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  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

    Sovereign wealth fund has already bought into Japan’s Capcom and Nexon

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Electronic Arts Inc
    Electronic Arts and Fifa end video games partnership after 30 years

    Two groups had been in negotiations over value of brand of football governing body

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Gaming
    Could TV shows based on games be better than films?

    An underwhelming new Halo series may be a harbinger for the many adaptations in the pipeline — but there is hope

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Nintendo Co Ltd
    Nintendo announces unexpected 10-for-1 stock split

    Gaming group responds to investor pressure as it warns component shortages will hit console sales

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Gaming
    Adventure game Norco draws on life in the American South post-Katrina

    Set in a near-future Louisiana struck by disaster, the award-winning title brings fresh ideas to the point-and-click genre

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    LexJune Yoon
    The Lex Newsletter: Epic’s Unreal Engine powers Sony’s realistic hopes Premium content

    Graphics software could slash costs for Japanese group across its music, movie and gaming businesses

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Epic Games Inc
    Epic Games secures $2bn from Sony and Lego to build gaming metaverse

    Deal values Fortnite maker at $31.5bn as groups battle competition from Microsoft

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    China approves new online games as crackdown eases

    Beijing gives go-ahead for first time in nine months in boost to hard-hit providers like Tencent and Bilibili

  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    How Embracer became Europe’s biggest gaming group

    Three-year acquisition spree turns little known Swedish developer into $9.9bn company

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Sky Mavis
    Makers of Axie Infinity game raise $150mn after massive crypto hack

    Sky Mavis says fresh funds will help compensate gamers hit by theft of more than $600mn

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Gaming
    Why are gaming communities so toxic?

    With the rise of ‘hate raids’ by trolls, players are trying to protect each other but companies need to do more

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Activision Blizzard Inc
    US probes Diller and Geffen over Activision trades before $75bn merger

    Media tycoon and music mogul are being investigated for potential insider trading

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Lex
    Tech: young Russians will have to make their own entertainment Premium content

    Gaming groups have not suspended all services but may be pressured to do so

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    Netflix Inc
    Netflix buys Next Games for €65mn

    Acquisition by California-based streaming service comes as Big Tech continues push into gaming sector

  • Tuesday, 1 March, 2022
    Gaming
    The tricky world of game censorship

    As the global market grows, developers endeavour to make their content appropriate for wildly different cultural contexts

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    UK gaming veterans call for investment in British companies

    Sir Ian Livingstone and Frontier Developments’ David Braben hit out at loss of UK-based companies to foreign buyers

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    South Korean business & finance
    Chinese game developers drive $20bn market cap wipeout of South Korea rivals

    Companies turn to digital coins and fungible tokens to try to generate revenue

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
    Lex
    US tech stocks: Roblox hits a roadblock Premium content

    Online gaming platform loses a quarter of its value on Wednesday morning

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Lex
    Video games: hunt for the mobile mega-deal Premium content

    Microsoft’s deal for Activision Blizzard underscores importance of new model

  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc
    Buffett bought $1bn stake in Activision weeks before Microsoft deal

    Berkshire Hathaway discloses holding of video games maker in securities filing

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Lex
    Nintendo/games industry: Mario needs more pipes Premium content

    Gaming giant has great intellectual properties but needs to modernise distribution or it will get left behind

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    InterviewMicrosoft Corp
    Microsoft chief hails $75bn Activision deal as grand step into metaverse

    In first interview since acquisition, Satya Nadella says gaming will power tech giant’s computing transformation

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    LexSony Corp
    Tech M&A: Sony needs game-changers, not game titles Premium content

    The Japanese electronics group’s acquisitions need to be more ambitious than this one

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    New York Times Co
    New York Times buys internet game phenomenon Wordle

    Acquisition is news publisher’s second this month in pursuit of 10mn digital subscribers

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    Sony buys Bungie for $3.6bn as dealmaking sweeps gaming sector

    Analysts say acquisition a defensive move that will give leverage against Microsoft

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