Industry News January 17, 2020 Horizon: Zero Dawn releasing on PC? As Kotaku’s Jason Schreier learned from his source, one of biggest PS 4 exclusives Horizon: Zero Dawn might be coming to PC.
Industry News January 16, 2020 Indie Games Festival to be held in Europe, Japan and South Korea Google Play is accepting applications for the 2020 Indie Games Festival.
Industry News January 16, 2020 Epic Games Store now has games rating system, courtesy of OpenCritic The Epic Games Store has introduced a games rating system, something it has been painfully missing up to now. This comes in the form of integration with OpenCritic, a site telling how many critics recommend buying a particular game across professional media sites and gaming blogs.
Industry News January 15, 2020 Biggest EGS exclusives and how many copies they sell Gaming analytics firm PlayTracker shared an insight into how many copies major Epic Games exlusives sold in 2019.
Industry News January 15, 2020 Underwater survival Subnautica clears 5 million copies sold Unknown Worlds has sold more than 5 million copies of Subnautica. This does not include free downloads from the Epic Games Store.
Industry News January 15, 2020 Foreseen consequences: Valve Index sold out globally Half-Life: Alyx launches in about two months for a number of PC VR devices. That the beloved IP would sell lots of Valve Index headsets was pretty clear from the get go.
Industry News January 15, 2020 Epic Games Store’s year one: $680 million spent on games, 108 million accounts registered Since the Epic Games Store launched on December 6, 2018, users have spent $680 million on the platform. Of this amount, third-party titles account for $251 million.
Industry News January 15, 2020 Twitter Ads named most effective ad network for marketing console and PC games Microblogging service Twitter is the best platform for marketing PC and console games, according to marketing company Gamesight. It even surpasses the major ad network from Google.
Industry News January 14, 2020 Ubisoft to launch auto chess title Ubisoft announced an upcoming title in the auto chess genre. It will be called Might and Magic: Chess Royale. The release is planned for January 30.
Industry News January 14, 2020 PlayStation to skip E3. Again This year, PlayStation will not be attending E3. The console manufacturer explained that the format of the event does not fit into its marketing strategy.
Industry News January 13, 2020 ByteDance acquires LevelupAI ByteDance, which owns TikTok, has purchased AI developer LevelupAI. The developer is based in Beijing. No information is available on the price.
Industry News January 13, 2020 Self-optimizing ads improve CTR Following two years of developing and testing, ad analytics platform Playable Platform announced some stats on their self-optimizing ad technology.
Industry News January 10, 2020 AppMagic: top games by downloads and revenue in December 2019 AppMagic rounded up the top mobile games by downloads and revenue in December 2019.
Industry News January 10, 2020 1,570 games licensed in China in 2019, down 81.5% from 2017 In 2019, only 1,570 video games were licensed by the Chinese authorities, according to Niko Partners. That’s way less than 8,500 at the peak in 2017.
Industry News January 10, 2020 Most tweeted about games in 2019 Twitter posted a leaderboard of games that generated the most buzz among its users in the past year. Fate/Grand Order occupied the top spot in the ranking, with Fortnite being the second most tweeted about title and Final Fantasy coming in third.
Industry News January 9, 2020 Tencent invests in PlatinumGames Tencent made a capital investment in PlatinumGames, the studio behind Bayonetta. No details were disclosed, but the developer says that the deal will not affect how the company operates.
Industry News January 9, 2020 Clash of Clans generates $727 million in 2019. 27% YoY growth courtesy of Gold Pass Supercell is once again one of top five highest-grossing mobile game publishers globally in 2019. Its flagship title Clash of Clans grossed $727 million in the past year.
Industry News January 6, 2020 2019 in video games: Sensor Tower’s Randy Nelson on all things mobile With the festive mist of the holiday season clearing away, Randy Nelson, Head of Mobile Insights at Sensor Tower, looks back at 2019. We join him to discuss what the past year meant for mobile.
Industry News December 31, 2019 IndieDB: Indie of the Year 2019 IndieDB named the best indie games from the past year. There are two parrallel rankings: the best games across 11 categories selected by the IndieDB editors and 10 best games chosen by players.
Industry News December 31, 2019 One of 2019 biggest indie successes: Untitled Goose Game surpasses 1 million copies sold It took indie hit Untitled Goose Game three months to sell 1 million copies. The news was proudly conveyed by Cabel Sasser, co-founder at Panic, the game’s publisher.