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...
January 2018 NPD: Switch leads console sales; PlayStation 4 is No. 1 for revenues
More people bought Nintendo Switch consoles than Xbox One or PlayStation 4 systems in January in the U.S., but consumers spent more money on...
The RetroBeat: Nintendo’s legendary Star Fox turns 25, but does it have a future?
Star Fox came out for the Super Nintendo on February 21, 1993. Yup, the space shooter with anthropomorphic animals turns 25 years old today. I...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds gets new crates and ping-based matchmaking
While PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp. continues its ongoing fight against cheaters, it is still sneaking out some updates to its battle royal shooter....
Apple applies to expand Apple TV trademark to video games in over 60 countries
Although Apple’s gaming track record has largely rewarded enthusiasm with disappointment, a new Apple TV trademark application discovered by Patently Apple indicates that the company...
Ubisoft researcher takes a bird’s-eye view of tech, games, and entertainment
Lidwine Sauer is paid to be one of Ubisoft’s big thinkers. She’s the director of insights and trends for Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab, a...
Overwatch League will reward Twitch viewers with tokens for in-game skins
Twitch announced today that a new program will give Overwatch League viewers tokens that they can use to buy team-based character skins inside Blizzard...
Blade’s Shadow cloud gaming PC starts shipping in California
Blade is launching a cloud-gaming service dubbed Shadow in California today. The service enables any mobile device or computer, including a small hardware device...