Mythical Games expands overseas and acquires assets of U.K. game studio Shortround Games
Mythical Games has acquired tech and staff from Shortround Games, a game studio based in Brighton, England. And Mythical, the maker of Blankos Block...
Age of Empires studio leader Shannon Loftis retires after 29 years at Microsoft
Shannon Loftis, a longtime game leader at Microsoft, is retiring from the company’s Age of Empires studio after 29 years at Microsoft. Loftis is...
Roblox will launch VIP party and musical show for The Brit Awards
Roblox will host a first-ever virtual VIP party for The Brit Awards, the United Kingdom’s version of the Grammys. Roblox will host the post-show...
Take-Two bookings grow 6% to $866.1M in holiday quarter
Take-Two Interactive reported revenues for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31 today that beat expectations, with net bookings of $866.1 million, up 6%...
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition beats Take-Two’s expectations
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition launched in a rough shape when it debuted in November for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series...
The DeanBeat: Metaverses that aren’t really metaverses
Another week, another round of crazy acquisitions and metaverse hype in the game industry. While I’m very proud of the 30 or so sessions...
Drake Star Partners: Game deals could nearly double to $150B in 2022
Game deals are expected to nearly double to $150 billion in 2022, according to a forecast by investment bank Drake Star Partners. The report...
Ghostwire: Tokyo isn’t a horror game, it’s Japanese ‘Ghostbusters’
Ghostwire: Tokyo is launching on March 25 for PlayStation 5 and PC. Publisher Bethesda confirmed that date as part of its gameplay reveal video...
Activision is making more Call of Duty to deal with the declining performance of Call of Duty
Call of Duty revenue was down on console and PC during the fourth quarter of last year, according to Activision Blizzard’s latest earnings report....
Activision Blizzard earnings fall short of expectations
Activision Blizzard‘s net bookings of $2.49 billion in the fourth quarter ended December 31 fell short of expectations on Wall Street, with the net...