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Gamers spent less on Nintendo’s Amiibo and more on Lego Dimensions in July

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 22, 2016
2 min

The interactive-gaming toy market is contracting, and Nintendo and Activision are feeling it more than the competition. Spending on gaming-related accessories, which includes interactive...

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Posted inin Gaming Culture

Call of Duty World League’s second season climaxes with more teams, huge upsets

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
August 11, 2016
4 min

Good luck predicting the winner of this year’s Call of Duty Championship. After another weekend of heated matchups and upsets, it seems like anything...

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Activision reports record Q2 on the strength of Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Candy Crush

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 4, 2016
1 min

15 million Overwatch players can’t be wrong. Activision Blizzard generated $1.57 billion in revenues durings its second quarter. That is up from $1.04 billion...

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Overwatch has more than 15 million players

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 4, 2016
1 min

Publisher Activision Blizzard revealed today that it has more than 15 million people playing its Overwatch shooter across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The beloved team-based action game debuted in April, and it has quickly established itself as one of the most popular releases in the $99.6 billion gaming market.

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Esports’ ticket to going mainstream: big brands, bigger audience

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
August 3, 2016
3 min

Despite how big esports might seem, it’s still just a very big niche. That’s according to Mike Sepso, the vice president of publisher Activision’s...

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Here’s our agenda for GamesBeat 2016: The Platform Awakens — with 93 speakers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 26, 2016
3 min

I’ve worked for months to recruit, and sometimes re-recruit, 93 speakers for GamesBeat 2016, our game conference that runs August 1-3 at the beautiful...

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June 2016 NPD: Interactive gaming-toy sales plummet 21% in June

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 22, 2016
1 min

Gamers are spending less on those “toys-to-life” statues. Interactive gaming toys dragged down the accessories sector of U.S. game sales in June, according to industry-tracking...