Fortnite’s Chapter 2 boosted viewer hours by 31% on Twitch
Fortnite saw a significant increase in hours-watched on Twitch in October, according to data from StreamElements and SullyGnome. As developer Epic Games launched the...
Take-Two: The Outer Worlds is ‘outperforming expectations’
Publisher Take-Two Interactive says that it is happy with the launch of The Outer Worlds. Take-Two subsidiary Private Division published the space role-playing adventure...
Take-Two raises guidance as microtransaction spending grows 32%
Take-Two Interactive reported strong results for the second quarter of its fiscal 2020. The publisher had net revenue of $857.8 million, which is up...
Sony begins courting indie devs again as PlayStation 5 approaches
Sony Interactive Entertainment appointed a new head of its PlayStation Worldwide Studios today. Of course, that’s Sony veteran Shuhei Yoshida’s old job. But while...
Sony taps Horizon: Zero Dawn boss to lead PlayStation studios
Sony Interactive Entertainment is putting Guerrilla Games managing director Hermen Hulst in charge of PlayStation’s Worldwide Studios. Hulst oversaw Guerrilla’s production of the Killzone...
NPD: U.S. games spending up 1% in Q3 as live-services offset consoles
The U.S. gaming industry generated $9.18 billion in the third quarter of 2019, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group and its most recent...
Brass Lion is a new diverse studio from Mass Effect 3 and Skyrim devs
Developers Bryna Dabby Smith, Rashad Redic, and Manveer Heir revealed the details of their new studio, Brass Lion Entertainment, today. This new team wants...
Supercell shuts down Rush Wars after players shrug
Supercell is closing down Rush Wars. The developer posted a blog today that explains the decision. Fans weren’t loving the early beta test, which...
After Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima wants to make a game in the cloud
Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima wants to get more experimental with his studio’s next game, he explained in an interview with BBC’s Newsbeat. That’s...
Hideo Kojima is anxious you won’t think Death Stranding is fun
Death Stranding is out in less than a week, and director Hideo Kojima is dealing with some anxiety. In an interview with BBC’s Newsbeat program,...