Introducing the TriplePoint Video Game Index: GAMER

How is the video game industry doing? This is a common question that underlies much of the business and trade industry press. Individual stocks’ quarterly reports give meaningful anecdotes, but there is not one good benchmark to provide the capital markets’ answer to that question over time. Until now.

Introducing the TriplePoint Video Game Index. It launched today, April 26th, 2021 for investing professionals on the Bloomberg Terminal (ticker: GAMER). Within a few weeks the data should be commonly available on public investing information sites such as Yahoo! Finance and Google Finance under the same ticker. (EDIT 4/27/21: GAMER is now available on Google Finance.)

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Epic continues their legal war with Apple, toxic workplace allegations surface at Rocksteady Studios, and Oculus announces mandatory Facebook integration for all users

In this week’s news, Epic continues their legal war with Apple, toxic workplace allegations surface at Rocksteady Studios, and Oculus announces mandatory Facebook integration for all users. 

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Epic Games announces $1.78 billion in funding, Blizzard faces employee complaints over unfair pay, and pundits debate the potential impact of President Trump’s Tencent ban

In this week’s news, Epic Games announces $1.78 billion in funding, Blizzard faces employee complaints over unfair pay, and pundits debate the potential impact of President Trump’s Tencent ban on the gaming industry.

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Riot Games faces criticism for Saudi megacity partnership, Nintendo faces massive leak of old code, and big tech faces off with U.S. government in antitrust hearings

In this week’s news, Riot Games enters into (and then cancels) a a sponsorship deal with the controversial Saudi megacity Neom, Nintendo undergoes a massive “gigaleak” of old data, and the U.S. government grills big tech in antitrust hearings.

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Microsoft hosts an event to reveal exclusive titles for the Xbox Series X, gaming TV channel G4 teases a return, and Ubisoft faces another wave of sexual assault allegations

In this week’s news, Microsoft hosts an event to reveal exclusive titles for the Xbox Series X, gaming TV channel G4 teases a return, and Ubisoft faces another wave of sexual assault allegations. 

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Geoff Keighley hosts preview of the new DualSense PS5 controller, Google announces new games and features for Stadia, and Ubisoft is panned for a tone-deaf game reveal

In this week’s news, Geoff Keighley hosts a live hands-on preview of the new DualSense PS5 controller, Google announces new games and features for Stadia, and Ubisoft is panned for a tone-deaf game reveal. 

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Gaming industry looks to shift per game price model, Sony invests in Epic Games, and the UK government recommends stricter restrictions on loot boxes

In this week’s news, the gaming industry looks to move to a $70 per game model in next gen consoles, Sony invests $250 million in Epic Games, and the UK government recommends that loot box mechanics be regulated under the same legislation as casinos.

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Games Industry Responds to Black Lives Matter Protests

This week’s news cycle has been almost entirely focused on the Black Lives Matter protests happening all over the country and in some cases, the world. As a result, this week’s TPoI will be focused on how major gaming companies have chosen to respond to the events of the week, events that have been either cancelled or delayed as a result, and the ongoing media response to actions taken by major corporations. 

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Microsoft teases family settings app, Amazon’s big gaming launch flops, and XRSpace announces bold vision for upcoming headset

In this week’s news, Microsoft releases the preview version of an Xbox Family Settings app, Amazon’s foray into the hero shooter genre flops upon launch, and a company led by former HTC head Peter Chou announces plans to launch a new virtual reality headset later this year.

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Unreal Engine 5 unveiled, Tokyo Game Show and ChinaJoy respond to COVID-19, and a new AAA studio is on the scene

In this week’s gaming news, Epic Games looks to the future with the Unreal Engine 5, Tokyo Game Show and ChinaJoy respond differently to the COVID-19 pandemic, and two ex-Respawn developers partner up to form their own AAA gaming studio.

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