E3 picks virtual-event exhibitors Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, and Gearbox
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has picked up more virtual-event exhibitors: Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, and Gearbox are joining the event. E3 will...
USC Games establishes Gerald A. Lawson Fund to help Black and indigenous students
USC Games and Take-Two Interactive have created a new endowment to fund Black and indigenous students in game design and engineering. Named after video...
Nintendo sold 10.6 million copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe last year
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an unstoppable sales juggernaut. The game has surpassed 35 million copies sold since it debuted in 2017. From April...
Nintendo Switch has 36 ‘million-seller’ games (including 14 third-party games)
Nintendo reported an operating profit today of 640 billion yen, which converts to about $5.86 billion. That is a massive haul, and the highest...
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...
EA acquires Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead
Electronic Arts announced today that it has acquired Metalhead Software, the studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series. “EA Sports and Metalhead are teaming...
Gamescom announces online-only festival in August, reversing hybrid event plan
Reversing a plan announced in March, Gamescom will no longer try to do a hybrid gaming expo this summer. Instead, it will focus on an...
Riot Games will launch Wild Rift esports tournament in late 2021
Riot Games will launch the League of Legends: Wild Rift esports tournament in late 2021. The company hopes to apply the lessons of a...
Resident Evil: Village review — Find your courage
I hope you all appreciate me. I am a coward. And yet I played Resident Evil: Village so I could do this review. You’re...
Diablo: Immortal is on target for global release this year
As part of today’s Activision Blizzard earnings announcement, the company revealed that Diablo: Immortal is on track for a global release later in 2021....