The RetroBeat: I want to celebrate Pac-Man’s 40th birthday with this tiny cabinet
Pac-Man turns 40 years old today, and MyArcade is celebrating with an attractive (and functionable) collectible. It’s the The Pac-Man 40th Anniversary Micro Player,...
U.S. console-hardware spending hits mammoth $420 million in April
You’ve heard the reports that more people turned to video games for entertainment and socialization in April. But now, industry-tracking firm The NPD Group...
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney sees online games making permanent gains
The pandemic has been tough on Nexon‘s core markets in South Korea and China, but the Tokyo-based online game publisher has been preparing for...
Why game companies are touting the number of games in the works
In the past couple of days, two of the biggest companies in the industry touted the number of games they have in the works....
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted comes to Nintendo Switch
Five Nights at Freddy’s is coming to Nintendo Switch. Lionsgate and ScottGames revealed today that it is launching Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted...
Electronic-music artists bring festivals back using Minecraft
Places still exist where music fans can gather together to groove. Those places are just digital and accessible on PC, console, and smartphone. Event...
New Game+ Expo on June 23 is an online showcase for Japanese games
With the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gamescom, the Tokyo Game Show, and just about every industry event in mothballs due to the pandemic, publishers are...
Startup Genome: Global VC funding dropped 20% since coronavirus crisis began in December
Global venture capital funding has dropped by 20% since the onset of the coronavirus crisis in December 2019, according to a new report by...
Sony isn’t just betting on the PlayStation 5
Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida spelled out the Japanese company’s plans in video games during a speech at Sony’s corporate strategy meetings related to its...
King: American workers would rather play mobile games during breaks than drink coffee
Working Americans would rather play mobile games during breaks than drink coffee, according to a survey commissioned by King, maker of the popular Candy...