Accessibility finally matters to the game industry — but it needs to do better
Globally, 2.6 billion people spanning across geographical regions, generations, and socioeconomic backgrounds take part in digital gaming. This is a big portion of our...
PlayStation Now gets price cut to $10 as xCloud looms
Sony is giving PlayStation Now a price cut to stay competitive as new options enter the market. PlayStation Now is a subscription service with...
Minecraft Marketplace August 2019: Lucky Blocks tops the charts
The Minecraft Marketplace didn’t have any major sales or events in August, but players still racked up 7,167,675 downloads for the month. That’s behind...
Xbox overthrows Nintendo for most-seen TV ads game industry ramps up spending
Xbox has overtaken longtime chart-topper Nintendo for TV ad impressions in the most recent 30 days; its commercials account for almost 60% of the...
Xbox Game Pass gets Saints Row 4 on PC and Bloodstained on console
Microsoft is continues to add more content to the Xbox Game Pass subscription services. During its Inside Xbox video event today, the company revealed...
Project xCloud game-streaming test goes public in October
Microsoft is moving Project xCloud into its next phase. The game-streaming technology will open up to a public test in the United States, United...
NPD: Video game business is still growing despite disruption
Video games are going through a transition period. But this shift isn’t necessarily about the jump from one console generation to another. Instead, companies...
Gears 5 gets over 3 million players in its first weekend
Gears 5 is off to a strong start, seeing over 3 million players in its first weekend, according to Microsoft. The third-person shooter debuted...
Gears 5 interview — Rod Fergusson explains the story, characters, accessibility, and ending
Rod Fergusson, studio head of The Coalition, went out on a limb recently when he said that Gears of War 5 is the finest...
How Zynga looks for the right game companies to acquire
When Zynga sold its San Francisco headquarters for $600 million in May, the social mobile game company received a lot of fresh gunpower for...