What’s trending in gaming? From Veteran Atari through to the launch of Valve’s
SteamDeck and Dream Games billion dollar valuation.
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If you think the inventor of retro games like Pacman, Lemmings or Prince of Persia
is redundant, think again. Atari is a global ecosystem of company’s this veteran games producer
was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Today Atari has defied latency
and manages a portfolio of more than 200 games and franchises. An incredible feat
maintaining a portfolio of this calibre 30 years in the future from pacman they are now
responsible for winners such as Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, and Pong®.
Atari has adapted to the evolving gaming industry coming out with online games
for a variety of devices smartphones, tablets, and other connected devices. Atari services
extend as developer and distribution for other producers of interactive entertainment
such as Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo game consoles. Atari has it’s own crypto token
aptly called ATARI. the token’s utility is for the interactive entertainment facets stretching beyond
video and mobile gaming right through to interactive content and other forms of multimedia.
The game developers and publishers will find the most functionality through Atari token’s
design with many benefits offered including smart contract integration and in-game asset protection.
Valve Games you may know from their offerings Grand Theft Auto and Cyberpunk,
they have attracted and entertained millions with their innovative
and world-class technology. Their debut game was released in 1998 known as Half-Life,
it made huge waves as a new-comer to the scene winning a multitude of awards
totalling in over 50 plus the Best PC Game Ever. In 2003 they realised the need for a community
to maintain traction with their games and support for players and developers, so they created STEAM,
this platform acted as a distribution channel before the invention of apps. The
Steamdeck is the new mobile gaming console produced by Valve expected to be released
in February 2022. Pre-orders are not available in Australia and EB games is probably going to be the
preferred distribution channel for the hand held console in Australia. So keep your eyes peeled.
Dream Games, is a gaming start up based in Turkey. They became a hit after the launch of the popular
Royal Match, which has millions of fans and daily users. After raising $255M it’s now valued
at $2.75 billion making it one of the most valuable private mobile gaming producers.
Founded in 2019, it’s had a rapid increase in valuation reaching these new heights
in just 6 months. Dream Games’ envision a world where their offerings in interactive entertainment
is embraced globally through their studios state-of-the-art design. If anything is a sign of
times to come, Dream Games record-breaking funding round proves there is scope for mobile gaming.
In conclusion, games are expanding further into our lifestyles, they are no longer
played by people locked in their bedroom never seeing the light of day. Games are in major
competition with TV and films even social medis as the interactive entertainment sector expands
into the metaverse who knows what lies beyond. But I’m interested to see.