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openpr | March 18, 2020

Market Research Engine has published a new report titled as "Coronavirus impact on Entertainment Industry Size By Type (Television, Filmed Entertainment, Radio, Music, Animation & VFX, Gaming, Live Entertainment, Print Media, Out-of-home Advertising, Internet Advertising), By Application (wired, wireless), By Region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Rest of the World), Market Analysis Report, Forecast 2020-2025". The report covers analysis on regional and country level market d...

Business

Kixeye | December 27, 2021

KIXEYE Studios, a Stillfront Group AB studio, has entered into an agreement to acquire the game Rise of Firstborn, name recently changed from Iron Throne: The Firstborn, a popular mobile turn-based strategy game developed and published by Netmarble Corporation. The acquisition is structured as an asset acquisition and the game will be operated by Kixeye, headquartered in Victoria BC. Rise of Firstborn, which was released globally in May 2018, is a mobile strategy game that combine...

venturebeat | April 11, 2020

More than $700 million was invested in game startups in the first quarter, though that amount is down from the year-earlier period, according to data collected by Sergei Evdokimov, investment associate at Mail.ru Games Ventures.It was a big dip, but it’s not bad for a quarter with so much turmoil. In an email to GamesBeat, Evdokimov said we shouldn’t panic about it because lots of game investments never disclose the amounts raised. The public data is very spotty, and this number show...

Technologies

NEP | August 09, 2021

NEP Group today announced the launch of a new virtual production business segment, to be called NEP Virtual Studios, bringing on board industry leaders in real-time production with the acquisition of Prysm Collective, Lux Machina and Halon Entertainment. As part of this new venture, NEP welcomes a group of experts and world-class talent, including entertainment industry veteran Cliff Plumer to lead this new segment, Jeff Ruggels as SVP of Finance and Operations, Phil Galler and Zach Alexander as...