Animal Crossing New Horizons Happy Home Paradise expansion coming Nov. 5
Nintendo today announced in a special Direct that Animal Crossing: New Horizons would be getting a substantial update and a paid expansion called Happy...
Nintendo Switch hits 84.59 million units sold, with 28.8 million sold this past year
Nintendo reported its year-end financial results today and said the Switch sold more than 28.8 million consoles, up 37.1% in the past 12 months...
Here’s why (and how) we’ll see gaming’s influence span across industries, regions, and more in 2021
Gaming has been—and will continue to be—more pervasive across all kinds of areas: B2B content (for businesses), new consumer content (like concerts), and even...
2020 was the year of connected social games
The pandemic happened to all of us. And while the early sentiment that we were all in this together fell apart in the United...
The DeanBeat: The Game Awards show gaming’s past and future
The Game Awards always inspires me to think about the possibilities of gaming. The show looks into the past year, which now seems like...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting Halloween fun and reprinted Amiibo cards
Nintendo announced today that Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ Halloween event will start September 30 via a free update. It’ll also be reprinting more of...
The DeanBeat: What we’ve learned about pandemic gaming
The second-quarter earnings results from major game companies over the past two weeks have taught us more about how gamers are responding to the...
Nintendo Switch hits 61.4 million sold, Animal Crossing tops 22.4 million
Nintendo has sold more than 61.4 million Switch hybrid game consoles and more than 22.4 million copies of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As these...
May 2020 NPD: Surging video game sales near $1 billion for the month
May 2020 did not have any breakout new releases, but U.S. video game fans opened up their wallets regardless, according to industry-tracking firm the...
Spiketrap: Animal Crossing and Warzone surged on social in different ways
Animal Crossing: New Horizons surpassed all other games as the leader in social engagement during March as shelter-in-place rules began, according to data from...