Echo wins Nordic Game Awards’ biggest honor
The 15th annual Nordic Game Awards has announced its winners, and Ultra Ultra’s Echo went home with quite a few prizes. The uncanny sci-fi adventure...
Wargaming Seattle is shutting down, ending Gas Powered Games’ legacy
Wargaming Seattle is shutting down, according to Gamasutra. This will impact around 150 jobs. Wargaming Seattle was the former Gas Powered Games, which first...
SuperData: Digital game spending grew 23% to $9.09 billion in April
Digital video game sales generated $9.09 billion in revenue in April, up 23 percent year-over-year from $7.42 billion, according to analyst firm SuperData Research....
Crypto-savvy gamers are eager to do blockchain transactions
Gamers and cryptocurrency are a good match, according to a survey by BitCrystals, a blockchain gaming company that the Switzerland-based EverdreamSoft owns. The surveyors interviewed...
Pocket-Run Pool is indie dev Zach Gage’s version of 8-Ball
Indie game developer Zach Gage has scored hits with titles such as Really Bad Chess and Flipflop Solitaire. Now he’s back with his own...
Mega Man-inspired roguelike 20XX coming to Switch, PS4, and Xbox One
Indie game studios Batterystaple Games and Fire Hose Games announced today that 20XX is coming to PlayStation 4 and Switch on July 10, with an Xbox...
Lionsgate debuts Deploy & Destroy multiplayer mobile game
Lionsgate has teamed up with Russian independent developer and publisher Apps Ministry to release Deploy & Destroy, a new real‐time multiplayer first‐person shooter on...
God of War had the best debut month ever for a PlayStation exclusive
God of War has had a better debut than any other PlayStation exclusive ever, according to The NPD Group. Not only was it the...
April 2018 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsold Switch, Xbox One
Sony’s PlayStation 4 continues to outsell the competition in a healthy console market, according to industry-tracking data firm The NPD Group. As a platform,...
PS4 is entering the ‘final phase of its life cycle’ — whatever that means
Sony Interactive Entertainment president and chief executive officer John Tsuyoshi Kodera noted in an investor relations call today that the PlayStation 4 is entering the...