Categories Posted inin Business Take-Two sales: NBA 2K23 sells 5M, GTA and Red Dead are flat Posted byby Jordan Fragen November 7, 2022 2 min Take-Two’s FYQ2 2022 earnings have revealed updates sales numbers for NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and more. This quarter saw the... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision Blizzard bookings fall 3% to $1.83B in Q3 Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 7, 2022 6 min Activision Blizzard reported that its bookings for the third quarter ended September 30 fell 3% to $1.83 billion compared to a year ago. But... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Take-Two’s bookings grew 53% to $1.5 billion in September quarter but lowers outlook Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 7, 2022 8 min Take-Two Interactive said its bookings grew 53% to $1.5 billion in the second fiscal quarter ended September 30. During the quarter, the New York... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II tops $1B in 10 days Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 7, 2022 2 min Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is smashing franchise records as it hit $1 billion in sell-through in its first 10 days, surpassing... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sonic Frontiers review — Stop laughing Posted byby Mike Minotti November 7, 2022 3 min Poor Sonic is often the butt of jokes, even after starring in two hit films and a stellar retro revival with 2017’s Sonic Mania.... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Drivetime pivots to Blockstars with Web3 rock band game Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 5, 2022 3 min During the height of the pandemic, no one was driving cars, and that force a big pivot for Drivetime, which made voice-driven games for... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Kaser Focus: The end-of-year game releases are upon us Posted byby Rachel Kaser November 5, 2022 2 min I have finally finished my review of God of War Ragnarok, and fittingly just as the cold has come to my home. Tis the... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How to make payments in the metaverse Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 4, 2022 16 min Tilia recently spun out of Linden Lab with the backing of J.P. Morgan Payments to fuel payments for the metaverse. Now it’s in a... Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business Freedom Games raises $10M to publish indie games Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 4, 2022 3 min Freedom Games said it has completed its first outside priced-financing round, raising a total of $10 million in both primary and secondary capital to... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business AMD Radeon RX 7900 graphics cards with RDNA 3 architecture arrive December 13 for up to $999 Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 3, 2022 4 min Advanced Micro Devices said it will ship its AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT graphics cards built on its RDNA 3... Continue Reading 4 min