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The highly anticipated mobile game League of Legends: Wild Rift recently debuted in China to a resounding success. It is a formidable challenger to Honor of Kings’ dominant role in the country. According to the research data analyzed and published by SafeBettingSites.com, Wild Rift is almost sure to cannibalize the player base of Honor of …

The gaming landscape is rapidly evolving, defying certain stereotypes that have always defined the traditional game participant. Recent research reveals that though the typical gamer is relatively young, there is a growing appetite among older ones as well. According to the research data analyzed and published by SafeBettingSites, the number of gamers worldwide aged between …

The hypercasual genre was the largest category in mobile games in 2020. According to the research data analyzed and published by Safe Betting Sites India, it accounted for 31% of all downloads during the year. Games in the top 1,000 titles under the genre accumulated a total of 6.3 billion downloads during the year. The …

The US gaming industry got 2021 off to an excellent start judging by revenue figures for the first two months. According to the research data analyzed and published by Safe Betting Sites, the total spending on games surged by 35% year-over-year (YoY) in February 2021. Thanks to the huge uptick, sales reached $4.6 billion from …

Genshin Impact continues to have astounding success in the global games market. According to the research data analyzed and published by Safe Betting Sites, it was the fourth highest grossing mobile game worldwide in January 2021. In that month alone, the title from miHoYo generated $153.4 million, down from $163 million in December 2020. A …

On a global scale, there was a 15% increase in digital games revenue in January 2021, pushing the total to $11.6 billion. PC earnings increased by 31% year-over-year (YoY), console revenue by 24% and mobile earnings by 6%. In the US, gaming revenue rose to an impressive high during the month thanks to the new …

In 2020, Tencent Holdings went on an acquisition spree, securing more deals than any other studio. According to the research data analyzed and published by Safe Betting Sites India, the Chinese tech giant invested in 31 companies in the gaming industry during the year. That was four times the number of merger and acquisition (M&A) …

There was an explosion of merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity in 2020’s gaming scene following a shift in consumer attention to video games. The total investment and M&A activity in 2020 reached an estimated $40.57 billion across 642 deals. According to the research data analyzed and published by Safe Betting Sites, the investment activity was …

Though video games were all the rage in 2020, pro teams had a tough year in more ways than one. According to the research data analyzed and published by Safe Betting Sites, the average value of the top ten teams in eSports flatlined at $240 million. Comparatively, they had reported a 54% year-over-year (YoY) valuation …

eSports prize pools in 2021 will be characterized by major changes, as was the case in 2020. However, this time around, the changes will be highly anticipated as major publishers have announced considerable prize pot increments. According to the research data analyzed and published by Safe Betting Sites, TiMi Studios announced that it would invest …