Dark Souls III helps push digital game sales to $6.2B in April
Spending on digital gaming continues to rise as more people make purchases on their consoles, PCs, and smartphones. In April, digital game sales rose...
Oculus Rift delays are hurting VR spending, but it’s not a long-term problem
Many customers are still waiting for Oculus VR to ship their preordered Rift headsets, and every day that those consumers don’t have their virtual...
Digital gaming rakes in $6.2B in February thanks to PlayStation 4, Xbox One
People continue to spend more money on digital games. Consumers spent $6.2 billion on downloadable releases and microtransactions in free-to-play mobile and Web games...
Digital and physical gaming-data firms team up to give broader insight into the market
Game companies rarely want to share data about how their products perform, but two intelligence firms are partnering to help expose as much information...
League of Legends, Clash of Clans, and CrossFire drive digital games to $61.3B in 2015
There’s no putting the digital genie back in the bottle. Digital-game revenue grew to $61.3 billion in 2015, up 8 percent, according to a...
The DeanBeat: 10 predictions for the game industry in 2016
The video game business is unpredictable. But if you can predict the trends with a reasonable degree of accuracy, your company can gain a...
Dota 2’s revenues slide even as worldwide digital sales reach $5.5B in October, according to analyst
October was the biggest month of the year so far for digital game sales, but one industry analyst claims that did not help Dota...
Activision’s $5.9B King deal will rewrite the gaming landscape
Activision Blizzard’s $5.9 billion purchase of Candy Crush Saga maker King Digital Entertainment will alter the gaming industry in the years ahead. The giant...
Esports is already worth $748M, but it’ll reach $1.9B by 2018
Competitive gaming is growing into a lucrative industry at a rapid rate as Americans and Europeans turn more of their attention to it. Esports...
FIFA, Metal Gear Solid V score in the top 5 of September’s digital download revenue rankings
FIFA 16 and Metal Gear Solid V dove into the top five games for digital downloads in September, but some other older titles still...