December 2018 NPD: Smash Bros. beats Spider-Man in exclusives battle
Gaming fans in the United States spent $3.4 billion on video game software, hardware, and accessories in December, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD...
NPD 2018: The 20 best-selling games of the year
It was a record year for video games in the United States. The industry generated more than $43.4 billion in revenue, according to industry-tracking...
NPD: U.S. game sales hit a record $43.4 billion in 2018
The U.S. game industry made $43.4 billion in 2018, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Not only is this up 17 percent from 2017’s...
Why India’s ed-tech firm Byju’s paid $120 million for kids AR game maker Osmo
Last week, India’s ed-tech startup Byju acquired Osmo, a kid-focused augmented reality games for iPhones and iPads, for $120 million. That was a big move that...
How EA quickly captures 3D scans of athletes’ faces for its sports games
At the recent CES 2019 tech trade show in Las Vegas, Canon and Electronic Arts showed off how they capture 3D scans of the...
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...
Sony’s Shawn Layden is skipping E3, but he’ll speak at the DICE Summit
Sony recently announced that it is dropping out of the big Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show in June for the first time in...
Modularity will publish games from modders like Meeple Station
Scott Reismanis, founder of ModDB in Melbourne, Australia, has started a new publisher called Modularity that will publish games with a strong focus on...
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is finally coming to North America
NIS America announced today that the Japanese role-playing game The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is coming to North America on the...
Playtika acquires casual card game developer Supertreat
Social casino game giant Playtika announced it has acquired Supertreat, the Austria-based creator of card games on mobile devices. The move is part of an ongoing plan...