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Activision Blizzard hits record $2 billion in sales driven by Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Hearthstone

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
2 min

It was a gigantic quarter for Activision Blizzard. The publisher announced today that it achieved GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles, or earned) revenues of $2.01...

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Zynga credits focus on legacy hits Words With Friends and Zynga Poker for positive Q4 earnings

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
2 min

Thanks to some of its legacy games, Zynga had a good financial fourth quarter for 2016. The mobile and social game publisher reported GAAP...

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Hitcents launches The Godfather: Family Dynasty mobile game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 9, 2017
3 min

Hitcents and Feelingtouch Games are making an offer you can’t refuse. They have launched The Godfather: Family Dynasty mobile game based on Paramount Pictures’ The...

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Twitch introduces communities to discover content and reach audiences

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 9, 2017
1 min

Amazon’s livestreaming platform Twitch is introducing Communities, a new way to discover content and reach the right audiences on the site. The new directory...

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Grand Theft Auto IV and all its expansions hijack Xbox One’s backward compatibility list

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
1 min

Grand Theft Auto fans that own an Xbox One might want to dig out their old copy of Grand Theft Auto IV. Microsoft announced...

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Minecraft sweetens up its iOS, Android, and Windows 10 versions with candy texture pack

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
1 min

If you play Minecraft on mobile or Windows 10, your worlds could get a whole lot sweeter. Microsoft today released the Candy Texture Pack for...

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Ubisoft misses third quarter projections as Watch Dogs 2 underperforms

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 9, 2017
2 min

Ubisoft didn’t have as big a holiday season as it was hoping for. The game publisher reported sales of $564.85 million for the third...

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How a 62-year-old black man gave cred to the story of the We Are Chicago video game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 9, 2017
14 min

Tony Thornton grew up in the tough streets of Chicago. He knows how you have to make the right choices to survive in neighborhoods...

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Scopely’s The Walking Dead: Road to Survival launches massive World at War in-game event

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 9, 2017
2 min

The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is launching a massive in-game event titled World at War. It introduces a five-week-long story arc that fans...

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We Are Chicago makes you confront tough choices to survive in a poor neighborhood

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 9, 2017
6 min

After four years of development, Culture Shock Games is launching the We Are Chicago adventure game on Steam for the Windows PC. Built by...