Nintendo Switch outsold PlayStation 4 and Xbox One last month
Nintendo Switch consoles were easier to find last month, and this led to hybrid handheld/home console outselling its competition. The NPD Group’s monthly report...
July 2017 NPD: Splatoon 2 paints a pretty picture for Nintendo
Video game spending is up across the board in the U.S. in July. Nintendo drove both software and hardware sales, which grew 19 percent...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is gobbling up Overwatch’s audience
The shooter audience on PC looks like it is in the middle of a migration from last year’s big hit to this year’s breakout...
Twitch is making it easier to find the best Hearthstone and Overwatch streams
Blizzard’s Hearthstone and Overwatch are two of the most popular games on Twitch, the No. 1 game-streaming site in the world. Now, fans of...
GameCredits takes on Apple and Google with its blockchain-based app store
Cryptocurrency has the potential to disrupt many industries, and a startup called GameCredits hopes to use it to disrupt the mobile app store duopoly...
DMarket launches ICO, plans blockchain marketplace for in-game items
Blockchain-based game marketplace DMarket has raised $2.5 million in a presale and launched its public token sale (ICO) today. The ICO, which kicked off...
Kabam vet leads Deca Games’ charge into live operations for old games
Germany’s Deca Games is coming out of stealth to offer live operations (such as tournaments) that can breathe life into older mobile and PC...
Quake Champions hits Early Access for $30 on August 22
Id Software announced today that its multiplayer first-person shooter Quake Champions will transition from its closed testing phase to Early Access on August 22. To...
Total War: Warhammer II hands-on: The Skaven rats are dangerous vermin
In The Creative Assembly‘s new strategy game, we’ll find out if the rats will inherit the Earth. The Sega-owned developer has revealed the Skaven, a...
Total War: Warhammer II’s rat race is pretty fierce
Sega’s The Creative Assembly revealed the Skaven rat faction as the fourth playable race in Total War: Warhammer II. And it’s a logical question as...