2019 game industry ad spend: a quieter year
At iSpot.tv, we found that the game industry spent an estimated $319.6 million on television ads in 2019 (January 1 through December 8), a...
GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson’s favorite games of 2019
Each year, it gets harder to nail down my favorite games of the past season. Part of this is because there are just so...
Sony reveals new PlayStation DualShock 4 Back Button attachment
Sony revealed the DualShock 4 Back Button attachment today, which (as the name implies) adds buttons to the back of the PlayStation 4 controller....
Sony’s Ghost of Tsushima will launch in summer 2020
Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima will debut in the summer of 2020 on Sony’s PlayStation 4 console. The game for Sony’s PlayStation 4 got...
PlayStation reduces TV ads in November as game industry boosts spend to $62.7 million
As the holiday season arrives, the gaming industry as a whole has been increasing its TV ad spend: In November, 13 brands spent an...
The RetroBeat: Learning to love PlayStation after years of bitterness
I wish I appreciated the original PlayStation back when it was new. Sony’s first console celebrated its 25th anniversary on December 3. When the...
Console-free gaming may start with the cloud — but will need the edge
The video gaming world is bracing for a cloud-based, console-less future. By ditching expensive PCs and consoles, and making games accessible on the devices...
PlayStation 4’s first six years were better than every console except PS2 and Wii
The NPD Group’s report for U.S. game sales in October included an interesting nugget about the PlayStation 4‘s success. The system has had the...
PlayStation’s DualShock 4 will soon work with Xbox cloud games
Microsoft had a lot to announce at its X019 event in London today. But one of the strangest tidbits is that you will soon...
PlayStation leads October’s game industry ad spend, but NFL TV networks are the big winners
The game industry’s TV ad spend increased in October for the second month in a row, up to an estimated $60.3 million from September’s...