PC shipments saw 10-12% decline in Q1 2020 due to coronavirus
After years of bad news, PC shipments saw growth in 2019. Now the coronavirus crisis is cutting the celebration short. The PC market fell...
Call of Duty dominates PlayStation Store’s March downloads
Sony released charts showing the top downloads on the PlayStation 4’s digital store for March, and Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty franchise dominated the...
Gaming industry TV ad spend is rising — blame Tom Nook
Even with much of the U.S. economy shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the gaming sector upped its advertising outlay for television to...
Gaming acquisitions and investments continued in Q1 despite coronavirus
Investors and funds pumped more than $700 million game startups in the first quarter, though that amount is down from the same period last...
The RetroBeat: Final Fantasy VII Remake amplifies the classic’s magic
Last week, I ended The RetroBeat by saying that I wasn’t sure the Final Fantasy VII Remake could have the same impact as the...
Supersonic Games scores three hypercasual mobile games in the top 10
IronSource‘s Supersonic Studios has scored three games in the top 10 mobile charts, and that’s pretty darn good for a studio that’s the spawn...
Pokémon Go adds leaderboards for its Battle League
Niantic announced today that it has added a leaderboard for Pokémon Go’s Battle League. The Battle League launched in January, adding a way for...
Zynga and Universal Games will add Fast & Furious cars to CSR Racing 2
Universal Games and Digital Platforms and Zynga are collaborating to bring more Fast & Furious cars to CSR Racing 2 mobile game. This means...
Double Eleven taps Ubisoft and LucasArts vet Ian Ng to lead Malaysia studio
Double Eleven announced today that it has tapped Ian Ng to lead its new studio in Malaysia capital Kuala Lumpur. Ng has over 20...
Blizzard explains the challenge of creating Hearthstone’s first new class
Hearthstone‘s latest expansion, Ashes of Outland, released this week for PC and mobile. With it comes one of the most exciting additions to Blizzard...