Results for "" 2021 trends: What's hot in game development? From the recent Cyberpunk fiasco to the impact of the global pandemic, check out the trends and numbers propelling the gaming industry into the stratosphere... Guest Contributor / 25 Feb 2021 • 8 min read The gaming industry just does not take a rest. Although the market is swamped with reports and counter reports concerning 2020 success, one thing remains undisputed, the COVID-19 pandemic increased demand as more and more users turned to gaming to unwind while cooped up at home. Gaming was, and is, a more interactive alternative to movies and TV. The Washington Post reports that 2020 was a record year for game-related spending. Statista presents some promising predictions on the years to come. It seems that “while there were almost two billion video gamers across the world in 2015, this figure is expected to rise to over three billion gamers by 2023”. The entire video gaming market is expected to be worth over 200 billion U.S. dollars by 2023.