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Casual and online games continue to prosper in Belgium, as sluggish smartphone uptake limits the presence of mobile gaming in the region. According to market tracker and research firm yStats.com, the majority of Belgian gamers play social or casual games. This is supported by online data outlet Statista, which reports …

Iceland is a thriving landscape for games, backed by strong government investment in the industry. According to technology website Wired, revenue from Iceland’s video games industry rose by more than 600 per cent between 2008 and 2011. Icelandic news outlet Eyjan reports that video games earned the country 1.9 billion …

Japan continues to be one of the most lucrative games market in the world, despite the falling presence of console gaming in the region. 2014 marked one of the toughest years in more than two decades for Japanese console gaming. According to Famitsu, the Japanese console games industry generated 368.55bn …

Mexico now boasts the second-biggest games sector in the Latin American region, behind Brazil. According to a report from Newzoo and GlobalCollect, the country’s games market generated an estimated $1.01 billion in revenue during 2014. This total comes despite Newzoo’s 2013 Global Games Market Report estimation that just four per …

The Spanish market is one of the largest in Europe. DEV, the ‘Spanish Association for the Game and Entertainment Software Development and Publishing Industry’, estimates that the sector will achieve a value of €516 million (394m) in 2015 – an increase of more than €200 million (152.7m) on the €313.7 …

Canada is one of the world’s biggest video games markets and it continues to grow. 16,000 people already work in the Canadian video games industry, and 77 per cent of local games firms expect to hire new graduates this year, according to Entertainment Software Association Canada. Of course, most of …

The southernmost Nordic nation is home to a strong retail market, where games are sold in everything from specialists and hypermarts to bookstores and indie music chains. But the high tax rate makes it a challenging market for companies without the capital to support them. Denmark is just as complex …

Sweden has the largest games market in the Nordic region, and as a result a strong presence from the world’s biggest games companies. It also has an impressive development community, home to the likes of Battlefield studio EA DICE, Just Cause creators Avalanche Studios and The Darkness dev Starbreeze. But …