Netflix, Sega and WildBrain have announced a new animated Sonic the Hedgehog series, titled Sonic Prime, set to debut in 2022. The 24-episode animated series will draws upon the keystones of the brand and features the iconic character exploring a strange new multiverse. The series will be animated at WildBrain’s Vancouver studio, and SEGA and […]
Global retro game streaming service Antstream Arcade has announced a partnership with Polish mobile operator Play. Enabling Play customers to stream Antstream’s thousands of iconic games, this tie-up is the first time a telco provider in Central Eastern Europe has bundled video game streaming into its content offering. As part of the collaboration, Play subscribers […]
With much of the world still in some level of lockdown, the global sales of video games remained strong in September with impressive improvements on 2019 efforts. For example, console-based games rocketed up 38 per cent year-on-year while mobile games saw 9 per cent improvement. PC-based games grew 8 per cent and helped achieve an […]
Despite Europeans youths returning to schools, colleges and universities, the new widespread adoption of tighter lockdown rules is likely good news for the video games sector. A report from investment bank Jefferies says: “In demand terms, we believe that surveys support a significant and lasting increase in the market for games. Our global survey of […]
A report from Juniper Research forecasts that the video games industry will exceed $200 billion (€169.3bn) in value in 2023; growing from an expected $155 billion in 2020. Mobile and cloud gaming will lead this growth, as the
Crunchyroll has announced that an anime adaptation of the celebrated Shenmue game series is currently in production. The third Crunchyroll and Adult Swim collaboration, based on the Sega game series, will be a 13 episode series with animation production from Telecom Animation Film (Tower of God, Lupin the Third: Part 5), directed by Chikara Sakurai […]
The European Commission has published its EU Skills Agenda shining a light on a digital skills gap that is impacting EU recruitment in Europe’s €21.6 billion-strong video games industry. ISFE CEO Simon Little said: “We welcome the European Commission’s 12 actions in this Agenda as an important step forward to address the skills shortage in […]