Covering content creation in games, the metaverse, and immersive technologies.
Tracking the business and innovation in the interactive and real-time content creationIntel announced the formation of the Graphics Research Organization. Described as “a graphics lab to make games look more…
Tracking the business and innovation in the interactive and real-time content creationThis week's big news was Epic raising $2 billion from Sony Group Corporation and KIRKBI (the holding company behind…
Axie Infinity’s Financial Mess Started Long Before its $600 Million Hack Cross the Ages Raises $12 Million Seed Funding For Blockchain Gaming Community Gaming Raises $16M in SoftBank-Led Round to…
Activision’s Beenox opens Call of Duty game studio in Montreal Anzu raises $20m to expand in-game advertising efforts Battlebound Secures $4.8M Seed Round + $3M in NFT Sales Games24x7 raises $75…
Amazon launches AWS for Games, dedicated products and services for the gaming industry CD Projekt Red Announce New Witcher Game Built On Unreal Engine 5 G2 Esports sues NFT organisation…
Dorian, Women-first Game Platform for Creators, Streamers & Players, Raises $14M Series A, Led by the Raine Group Finest Raises $10m in Monaco Esports deal is just for expansion Google…
This week we had a number of interesting acquisitions, investments and expanded funds that include: Streaming platform Loco raising $42 million Niantic aquired 8th Wall for webAR development VFX company…
This week there were a number of interesting investments, launches and acquisitions: Netflix acquired game development studio Next Games HTC Vive launches Metaverse HP launches service for XR devices Technicolor…
M2 MONITOR: Feb 25, 2022 This week we had flurry of investments and acquisitions: THQ Nordic acquires Metricminds Tencent acquires 1C Entertainment Speech Graphics raises $7 million Unreal Engine available…
M2 MONITOR: Feb 18, 2022 This week we had lots of investment and launch activity: Grease Monkey Games acquired by Animoca Brands There are over 500 million Epic Game accounts…
M2 MONITOR: Feb 11, 2022 This week we had more earning results and a flurry of company announcements: Polygon raises $450M Krafton plans to build an NFT metaverse platform New…
M2 MONITOR: Feb 4, 2022 This week we had earning results and more acquisitions: Meta shares plunge on weak earnings Sony acquires Bungie for $3.6 billion Microsoft cancels further work…
M2 MONITOR: Jan 28, 2022 This week's top news: ESL and FaceIt were acquired by Saudi firm Savvy Gaming for $1.5 billion. Two companies went public through a SPAC, prescription…
If 2022 is the year of consolidation, then the first three weeks of January serve as a litmus test for what we might expect for the year. There is no…
M2 MONITOR: Jan 21, 2022 This week's top news: Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard in largest all cash deal in history at $68.7 billion Animoca Brands raises $358 million to fund…
M2 MONITOR: JAN 14, 2022 This week we had numerous investment news: Take-Two Interactive to buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7 billion Forte Acquires N3TWORK’s Platform to Further Accelerate Growth…
M2 MONITOR: JAN 7, 2022 This week's top news includes: Qualcomm and Microsoft partner to expand AR for the metaverse Disney patents AR for theme park rides Sony announces the…