Archive - Business of Games

Gaming deals: the biggest one from last week is borrowed not raised.

$5.7B in debt vs $146M in equity, 473#

59 mins ago • Cartic P, @iCartic

Closed deals for 5+ years under names that were not mine.

Moment I let go my pseudonym and started building my own identity, 472#

Oct 17 • Cartic P, @iCartic

There’s NO Tier2 backup market

Reasons why winning the gamers in the Tier1 market is crucial (all platforms), 471#

Oct 16 • Cartic P, @iCartic

3 trending mechanics to evaluate for your LiveOps.

Pulled from top-grossing games, 470#

Oct 14 • Cartic P, @iCartic

5 Reasons Türkiye’s Game Subsidies Are More Mature

These subsidies are part of why they own puzzle, 469#

Oct 13 • Cartic P, @iCartic

4 things Unity shipped in 6weeks. All one direction.

Will Programming and Art Production becomes a low key work in 2027, 468#

Oct 13 • Cartic P, @iCartic

8 Gaming Deals From Last Week

Highlights: $35M Went To An Unreleased Game & $500K Went To One Built Overnight 467#

Oct 12 • Cartic P, @iCartic

4 reads from Avg CPI by genre, iOS vs Android

CPI rates iOS vs Android comparison per genre. 466#

Oct 10 • Cartic P, @iCartic

2 games and 2 genres to track in October.

Games: Bus Fever Party!, Pokémon GO & Genres: the future of 4X rev and Puzzle game domination (9 of 15 slots). 465#

Oct 9 • Cartic P, @iCartic

Gaming deals from last week: $263M disclosed in gaming last week.

Game studio deals came in undisclosed? 464#

Oct 5 • Cartic P, @iCartic

Entry path closed! What used to be a fresher's task is now an AI's task

The job did not disappear. The way into it did. Podcast with The YouthTalks, DeCode Talks show. 463#

Oct 1 • Cartic P, @iCartic

September 2026

Gaming deals this week: Tencent, Kingnet and Lilith buying out, Scopely buying in

Everyone's tracking Western gaming M&A, this week China ran both sides of the deals 462#

Sep 29 • Cartic P, @iCartic

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