‘Support community’ Asobu wants to grow indie gaming in Japan
As gaming continues to shift, more developers in Japan are starting indie studios. But that scene is still growing out of its infancy with...
As Xbox Game Pass Ultimate launches cloud gaming, it must solve the last-mile problem
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is launching the option to stream games from the cloud beginning tomorrow, September 15. This will give subscribers in 22...
Electronic Arts doubles down on EA Play brand with EA Desktop app
Electronic Arts is launching a new EA Desktop app, a beta version of its revamped Origin online gaming service that EA calls a next-generation...
Nintendo Switch sets new August hardware sales record in the U.S.
Nintendo’s bank account is still growing in 2020. The company’s Switch console sales saw a huge year-over-year increase, and that led the system to...
Sonic the Hedgehog marks 30th birthday with an encyclo-speed-ia and other merch
Sonic the Hedgehog is celebrating his 30th birthday next year, with 2021 marking the milestone anniversary of his 1991 debut for the Sega Genesis....
August 2020 NPD: Madden and UFC supercharge U.S. game sales
The gaming audience in the United States showed up to spend money again last month. Consumers spent $3.3 billion on video game hardware, software,...
The promise of voice AI in game development
AI voices are sounding more realistic today than ever before in the history of synthetic voice technology. What started as simple text-to-speech (TTS), combined...
Nvidia acquires Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion
Nvidia confirmed that it is acquiring processor architecture firm Arm from Softbank for $40 billion. The deal has been confirmed after weeks of speculation,...
iOS 14: What developers need to know
The only constant in the game industry is change. And as changes go, the upcoming updates planned for the UA and advertising ecosystem in...
If Nvidia buys Arm, how open will it remain?
For weeks, we’ve heard rumors that Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Arm from Softbank. The latest acquisition price is more than $40...