Categories Posted inin Business Activision’s digital revenues set a new company record in the first quarter Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 6, 2015 2 min Games like Hearthstone, Call of Duty, and World of Warcraft pushed Activision's digital revenue to a record high. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision’s Q1 results beats expectations thanks to Hearthstone and Destiny Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 6, 2015 2 min Activision reported the results of its fiscal first quarter today. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga beats estimates with $183M in revenues — but it’s cutting 364 jobs Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 6, 2015 2 min Zynga reported its first-quarter results today. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Destiny servers down for maintenance — update incoming Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 6, 2015 1 min Bungie is preparing Destiny for the 1.2.0 update. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business E-sports makes $612M from its 134M viewers worldwide, SuperData finds Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 6, 2015 2 min Affluent young men have turned e-sports into a real market worth a lot of money, but most publishers and even the pro players treat it as marketing. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Hearthstone’s 30M players is great, but its revenues are even more impressive Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 5, 2015 2 min Hearthstone doesn't really have a player base that compares to other big free-to-play games, but that's not stopping it from making money. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront expectations: up to 10M copies sold Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 5, 2015 2 min Publisher Electronic Arts is hoping to get some decent -- but not record-breaking -- sales from its first Star Wars game Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA’s digital and mobile revenues set new records — $2.2B total for fiscal 2015 Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 5, 2015 1 min EA Access, The Simpsons: Tapped Out, and Origin all contributed to a big year for digital revenues for the publisher. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA’s Q4 beats Wall Street expectations with $896M in revenue — stock price surges Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 5, 2015 1 min EA reported its earnings today for its fiscal fourth quarter. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U sales to surpass 200M consoles by 2019 Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 5, 2015 2 min Core gamers will push game-spending revenues to $100 billion by 2019. Continue Reading 2 min