FanAI raises $2.5 million to use AI to monetize esports audiences
FanAI has raised $2.5 million in seed funding for its platform that uses artificial intelligence to monetize esports fans. Esports ventures are getting a...
The IndieBeat: How Way of the Passive Fist’s animators helped make it accessible
Way of the Passive Fist is a side-scrolling brawler … in which you never throw a punch. Rather than tussling with your enemies, it’s all...
GameChanger Charity celebrates $18 million of donations with content platform for kids in hospitals
GameChanger Charity has received $18 million worth of donations in the last two months toward its goal of using video games to help sick kids....
Little Dragons Café is Harvest Moon creator’s newest project with Aksys Games
Yasuhiro Wada has previously espoused his love for “nature, animals, and caring for other people,” which his classic game Harvest Moon clearly expressed. Little...
Find Your Grind and ReKTGlobal team up for $450,000 in esports scholarships
Find Your Grind (FYG) has partnered with esports platform ReKTGlobal to create a scholarship program for students and others who want to pursue esports....
Monster Hunter: World helps Capcom own January in the U.S.
Capcom likes January. The company was the top-performing publisher in the United States, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Monster Hunter: World was...
Nintendo 3DS had its best January sales since 2013
The Nintendo 3DS handheld console just had its best January since 2013 in terms of consoles sold, according to the NPD Group. For hardware dollar sales,...
January 2018 NPD: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits top 5 on Xbox alone
One of the biggest games in the world continued to dominate in January. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was the No. 4 best-seller in the United States...
Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One sales are all on fire
Hardware sales doubled year-over-year in January, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony all benefited from that spending. “Hardware spending...
January NPD 2018: Monster Hunter even slays beasts like Call of Duty and PUBG
2018 is off to a good start for the gaming industry. Revenues in January were up 59 percent year-over-year and generated $1.096 billion, according...