessons from Resident Evil
Konami had a slew of announcements this past week, including an NFT marketplace and five Silent Hill developments. We analyze their strategy in context of Resident... Read more.
Japanese Gaming’s Latest Headlines
The last few weeks have been a constant flurry of news from Japan’s largest game developers. We look at a combination of Nintendo Direct, Playstation State of... Read more.
How Nintendo Can Level Up
As many gaming companies are seeing, Activision also saw a major decline in net bookings this quarter. We look into their underlying metrics and challenges ahead.... Read more.
Who Governs the Metaverse?
The Metaverse Standards Forum is a proactive attempt at creating open rules and standards for the ‘quasi-successor’ of the internet. There’s a lot to unpack... Read more.
The Studio & Creator Model
Creator-driven businesses are enabling new forms of user acquisition and 100 Thieves is pioneering in this space by bringing studio development in-house. We also... Read more.
A Nostalgic Return to Retro Gaming
We dive deep into the recent launch of Panic’s Playdate, the rumors surrounding a Ubisoft/PE buyout, and Playstation’s announcement of a new games preservation... Read more.
Games Events In a Post-COVID World
In this weeks issue we speculate on the future of E3 following the events 2022 cancellation. Plus we round up some of this week’s top news headlines.... Read more.
Why Epic Games Bought Bandcamp
Plus we analyze the Steam Deck’s recent release and cover some of this week’s top news headlines... Read more.
Why Tripledot Became a Unicorn
Plus we cover Backbone’s recent $40M raise and round up this week’s top news headlines.... Read more.
