Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey’s debut out-performed Origins
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is making money faster than its predecessor, Origins, market researcher The NPD Group said today. Ubisoft‘s Greek open-world game launched on...
Former ILM artist joins indie game studio Bonfire
Jaime Jasso, an artist that has worked at Industrial Light & Magic on giant movie franchises like Star Wars, has joined independent game studio...
Call of Duty esports draws on NFL knowledge with Johanna Faries hire
Activision Blizzard announced today that it has hired Johanna Faries as the new head of product for Call of Duty esports. Faries last served as an...
MMO studio Trion Worlds under new ownership
Trion Worlds has been sold. The California-based game-design studio specializes in massively multiplayer online games. According to a post Trion director of community relations...
Disney Infinity executive producer John Vignocchi joins Gearbox for new franchise
John Vignocchi announced on his Twitter today that he is joining Gearbox Publishing to become executive producer on “a new tentpole franchise.” We do...
Sensor Tower: Candy Crush Friends Saga’s 10 million first-week downloads have a sour note
King‘s newest puzzle game, Candy Crush Friends Saga, has reached 10 million downloads in its first week, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower. The...
PS4 zombie exclusive Days Gone shuffles to April
Sony announced today that Days Gone is coming out a couple of months later than expected. The open-world zombie game was going to come...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 matches WWII’s first weekend, PC and digital sales rise
Activision Blizzard announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 made $500 million during its first weekend. The first-person shooter released for PlayStation...
The RetroBeat: Check out these awesome homemade retro arcade sticks — that you can buy
It’s 2018, and we’re long removed from the Super Nintendo‘s prime days of the early ’90s. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have an...
Facebook Instant Games expands to groups and Facebook Lite
Facebook announced today that its Instant Games platform is soon expanding and coming to gaming groups and Facebook Lite. Instant Games are fast-loading, HTML5-based...