Microtransactions, DLC make up 62% of Take-Two’s first quarter revenues
Take-Two Interactive is seeing even more of its money coming from in-game purchases. The company said that “recurrent consumer spending” — which is its...
Patreon’s payment processing problems create headaches for creators
The subscription platform Patreon enables people to directly support creators (game makers, streamers, authors, and more) with monthly donations. But due to processing issues,...
PUBG Mobile is getting Mission Impossible: Fallout battle royale mission
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile will get a new battle royale mission based on Paramount Pictures’ and Skydance Media’s Mission Impossible: Fallout film, the blockbuster Tom...
Yakuza 6 joins Yakuza 0 on Steam as Sega continues PC gaming expansion
The Yakuza series finally came to PC yesterday when Sega released the prequel Yakuza 0 on Steam. If you’ve already dug into it and...
SuperData: Hearthstone reigns over forecasted $1.5 billion digital card game market
Gaming intelligence group SuperData has released a new report on the digital card game market, noting that it expects this segment to earn $1.5...
Call of Duty will get a free-to-play mobile game for China
Activision and Tencent are collaborating to create a free-to-play Call of Duty mobile game to China. The new game will deliver a first-person action...
NBA 2K18 hits from downtown with a record 10 million copies sold
2K announced today that its basketball game NBA 2K18 has now sold over 10 million copies. This sets a new record for the near...
The IndieBeat: How Nyamakop’s founders survived making their first game
In their last year at Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand‘s game design program, Cukia “Sugar” Kimani and Ben Myres began working on their thesis project. Kimani...
Fortnite crushes rivals on Twitch with 74% rise in Q2 viewership
The enormously popular free-to-play battle royale shooter Fortnite crushed its rivals in the second quarter in terms of hours watched on livestreaming platform Twitch....
Spider-Man’s New York makes webslinging even better
Though it’s a ton of fun to leap through the air and web baddies, the thing I love most about Spider-Man is New York City....