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Swedish games industry revenue grew 6.8% in 2024
The domestic revenue of Sweden's games industry rose to SEK 37 billion ($4 billion) in 2024, representing a 6.8% year-on-year increase. That's according to the latest Game Developer Index report from trade body Dataspelsbranschen, which noted that…
The endless game industry layoff nightmare continues as Bloodhunt developer Sharkmob confirms cuts are coming
Tencent-owned Swedish developer Sharkmob, which announced in October that the supernatural battle royale Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt will be taken offline in April 2026, says it will lay off an unspecified number of employees as part of…
Who Are Your Players? The Future Of User Acquisition In Gaming
Chris Hewish, Xsolla 's Chief Strategy Officer, leads the gaming business engine, offering 700+ payment methods in 200+ regions. One thing that never changes in the gaming industry, no matter how many new platforms or technologies emerge, is the…
The Best Card Games
To narrow our testing criteria, we focused on designer games instead of traditional 52-card deck games (though we've included a few examples in each section to highlight the type of game we're talking about). For this guide we also decided not to…
New York State Warns Wall Street's Offshoots: Stop Gaming Predictions
Prediction markets, where people trade contracts based on the likelihood of future events, are facing a defining moment. Several days ago, New York lawmakers introduced the ORACLE Act, a bill that would prohibit most sports-related and event-based…
Games Workshop Group climbs Wednesday, outperforms market
Shares of Games Workshop Group PLC GAW rallied 5.97% to £163.20 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.12% to 9,911.42. Games Workshop Group PLC…
Leeds face the Premier League's hardest 10-game fixture run. Have they missed an opportunity?
Leeds United's results are not comfortable viewing for their supporters. Three wins across 11 matches, before applying any wider context, is not a reassuring return. More recently, one win in six or four losses in five is an even more alarming…
Forget apps and consoles, video game players are returning to websites
Video-game players are returning to an old technology to get their dopamine fix: websites. While much of the US$189 billion video-game industry is stagnant or shrinking, the appetite for web-based games like GeoGuessr and chess is soaring. Sales…
The Best Disney Games Of All Time
GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Disney has some of the most recognizable characters in the world, and it's regularly putting out new movies and TV…
The Games Growth Guild is a free-to-join platform for connecting marketers and publishers
Today marks the launch of the Games Growth Guild, a new global network and community for marketing and publishing professionals in the games industry. The guild aims to be a hub for knowledge, opportunities, and connections, with members sharing…
The Hunger Games is such a queasy story - should it really be on the stage?
The theatre industry's rapacious obsession with leveraging existing films in the name of new theatrical “experiences” continues apace with this depressingly bad adaptation of Suzanne Collins's blockbuster young adult dystopia. It…
The Best Free PS4 Games To Play In 2025
GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The PlayStation 5 might get all the attention nowadays, but the PlayStation 4 is still a great console with an…
29 Games Like Minecraft To Play In 2025
GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Finding games like Minecraft that are sure to capture your unwavering attention much like Mojang's sandbox gem can…
Stephen A. Smith's ESPN co-stars ordered to cut ties with gaming app
ESPN reportedly ordered some of its on-air talent to cut ties with a controversial online gaming app without asking the same of the network's biggest star, Stephen A. Smith. According to Front Office Sports, Dan Orlovsky, Kendrick Perkins, Mina…
Why Game-Changing Leaders Are Riding The Agentic AI Wave
Rajal C. is the Founder & CEO: GRAVITAS, HBR Advisory Council member, Business Technologist & Strategist for human Leadership in an AI World AI is taking a sensational jump forward with agentic AI. While earlier AI aides were rules-based with…
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