Coronavirus continues to disrupt video games industry: Sony and Facebook to skip GDC
PlayStation and Facebook Gaming/Oculus will not be coming to GDC 2020 due to concerns related to coronavirus.
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Apptica names top soft-launch countries
Analytics platform Apptica has released a report on UA trends in the mobile market. The paper specifically looks at soft-launch.
CD Projekt RED doing great on Steam and Warsaw Stock Exchange
CD Projekt RED announced that the Steam version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has generated over $50 million in revenue since October 1st 2018. Around that time, Valve’s storefront introduced a tiered revenue split…
ByteDance-owned studio releases coronavirus-themed game
In China, the publicity department of Haidian District Committee has partnered with the Communist Party’s official newspaper People’s Daily and casual games developer Ohayoo, which is owned by ByteDance.
Sensor Tower predicts global growth for word games in 2020
While it’s been a while since we heard about any blockbusters among word games, 2020 will be a good year for the genre. Sensor Tower predicts global growth in that category driven by its popularity…
January’s best on Steam
Steam named top 20 releases of January. And, separately, top five free-to-play games that came out last month.
Didital Foundry on next-gen console pricing: $399 very much doable
Last week Bloomberg reported how manufacturing a PS5 unit now costs $450. From that, the newspaper assumed that the retail price for Sony’s next-get console should be around $470. However, Richard Leadbetter, Technology Editor at…
ByteDance steps up its game in gaming with personnel changes and plans to take on Honor of Kings
TikTok developer is gearing up to seriously expand into the gaming market. Big releases, diversification and competition with Tencent are imminent. ByteDance is going to appoint an executive who will solely focus on running its…
UPD: THQ Nordic parent company acquires World War Z makers. THQ Nordic to set up new studio to work on Gothic remake
Saber Interactive will now become part of Embracer Group. It will be the fifth operating company of the group previously known as THQ Nordic AB.
Unto the End makers on their deal with Xbox Game Pass
Subscriptions are becoming an increasingly valid model for both platform holders and players. Are they good for developers? There is still a lot of speculation and concern around that. Especially when attempts are made to…