Candy Crush Saga: 2.73 billion downloads in five years and still counting
Candy Crush Saga is the most popular mobile game in the U.S. after a dramatic comeback in the third quarter. As the mobile game...
Destiny 2 sees up to a 53% performance boost on PC with Nvidia’s latest drivers
Nvidia has launched new drivers for its graphics cards today in preparation for the debut of Star Wars: Battlefront II, but the company has...
Kevin Chou transitions from mobile game leader to Overwatch esports team owner
Kevin Chou is shifting gears from a mobile-gaming mogul to an esports team owner. The former CEO of Kabam sold his company — which...
Call of Duty: WWII should have cut its clumsy racism subplot
You can’t go home again is not just a book I haven’t read, it’s also a feeling I’ve had about the Call of Duty...
Call of Duty: WWII borrows from Activision hits Destiny and Overwatch
Call of Duty: WWII may return to the “boots on the ground” origin of Activision’s military shooter franchise, but the latest entry in the...
Call of Duty: WWII limits some social features in wake of rocky launch
After Call of Duty: WWII launched last week, many players found the game struggling to maintain a solid connection. Through its November 3 launch...
Overwatch’s Blizzard-themed skins are not part of a limited-time event
Overwatch is getting a big update that will bring Blizzard-themed content in the form of a new map and character skins. The publisher showed...
The DeanBeat: This week’s tale of the game juggernauts
Gamers have many ways to keep score. This column is about how I like to look at the game companies during the busy fall...
Sorry, GameStop: More than 50% of Destiny 2 sales were digital
Activision is starting to make a dent in the industry’s war on used games, and its biggest weapon in that fight is the always-online...
Activision Blizzard’s Q3 results beat expectations (update)
Activision Blizzard reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, and the company touted the performances of its Destiny 2 launch and its King...