Electronic Arts doubles down on EA Play brand with EA Desktop app
Electronic Arts is launching a new EA Desktop app, a beta version of its revamped Origin online gaming service that EA calls a next-generation...
Nintendo Switch sets new August hardware sales record in the U.S.
Nintendo’s bank account is still growing in 2020. The company’s Switch console sales saw a huge year-over-year increase, and that led the system to...
Sonic the Hedgehog marks 30th birthday with an encyclo-speed-ia and other merch
Sonic the Hedgehog is celebrating his 30th birthday next year, with 2021 marking the milestone anniversary of his 1991 debut for the Sega Genesis....
August 2020 NPD: Madden and UFC supercharge U.S. game sales
The gaming audience in the United States showed up to spend money again last month. Consumers spent $3.3 billion on video game hardware, software,...
If Nvidia buys Arm, how open will it remain?
For weeks, we’ve heard rumors that Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Arm from Softbank. The latest acquisition price is more than $40...
Standalone VR headsets are finally ready to make a big leap forward
Tech company media events broadly divide into two categories: Apple-style events where completed new products are revealed just before they hit stores, and Qualcomm-style...
Apple allows game streaming on iOS, but demands approval and a 30% cut
Apple today loosened its iOS App Store Review Guidelines for streaming games from services such as Microsoft xCloud, Google Stadia, and Nvidia GeForce Now....
WildWorks’ Animal Jam online playground hits 130 million registered players after a decade
WildWorks’ Animal Jam wasn’t all that impressive when it launched on the PC in 2010. It had just six two-dimensional animals, but kids liked...
Hyper Scape launches turbo mode September 15
Ubisoft announced that its Hyper Scape battle royale game will get a turbo mode that speeds up the gameplay. It launches September 15. The...
Aiden Pearce returns in Watch Dogs: Legion as playable character
Aiden Pearce, the star of the first Watch Dogs game, will return as a playable character in Watch Dogs: Legion, the third game in...