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Sports and Virtual Reality: Why Next VR Closed a Record VR Funding Round

Zach Fuller

12 Aug 2016

Games

Virtual Reality sports broadcasting company Next VR closed an Asian-centric Series B round on Tuesday of around $80 Million, valuing the company at $800 million in a round that included CITIC Group, Softbank...

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It’s Time to Re-Evaluate How We Size The App Economy

Karol Severin

29 Jul 2016

app economy

app economy market size

app game dominance

Games have been dominating the app economy revenue since its inception. App Annie reports that games accounted for 85% of app market revenues in 2015. Our recent Appstore Economics Report highlights that...

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Cutting Through The Hype Around Pokemon Go’s Success

Karol Severin

26 Jul 2016

game apps

Mobile content

mobile games

The success of Pokemon Go has been impressive so far. However, its achievements are currently over-hyped. Media outlets have been reporting the game’s every new ‘record breaking’ accolade. While...

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Why HTC's 10,000 VR Kiosks in China Could Change the Course of VR

Zach Fuller

8 Jul 2016

htc vive

oculus

Playstation VR

HTC have announced they will be delivering over 10,000 pop-up VR kiosks or ‘Experience Sites’ in public places all around China. More than a publicity stunt, the move could prove significant not just...

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What Tencent’s Supercell Takeover Tells Us About The Future Of The App Economy

Karol Severin

22 Jun 2016

game app business

gaming apps

Mobile content

Supercell, the company behind Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, agreed to sell 86% of their equity to the Chinese giant Tencent for $8.6 billion. The acquisition catapults the Tencent into being the number...

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Virtual Reality And Scripted Drama

Tim Mulligan

13 May 2016

canal+

exzeb

gaming

At the start of 2016 the tech hype machine was going into overdrive over the potential for Virtual Reality to finally break through to the mainstream. January’s CES in Las Vegas featured the launch of...

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Sky Gets Serious About Virtual Reality

Tim Mulligan

17 Mar 2016

0th Century Fox

Sky

sky vr studio

Today Sky announced that it has created an in-house unit dedicated to Virtual Reality (VR) content production called Sky VR Studio. This underlines the importance with which Europe’s largest pay-TV company...

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The Birth of The ESPN For Video Games?

Tim Mulligan

5 Jan 2016

Activision Blizzard

Digital Media

ESPN+

Amidst all the Pay TV industry angst around ESPN, Disney’s troubled Sports-Network, a new venture has appeared which specifically aims to replicate ESPN’s business model. Activision Blizzard, the gaming...

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App Bubble Update: Hit Mobile Game Publishers Are Running Out Of Steam

Karol Severin

12 Nov 2015

Activision

app bubble

app bubble burst

We pointed out the risks associated with the app economy being too dependent on a few hit apps back in 2014. The big question always was whether new titles of hit mobile game publishers could replicate...

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Activision Acquires King For $5.9 Billion

Karol Severin

3 Nov 2015

Games

One of the top publishers has been acquired by a gaming behemoth looking to mark their territory in the growing mobile gaming market. The time is just as good for Activision to buy as it is for King to...

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