IDG's August 2022 Games Report offers in-depth coverage of the global gaming market. This report features IDG's insights and analysis on key trends affecting the console, PC, and mobile gaming markets, along with thorough coverage of other news and M&A activity into the space. In addition, this report features updated forecasts for the global Console gaming market.

Topics covered in this quarter's update include:

• A post-mortem on Diablo Immortal and how it's had to perform a fine balancing act between the expectation of its core fanbase and that of mobile gamers

• IDG's thoughts on how Activision Blizzard’s ongoing negative press may have an influence on the company’s recent earnings report

• A deep dive into the success of MultiVersus and how it may help push forward the Fighting genre’s progress in adapting F2P models

• An analysis on No Man’s Sky’s evolution since launch

  A rare inside look into Tencent’s greenlight process

• Insights into the growing sense of “platform anxiety” gamers today struggle with IDG's thoughts on the PS5 price increase

Released: August 31, 2022