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Free-to-play publisher Scopely is now owned by Saudi-backed Savvy Games Group

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Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund now owns a mobile game publisher, two esports organizers, and has a major stake in Nintendo, Embracer, and more.

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Add eSports mode to expand your game and gain a new income stream with Moxy

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Disclosure: This article has been written as a part of a paid cooperation with Moxy Moxy , founded by a group of game industry veterans and blockchain experts, aims to transform the gaming landscape by providing a platform for eSports-style competitive gaming with real rewards for existing games.

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Riot winds down Wild Rift esports outside of Asia

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This week, Riot Games announced that it has canceled esports leagues for Wild Rift outside of Asia. According to the official press release , viewership for the mobile version of MOBA juggernaut League of Legends never reached expectations except in Asia, where, moving forward, Riot will focus its attention.

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Bukola Akingbade of Kucheza Gaming on nurturing dreams and shaping industries

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Her Nigerian-based studio aims to use the power of video games to engage and get future generations ready to pursue careers in gaming. So far she has facilitated the awards of esports athletes between the ages of 8 and 18 with rewards such as dedicated gaming laptops and Amazon vouchers.

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Aldora market forecast 2025: Game Industry is slowly moving upward

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Mobile gaming continues to dominate this category, accounting for $109.6 Blockchain gaming, while growing at 21% year-over-year in 2024 as a result of the appreciation in major crypto-currencies remains a niche market at $651 million. And Web-based gaming is reinvigorated, growing +5.8% year-over-year. Content stays king.

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Analysis • Saudi Arabia spends big on gaming with acquisition of Scopely

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Top image: Marvel Strike Force by Scopely This week Savvy Games Group , a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investments Fund, announced that it agreed to purchase Scopely , a privately held mobile game publisher, for $4.9 billion in video gaming assets globally. billion by Sony.

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AWS gears up for action-packed Gamescom and Devcom 2024

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In advance of Gamescom, AWS is excited to highlight these stories, which feature: Kinetix , a technology startup using AWS to bring generative AI tools directly to players Azur Games , a mobile game publisher and developer that migrated all its game analytics data to ClickHouse Cloud on AWS Gamer Arena , a technology startup that minimized DevOps demands (..)

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