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The biggest gaming deals of 2026 are really AI deals
New PitchBook data shows that investors are funding gaming’s picks and shovels, not its hits.
I don’t necessarily consider myself a gamer, but I have sunk hundreds of hours of my life into Skyrim. So, it follows perhaps that I keep an eye on the state of the gaming industry—a famously tough business, driven by hits and weighed down by high development costs. It’s also a space where success in…
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