Why Ubisoft needs 12,000 game developers
If Vivendi had succeeded in its hostile takeover of Ubisoft, you can bet the French video game publisher wouldn’t still have 14,000 employees, including...
Apptopia: iOS games peak quickly, and top 50 take 76% of revenues
A new multi-year study from Apptopia quantifies the challenges for iOS game developers, showing that even top performers average under 28 days on the U.S. App Store's 50 top grossing list, and earn under $50,000 per day unless they're in the list's top 25.
May 2018 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console hardware platform in May in the United States, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. But the...
May NPD 2018: State of Decay’s second act chews its way to the top
The game industry was up 13 percent year-over-year in May, generating $685 million from May 2017’s $607 million, according to the industry-tracking firm The NPD Group....
Mighty Bear rises from Nonstop’s ashes with fresh funding for online games
Mighty Bear Games said today it has raised seed funding in the millions of dollars for its next-generation online games. It’s a globally focused games...
Trials Rising embraces the old motorbike mayhem that I love
A few weeks back, someone on Twitter asked to hear from people who have “comfort games.” These are games you can go back to...
The RetroBeat: ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron deserves more respect
I’ve been spending time with the recent Sega Genesis Collection on my PlayStation 4. I’ve been having fun going through the games that I’ve...
Nintendo scored biggest with Super Smash Bros. on Twitter during E3
Nintendo won the social media war, as measured by Twitter, during last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los...
World of Warships is sailing to PS4 and Xbox One in 2019
Wargaming announced today that its free-to-play online game World of Warships is coming to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2019. World of...
How Frontier leveled up movie games with Jurassic World Evolution
For the most part, movie games suck. (Insert long conversation here.) But NBCUniversal wanted a good game to go with the launch of its...