Ghost of Tsushima: Tips and tricks for slicing with style
Ghost of Tsushima is Sony’s last big exclusive for the PlayStation 4, debuting July 17. It’s a complicated open world game, so we’ve provided...
NPD: U.S. game-console spending up 25% through first half of 2020
In the United States, the pandemic dictates what our lives can look like. Even as some states attempted to reopen, many are going back...
June 2020 NPD: The Last of Us Part II has best U.S. launch month of the year
The video game business was up once again in the United States last month, but some segments are starting to cool off. June software...
Nexon shuts down its Orange County game studio
Nexon has shut down its game studio in Orange County, California, the company confirmed following chatter on social media. The shutdown of Nexon OC...
What the Xbox One X discontinuation means for the next generation of Xbox
Microsoft is beginning to phase out its current generation of hardware. The company is ending production for Xbox One X and Xbox One S...
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets xCloud streaming at no additional cost
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting another value-boosting feature. In September, Microsoft is combining its premium game-subscription service with its streaming Project xCloud technology....
GDC: Pandemic is clobbering indie game devs and freelancers
Small game development studios and freelancers are having a tough time coping with the pandemic, even though the video game industry hasn’t been hit...
TinyBuild acquires Hello Neighbor devs and will invest $15 million in franchise
Game publisher TinyBuild has acqui-hired the development team behind hit game series Hello Neighbor from Dynamic Pixels and will invest more than $15 million...
Game investments in Q2 2020: Fewer deals, but bigger value at $7.8 billion
The number of game investments and acquisitions in the second quarter of 2020 declined from the first quarter, but the value of the deals...
Ex-Valve luminary Anna Sweet joins J.J. Abrams’ game studio as CEO
Anna Sweet is the new chief executive officer of Bad Robot Games. Sweet, who is a games-industry veteran, will oversee efforts to build games...