USC Games establishes Gerald A. Lawson Fund to help Black and indigenous students
USC Games and Take-Two Interactive have created a new endowment to fund Black and indigenous students in game design and engineering. Named after video...
Nintendo nominates ‘Minions’ studio CEO for its board of directors
Nintendo may plan to get serious about Hollywood and animated films. The company today nominated Illumination chief executive officer Chris Meledandri as a new...
Nintendo sold 10.6 million copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe last year
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an unstoppable sales juggernaut. The game has surpassed 35 million copies sold since it debuted in 2017. From April...
Nintendo Switch has 36 ‘million-seller’ games (including 14 third-party games)
Nintendo reported an operating profit today of 640 billion yen, which converts to about $5.86 billion. That is a massive haul, and the highest...
Nintendo Switch hits 84.59 million units sold, with 28.8 million sold this past year
Nintendo reported its year-end financial results today and said the Switch sold more than 28.8 million consoles, up 37.1% in the past 12 months...
Metacore secures $179.9M in credit from Supercell for casual games
Mobile game studio Metacore has raised $179.9 million in credit from Supercell to continue developing its casual mobile game Merge Mansion. It’s a huge...
EA acquires Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead
Electronic Arts announced today that it has acquired Metalhead Software, the studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series. “EA Sports and Metalhead are teaming...
Zynga agrees to buy mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million
Mobile game publisher Zynga has agreed to acquire mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million in cash. It’s an interesting deal because...
Zynga’s Q1 2021 bookings of $720M are up 69% from a year ago
Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting stellar bookings and revenues in the first quarter that ended March 31 thanks to the strong performance of...
Gamescom announces online-only festival in August, reversing hybrid event plan
Reversing a plan announced in March, Gamescom will no longer try to do a hybrid gaming expo this summer. Instead, it will focus on an...