Mobile Gaming Is Getting Seriously Competitive
From Snake to global esports, mobile gaming has come a long way. And the next chapter could be about making competition accessible to everyone. For years, mobile gaming was treated as the lightweight version of gaming. Consoles and PCs were where “real” games lived. Phones were where you played Snake while waiting for the bus. […]
What the Esports Wagering Boom Means for Sbarter
For years, wagering on esports results was treated as the ultimate industry taboo. Today, it is a multi-billion-dollar market. As global betting volumes on virtual competitions triple to rival traditional sports, the lines between gaming and wagering are blurring. And beyond the gambling boom, a broader behavioral shift is happening: players are now ready to […]
Small Stakes Go Digital in IRL Amateur Sports
Informal small stakes have always been part of amateur sports. With RunMatch and similar apps, this familiar behaviour is becoming a digital product — easier to organise, verify and settle.
Papaya proved the market
Papaya Gaming has become one of the most interesting businesses in skill-based
gaming, although perhaps not entirely for the reasons it would have chosen.
The Pioneers Preview is open
We’re kicking off the Pioneers Preview, our first run of large playtests. It starts on 23 July.
Why Game Publishers Should Use Sbarter
For most game publishers, the challenge isn’t building a great game. It’s building a sustainable business around it. Player acquisition is expensive. Retention is hard won. Monetisation is under constant pressure. And with more games competing for attention than ever before, finding new ways to engage players has become increasingly important. That’s where Sbarter comes […]
Players come for the game. They stay for the people.
For decades, the gaming industry has competed on content. Studios invested in better graphics, richer worlds, deeper mechanics, larger maps, and longer progression loops. The assumption was simple: if the game was good enough, players would stay. That formula worked for a long time, but something has changed. Today, players have access to more games […]
Toxicity in Gaming: Yes, it exists. No, it’s not inevitable.
At Sbarter, we are building a platform rooted in competitive challenge. A place where players can face rivals, interact directly with opponents, prove their skills, and turn every match into a challenge that matters. But building for competition also means spending time with its most uncomfortable truth: toxicity exists, and yes, we will have to […]
Why Creators Struggle to Monetize
Gaming creators built the most engaged communities on the internet. So why are 72% of them earning nothing? There are roughly 29 million gaming content creators in the world today. They stream, edit, commentate, build communities, often for years, before seeing a single dollar. Most never do. The numbers behind the dream The creator economy […]
Gaming is more social than you think
For years, video games have often been viewed through a lens of isolation. The idea that players retreat into virtual worlds, disconnected from real life, has been widely debated and frequently oversimplified. But when you look at what players actually report, a different picture emerges. According to the Global Video Games Report: Power of Play […]
Where to follow Sbarter
Sbarter lives in a few places online, and each one has its own personality. Here’s a quick map so you can pick the channels that fit how you follow us, whether you’re here to compete, to create, or to dig into the token side. Start with the waitlist The single best first step is joining […]
Sbarter in the Spotlight
Sbarter has been in the press many times since it was publicly revealed. Here’s a first wave of coverage from around the world, and what journalists and our team had to say. The launch, as the press saw it When Sbarter came out of the workshop in autumn 2025, we wondered how the industry would […]