Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV won’t release until 2022
Activision Blizzard noted in an investors call today that Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV won’t launch until at least 2022, noting that it is...
Call of Duty just had its best year ever
As part of its earnings report today, Activision Blizzard revealed that the Call of Duty had its strongest year ever in 2020. The series...
Sonic is getting his own Lego set
Mario may have been first, but Sonic isn’t lagging far behind. Sega’s famous hedgehog is getting his own Lego set. This is actually thanks...
The Sims 4 reached big milestones in December for EA
The Sims 4 is over 6 years old, but the life simulator still has a ton of, well, life. As part of its latest...
EA Sports returns to college football … minus the college players
Electronic Arts announced today that it is working on a new college football game, the first since NCAA College Football 14’s release in 2013....
Google stops Stadia game development and closes its studios
Just a bit over a year after launching its Stadia platform, Google is starting to scale back its gaming ventures. The company is closing...
GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Hitman trilogy levels
Since Hitman 3‘s release last month, Jeff Grubb and I have been having a great time murdering our way through IO Interactive’s world-spanning levels....
Nintendo Switch closes in on 80 million consoles sold mark
Nintendo released its third quarter financial results today, a period that ended in December, and revealed that it has sold 79.87 million Switch consoles....
The RetroBeat: Classic Mega Man is better than the X series
A week or so ago, I once again got mad because of a tweet. Specifically, it was this one from Nintendo of America, asking...
How sound technologies can bring emotion to the metaverse
Many of us first think about the visual component of the metaverse, but sound will have just as an important part to play in...