2022 has been the biggest year ever in gaming with record deal activity of over $127B. Download the Drake Star Global Gaming Report 2022 analyzing an unprecedented year for Gaming and Esports and what to expect for 2023. Highlights include:
- Global gaming industry saw record year with over 1300 deals and $127B in disclosed deal value.
- Over 102B in M&A deal value with some of the largest ever gaming M&A deals this year (Activision/Microsoft, Zynga/Take-Two, ironSource/Unity)
- More than $11B was raised in 900+ financing rounds of private companies
- More than $4.0B was raised by blockchain / NFT gaming companies
- Outlook for gaming in 2023 including what we believe will be the hottest segments (AI, AR/VR) of the market