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December NPD 2017: Nintendo Switch leads a $3.29 billion month

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 18, 2018
3 min

It looks like a lot of folks treated themselves to a Nintendo Switch for the holidays last month. The video game industry in December...

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NPD 2017: The 10 best-selling games of the year

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 18, 2018
3 min

Call of Duty is still a big deal, but Star Wars: Battlefront II is … less so. It’s time to go over the 10...

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NPD: U.S. video game revenue grew 18% to $36 billion in 2017

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 18, 2018
1 min

The U.S. video games industry earned $36 billion in revenues in 2017, according to The NPD Group and Entertainment Software Association (ESA). This is...

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Might and Magic: Heroes studio goes from general to foot solider with sci-fi survival game

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 18, 2018
2 min

The survival genre is getting another entry, and this time its from the developer of the Might and Magic: Heroes series and Tropico 6....

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Blockception cofounder explains how to make a living from Minecraft’s Marketplace

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 18, 2018
3 min

I like learning about new jobs that didn’t exist a generation ago (or even a year ago). Part of that is because I have...

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Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg is leaving in March

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 18, 2018
2 min

Eric Hirshberg, the CEO of Call of Duty and Destiny publisher Activision Publishing, will leave his job after eight years in March. Hirshberg just...

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PlayStation executive shakeup continues with exit of third-party relations boss

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 18, 2018
2 min

Sony Interactive Entertainment has parted ways with its head of third-party developer relations just about a year after he joined. Florian Hunziker took the important...