Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the game industry will increase by around 25% in 2023. Consolidation transactions between competing or vertically related companies, mainly when affecting consumers with inferior bargaining power, may raise concerns by the antitrust authorities. These...

The world of entertainment is constantly evolving, just as video games and how people play them. Therefore, it is necessary to innovate in areas such as the interaction between the user and the game to change how you control a game and the design of conventional controllers. Our study evidenced...

This paper empirically investigates how a video game live streaming platforms’ effort to reward time spent on the platform has an unintended consequence on video game streamers. Live streaming platforms employ various strategies to encourage viewers to consume content on their platform. A...

The Chinese central government recently published a new regulation to strictly limit the time minors spend on online games, providing a favorable policy environment for the protection of their physical and mental health as well as their overall development. We first provide empirical evidence...