Archive - Business of Games

Savvy's spree resumes, 6 gaming deals last week

M&A, studio acquisitions, and strategic power plays across Europe, AI, and the Gulf. 407#

Feb 23 • Cartic P, @iCartic

8 hot gaming deals that moved $170M+ last week

M&A activity, studio funding, and strategic shifts from mobile to AI gaming. 406#

Feb 16 • Cartic P, @iCartic

From seed cheques to acquisitions: 15 hot gaming deals that moved $150M+ last week

Snapshot of funding, UA facilities and ecosystem moves in the games space. 405#

Feb 9 • Cartic P, @iCartic

Benchmark Drop, CPI rates

CPI rates per genre, per region, per ad platform. 404#

Feb 4 • Cartic P, @iCartic

$35M+ Games Funding, Tools & Ecosystem Moves – Last Week

Snapshot of last week’s funding, studio moves and open-source tooling in games, 403#

Feb 2 • Cartic P, @iCartic

January 2026

Thoughts on the first AI usage policy in gaming

Honestly, someone needed to initiate this for the betterment of AI in game production space. 402#

Jan 30 • Cartic P, @iCartic

What dominated global charts in Jan26?

Top Games of Jan 2026– Downloads vs. Revenue, 401# :)

Jan 29 • Cartic P, @iCartic

On Steam, players follow studios. On mobile, they follow next icon.

Mobile legend wants to postion them as PC first studio. 400#

Jan 28 • Cartic P, @iCartic

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$150M+ Games Funding, UA & Infra – last week recap

Snapshot of funding, UA facilities and ecosystem moves in the games space. 399#

Jan 26 • Cartic P, @iCartic

$160M+ Gaming investments, infra bets & IP moves – last week recap

Snapshot of funding, IPO prep, infra M&A and platform shifts. 398#

Jan 19 • Cartic P, @iCartic

AI is becoming the new hidden console spec

XB do they even care about the hardware :? 397# Business of Games

Jan 16 • Cartic P, @iCartic

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$200M+ gaming industry valuations & deals tracker – last 2-weeks recap

Understand last two week’s funding landscape in gaming, Dec 4th week and Jan 1st week 396#

Jan 12 • Cartic P, @iCartic

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