Analysis: 795 accounts funded by ADI Predictstreet's own fee-collecting wallet drove 99% of the FIFA-partnered prediction market's activity since late August
ADI Predictstreet, backed by Abu Dhabi's royal family, paid close to $150 million for advertising rights during the World CupLinkedIn:Joshua GuptaLinkedIn:Joshua Gupta:Ashwin Vinod Kumar, Will Thompso...
A look at EA's FC 24, the first soccer video game after EA and FIFA ended their licensing deal, estimated to be worth $160M/year, when FIFA demanded much more
Sitting in a mock living room at his office in Vancouver, John Shepherd gestures to a video game avatar of soccer star Erling Haaland on a screen beside him.
Unity announces fees based on a game's installations and the developer's plan tier, starting on January 1, 2024, joining Unreal Engine, which has similar fees
Yesterday Unity announced that starting next year … Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro Stephen Totilo / Axios : Unity rushes to cla...
FIFA report: 50%+ of soccer players in two 2021 tournaments received abuse on social media, a third of which was racist; some players and clubs demand change
Missing penalties in a major international soccer final was bad enough for three Black players on England's national team. Bluesky: @sarahjeong.bsky.social Bluesky: Sarah Jeong / @sarahjeong.bsky.soci...
EA reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.9B, a $12M net loss, down from a $225M net income YoY, net bookings up 11% YoY to $1.9B, and FIFA net bookings up 31% YoY
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Matchday, a Web3 and mobile gaming startup developing casual soccer games licensed by FIFA, raised a $21M seed from Lionel Messi's Play Time and others
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FIFA will introduce semi-automated offside technology at the 2022 World Cup, using 12 cameras and a custom soccer ball to track players and make offside calls
- Sensor in ball will send out location data 500 times per second — Fifa claim average decision time will fall from 70sec to 25sec
FIFA adds Crypto.com as a sponsor for the 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar, months after Crypto.com replaced Staples as the title sponsor for Los Angeles' arena
Fifa has added Crypto.com as one of the sponsors for this year's soccer world cup in Qatar, the latest step in the cryptocurrency …