M2 Week in Review - April 1, 2022
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 million, enters unicorn club with $2.5 billion valuation
Gaming industry delves deeper into subscription offerings
LIV raises $8.5m in Series A funding round
Mobile game earnings were down 7% during Q1 2022 at $21bn
Netflix’s Game Studio Buying Spree Lays Groundwork for Next Streaming Battle
Network Gaming’s Strategic Funding Round Raised £1.25m
PlayStation Confirms U.S. Layoffs Amid ‘Global Transformation’
PlayStation studio Firesprite is making a horror game in Unreal Engine 5
The ‘all-new PlayStation Plus’ brings an old solution for PS3 compatibility
Sony launches PlayStation Spartacus service for as much as $18 per month
Subscription services reportedly account for 4% of North American and European game markets
Bandai Namco Is Creating A “Gundam Metaverse”
BODS Raises $5.6M Seed Round Funding to Expand its World-class Digital Fashion Technology Platform
Do we need new audience segmentations for the metaverse?
How Web3 Will Change Content Monetization Tools
Investing in Canadian Talent to Help Build for the Metaverse
Meta to hire up to 2,500 workers in Canada, open engineering hub to build metaverse
Metaverse Fashion Week: The hits and misses
Nvidia Moves Metaverse to the Cloud: Will Others Follow Suit?
Ready Player Me integrates its avatars with the Nemesis platform
Unlock Venture Partners Puts Its Portfolio in the Metaverse
Visa Launches NFT Program To Accelerate Small Businesses and Empower Digital Creators
Alibaba leads $60 million funding into augmented reality glasses maker Nreal in metaverse play
Aonic invests $35M into VR developer nDreams
BRIO XR to Join the Ultimate “A list” Team at Adobe
Mojo Vision unveils latest augmented reality contact lens prototype
Nreal secures funding for its AR-glasses
Oculus Quest 2 is getting a big upgrade — what you need to know
PSVR2’s best feature could be its powerful eye-tracking capabilities
Quintar raises $3M for live sports and entertainment AR platform
Wana Brands launch Augmented Reality Experience on Product Packaging
What Are the Best Photorealistic Collaborative Design Tools in VR?
Aflorithmic to Take Audio Content Creation to New Heights
Autodesk Rolls Out Next-Gen Updates to 3D Tools
Boris FX Optics 2022 Review: Hollywood-Level Effects for Photography
INVESTMENT INDEX FOR THE WEEK OF: April 1, 2022
Total Investment and Acquistions for the week of April 1, 2022 = $284.3 million
