April 2020 NPD: U.S. game spending breaks records
Cooped-up consumers spent truckloads of cash on video games in April, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Spending on tracked new games, hardware,...
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney sees online games making permanent gains
The pandemic has been tough on Nexon‘s core markets in South Korea and China, but the Tokyo-based online game publisher has been preparing for...
Maneater review: Become the shark, embrace the shark
Games like Maneater are my jam — absurd ideas no triple-A studio would touch. Who’s ever made a shark role-playing game? So when Tripwire...
Nvidia’s GameGAN generates games like Pac-Man by watching videos
Two years ago, Nvidia researchers detailed AI that could generate visuals and combine them with a game engine to create an interactive, navigable environment....
Rob McElhenney interview — How Mythic Quest: Quarantine episode came together so fast
We don’t write about TV episodes much, but Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet is produced by video game publisher Ubisoft, and it’s a thoughtful comedy...
NPD: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is still the best-selling title of 2020
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare came in as the No. 2 best-selling game of the month for April in the U.S., according to market...
Nvidia reports $3.08 billion in Q1 2020 revenue, up 39% as AI and cloud soar
Nvidia posted revenues of $3.08 billion for the first quarter ended April 26, up 39% from a year earlier. The revenues beat expectations, and...
Why game companies are touting the number of games in the works
In the past couple of days, two of the biggest companies in the industry touted the number of games they have in the works....
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted comes to Nintendo Switch
Five Nights at Freddy’s is coming to Nintendo Switch. Lionsgate and ScottGames revealed today that it is launching Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted...
Valorant launches on June 2
Riot Games announced today that its team-based shooter Valorant will have its official launch for PC on June 2. The free-to-play game has been...