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What's Coming In Esports In 2020 (Hint: More Fortnite, LoL And Overwatch)
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 10:21am | 705In the past year, attention to esports outside of its own community started to really grow, which in turn boosted the size of the esports market. Millions of people around the world tuned in just to watch gamers play, and the money in the gaming industry grew to an all-time high. Just this weekend...
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What Grayscale Had To Say About The Future Of Crypto In Its Latest Investor Presentation
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 8:15am | 973The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Executives from 25 OTC-traded companies in the consumer and materials sectors recently gathered together for the largest Virtual Investor...
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Sports Betting Comes To More and More States — And Mobile Is Key
Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 9:30am | 962In a show of how Americans are increasingly able to bet legally on sports, a big Heartland state became the second this year and the 10th overall to legalize sports betting. And two companies announced the biggest media investment yet in sports betting. The developments sum up the...
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'Candy Crush' Boosts Activision Blizzard, But The Market's Not Playing Along
Friday, May 3, 2019 - 1:05pm | 779Perhaps downtime and boredom are increasing: lots of people were playing "Candy Crush" on their phones in recent months. That’s good for the game’s maker, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), which otherwise has had a rough start to the year, including a major layoff...
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Bilibili 'Transformation In Progress,' Morgan Stanley Says In Downgrade
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 2:16pm | 323Despite the significant rise in users for China-based video-sharing website, Bilibili Inc. (NASDAQ: BILI), analysts consider the company’s slow ad business growth and hindered revenue in Monday’s downgrade. The Analyst Morgan Stanley Alex Poon downgraded Bilibili from Overweight to...
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Mobile Game Revenue Expected To Grow By 21% To $36.87 Billion This Year, To Hit $52.5 Billion By 2019
Friday, July 29, 2016 - 8:25am | 404King Digital, now owned by Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), was an early pioneer in mobile gaming with its popular "Candy Crush" game. The game also served as sufficient proof to investors that mobile game users had no problem dishing out $0.99 at a time to buy an extra few moves or lives...
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Nintendo's First Smartphone Game Is A Flop
Sunday, May 29, 2016 - 5:17pm | 323The latest data from TickerTags indicates that Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)’s first venture into mobile gaming isn’t going very well. TickerTags monitors social media sites to identify trends by searching for words or phrases that appear together in social media content, such as...
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Cowen: Electronic Arts Not The Favorite, But Set For Big Quarter
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 2:42pm | 396Cowen published a report sharing some conclusions from its December Casual Digital Gaming Monthly (CDGM) survey on Thursday. According to analysts Doug Creutz and Stephen Glagola, the data indicated “little change in positioning among the top mobile game publishers.” In...
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Brean Capital Reviews Changyou, Sohu Earnings
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 8:28am | 405Changyou.Com Ltd (NASDAQ: CYOU) and Sohu.com Inc (NASDAQ: SOHU) both reported quarterly results on Monday after market close. On Tuesday, Brean Capital's China Consumer and Internet analyst Fawne Jiang opined on both earnings reports. Changyou.com: Mobile On Track, PC Lackluster According to Jiang...
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A Brief History of Mobile Gaming
Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 2:27pm | 1398This is a guest article by Ruben Corbo, a writer for the website Broadband Expert where you can find internet service providers in your area and compare prices on different deals for your mobile broadband needs. When technology is placed in the hands of a gamer, it will not take long before they...