The ‘e’ in esports also stands for ‘engagement’
Who would have thought we’d live in a world where we’d even fathom video games worthy of consideration as an Olympic sport? Or where...
Is Fortnite killing game company stocks?
Since October, major game company stocks have been down significantly. Of course, much of this was due to an overall market decline. However, as...
Activision Blizzard is reportedly planning hundreds of layoffs
The video game industry isn’t done with its bad news, it seems. Bloomberg reported that Activision Blizzard plans to lay off hundreds of people...
The DeanBeat: Wall Street hates game companies again. How dumb!
Electronic Arts saw its stock price fall off a cliff this week as it acknowledged in an earnings call that Battlefield V didn’t sell...
Sensor Tower: Fortnite makes $500 million on iOS in less than a year
Fortnite on iOS reached the $500 million mark in worldwide revenue by the end of 2018, according to estimates from market analyst Sensor Tower. The...
Twitch viewers watched 9.36 billion hours of content in 2018
StreamElements, a company that creates tech for streamers, released a report called “State of the Stream” that has details on Twitch and YouTube Gaming‘s...
State Farm sponsors Fortnite streamer DrLupo
State Farm announced today that it has entered a sponsorship agreement with Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, one of the most popular Fortnite streamers in the world. DrLupo...
Apptopia: Helix Jump led all mobile games in Q4 2018 with 25.6 million daily players
Mobile intelligence providers such as Apptopia almost always make our top charts about rank, downloads, or IAP revenue. Every now and then, I dip...
The Carlton and Floss dances are no longer in Forza Horizon 4
We can dance if we want to. We can leave your friends behind. But if your friends dance the “Carlton” and “Floss” in Forza...
SuperData: Digital games grew 13% to $119.6 billion in 2018; Fortnite earned $2.4 billion (updated)
Digital games and interactive media grew 13 percent to $119.6 billion in 2018, partly on the strength of Epic Games’ Fortnite, which itself generated...