Along with this surge has come a flurry of mergers and acquisitions. As a result, gaming companies have already acquired 220 companies globally in 2021, up from 165 in 2020 and 142 in 2019.

Super Mario Bros, the iconic Nintendo game, just turned 36 years old. On September 13th, 1985, Nintendo released the break-through scrolling-screen game in Japan. It was an instant hit and has gone on to become one of Nintendo’s greatest franchises.

The Ludia assets were purchased from TV production company Fremante. Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and CEO of Jam said the deal will help the company expand into augmented reality games and help push it into the red-hot non-fungible token (NFT) market.

The strong growth in revenue comes on the back of gamer acceptability of advertising within games. According to a recent report by Accenture, over 73% of mobile gamers say they are open to viewing in-game ads.

The initial sake, $2 million, could grow. Esports will become part of Game Fund’s venture capital arm, as part of a planned $300 million gaming fund. Grant Johnson, CEO of Esports said, "We are pleased to be a part of this rapidly growing investment fund that is involved in so many excellent projects in the gaming space and beyond…

One hour on Friday, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. The move is a big blow to developers, publishers and advertisers trying to enter the largest gaming market, globally.

OpenPlay operates a skills-based gaming platform under the “Classic Games” brand, which hosts a slew of widely popular games. According to OpenPlay, the company operates at the highest standards of technology, advanced player protection, game fairness, AML, security, and advertising standards.

In an attempt to add to their catalogue of movies and television series, the company has targeted gaming as its next growth vehicle. The “Netflix Games’ titles will be available to Polish subscribers first, as a test run. The games, “Stranger Things 3” and “ Stranger Things: 1984” will come at no additional cost to subscribers.

In an effort to pre-empt any judgement in the Apple V. Epic antitrust case, Apple says it will allow transactions services for Apple users, outside of the app store. Right now, developers must pay between 15% and 30% of all in-app purchases, to Apple. Epic games has taken Apple to court fighting these fees as monopolistic.

Game industry veterans from Naughty Dog, Electronic Arts, Infinity Ward, & more have established That’s No Moon Entertainment for AAA titles. For its debut action-adventure project, the development studio is backed by a $100 million investment from Smilegate, a South Korean developer & creators of the CrossFire first-person shooter series.