April 2020 NPD: U.S. game spending breaks records
Cooped-up consumers spent truckloads of cash on video games in April, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Spending on tracked new games, hardware,...
NPD: U.S. games spending hits new record in Q1
Millions of Americans turned to video games as a source of entertainment and social connection in March. And that led to a significant increase...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has sold over 13.41 million copies
As part of its financial results today, Nintendo revealed that Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold over 13.41 million copies in its first six weeks. New...
AI Weekly: Animal Crossing, ICLR, and the future of research conferences online
This week, the world’s machine learning community got a good look at what digital research conferences will look like in a post-coronavirus future, as...
Game industry doubles down on U.S. TV ads during pandemic
TV ad impressions nearly doubled for gaming brands from March 16 through April 15 compared to the previous 30-day period, suggesting that even as...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons launch sales surpass any Mario or Zelda in U.S.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the best-selling game in the U.S. for March, according to The NPD Group. But that is just the start...
GamesBeat Decides 146: Sony faces PlayStation 5 manufacturing troubles
Sony is struggling to manufacture the PlayStation 5, and the GamesBeat Decides crew talks all about that on this week’s episode. Also in the...
6 weeks with Animal Crossing: New Horizons reveals many frustrations
I’ve had Animal Crossing: New Horizons for six weeks. Nintendo sent me a copy for review at the end of February, and I’ve played...
Gaming industry TV ad spend is rising — blame Tom Nook
Even with much of the U.S. economy shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the gaming sector upped its advertising outlay for television to...
Here’s the Animal Crossing: New Horizons ska cover you needed
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out now, and I love it. I’m still playing every day, and the music is one of the things...