Industry News May 6, 2020 EA’s profits skyrocket 200% Electronic Arts’ net income (profit) in the 2020 fiscal year rose to $3.039 billion, up 198.2 percent from the $1.019 generated in the 2019 fiscal year.
Industry News May 6, 2020 Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp earns $7.9 million in April, its highest revenue since launch Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp generated $7.9 million in April, which became the game’s best month ever.
Industry News May 6, 2020 GameAnalytics on mobile games: playtime up 62%, IAP spend temporarily grows 30% GameAnalytics has shared fresh data on how consumer behaviour changed in mobile games in response to lockdowns. The report analyzes traffic changes, playtime, IAP spend and genre trends in Q1 2020.
Industry News May 6, 2020 Epic releases Unreal Engine 4.25 with next-gen console support Developers can now download Unreal Engine 4.25, which supports Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X. The Fortnite company intends to update the vervsion throughout the year.
Industry News May 6, 2020 MicroProse is back with three new titles Last September, MicroProse, the publisher of the early Sid Meier’s Civilization and X-COM games, announced its comeback. Now the company launched Steam pages for its three new titles.