Bravely Default II (confusingly the third in the series) comes to Switch in 2020
Square Enix announced that Bravely Default II is coming to Switch in 2020 during The Game Awards tonight. This is actually the third in...
Pokémon Sword and Shield have the best U.S. debut in franchise history
Pokémon Sword and Shield had the best launch month ever for the franchise in the U.S. based on dollar sales, according industry-tracking firm The...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate becomes the best-selling fighting game in U.S. history
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has become the best-selling fighting game of all time in the U.S., according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. It...
November 2019 NPD — Pokémon has best U.S. launch in series history
Consumers in the U.S. spent $2.251 billion on gaming-related products online and at U.S. retailers in November, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group....
Game.tv raises $25 million to bring esports to Discord, Twitter, and Facebook
Game.tv has raised $25 million in funding for Tourney, its AI-powered esports tournament platform for mobile games. While rivals have tried to start their...
Oculus adds Facebook-powered social features and identity verification
Ever since Facebook acquired Oculus, users expected that the social media giant would begin to integrate its services more deeply and conspicuously into the...
PlayStation hires Double Fine vet Greg Rice to oversee indie relationships
Sony Interactive Entertainment has made a major hire to ensure PlayStation indie support remains strong. The company has brought in Greg Rice, who worked...
Niko Partners: Nintendo Switch in China sells 50,000 consoles on launch day
Nintendo sold about 50,000 Switches in China on the console’s launch day in the country on December 10, according to market researcher Niko Partners....
Black Desert Mobile launches worldwide on iOS and Android
Pearl Abyss launched its free-to-play fantasy role-playing game Black Desert Mobile globally on iOS and Android devices today. This massively multiplayer online open world...
Voodoo acquires mobile game studio Gumbug in London as it exploits hypercasual growth
Voodoo pioneered “hypercasual mobile games,” or those that folks can play in a matter of minutes or seconds. And now it’s using the money...