Bobby Kotick reflects on 3 decades running one of gaming’s giants
With 30 years of experience, Bobby Kotick has the longest record of any CEO of a major video game company. His company, Activision Blizzard,...
How Jam City balances employee welfare, growth in the pandemic, and doing right by gamers
Jam City has grown dramatically over the years to become one of the industry’s largest mobile game companies. But its mission isn’t all about...
Sony expects an even better year for PlayStation 5 first-party games
Sony reported its annual financial results this morning, and the company’s gaming division is doing well. PlayStation 5 hardware sales are on a record...
PlayStation 5 sales are hot, but Sony’s profit powerhouse is services
PlayStation 5 is on a record pace in terms of hardware shipments for Sony. And while those sales reveal raw demand for consoles, Sony...
Sony has shipped 7.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles as of March
PlayStation 5 is outpacing the PlayStation 4 in terms of consoles shipped. Through the end of March, Sony has sold 7.8 million PS5s into...
Wildlife opens indie studio SuperWow Games in Austin and Melbourne
Wildlife is a big mobile game developer and publisher, and it’s getting bigger. It’s opening a second independent game studio, SuperWow Games, in Austin,...
Xbox Series X/S demand drives 232% growth for Microsoft gaming hardware
Microsoft’s gaming division helped contribute a significant boost to its revenue during its fiscal Q3 2021 earnings report today. Xbox hardware revenue jumped 232%...
Huuuge acquires match-3 game Traffic Puzzle for $38.9M
Huuuge, a maker of social casino games that recently went public in Poland, has acquired the free-to-play match-3 game Traffic Puzzle from Picadilla Games...
Nintendo finally adds online play to a huge Switch hit
Nintendo is finally updating Super Mario Party with online play. This comes — well, not just in time for stay-at-home orders due to the...
Respawn’s documentary Oscar for Colette is a win for VR
Virtual reality earned a great public relations coup from the Oscars. Respawn Entertainment, a division of Electronic Arts, and Oculus Studios won an Academy...