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...
Activision buys Candy Crush Saga publisher King for $5.9B
One of the biggest publishers of traditional games in the world now also owns one of the biggest mobile publishers. Call of Duty, World...
The App Store is burying some Apple TV apps — and developers are fuming
One of the big innovations with the new Apple TV is that it has full app support, but some early supporters this device are feeling...
Windows 10 adoption passes 25% on Steam
Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for October, and it revealed that more than one in every four gamers on Steam is...
Tencent, Sony, Microsoft, and EA show that the multiplatform strategy — console, PC, and mobile — is golden in 2015
The industry is making plenty of money these days. Games market research group Newzoo today released its list of the top 25 public game...
Windows 10 grabs 7.94% market share, slowly stealing from Windows 7 and XP
Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade isn’t winning over as many users as the company probably had hoped. After three months, Windows 10 has captured...
Meet the game developers of Mexico: a growing community
For the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), Mexico’s time has come. It’s a growing games market — the 13th globally for game revenues, according to...
EA reports earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations
Big video game publisher Electronic Arts has been on a roll since Andrew Wilson took over as chief executive in September 2013. And that roll...
Pew: 68% of U.S. adults now own a smartphone, 45% have a tablet
More than two-thirds of Americans now own a smartphone, and almost half have a tablet. The latest findings come from American think tank Pew....
Twitch Creative livestreaming finds new audiences for artists and musicians
Twitch draws more than 100 million people a month to view live broadcasts of video games. But the social video platform is also expanding...
