News September 24, 2019 Take-Two to pursue opportunities in India, Africa and Middle East “The biggest opportunities we see are in Asia, and then, over a longer period of time, probably in India and in Africa,” said Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick at the annual meeting of shareholders.
News September 24, 2019 Google Play Pass: How it rewards developers A premium games subscription is arriving at Google Play. Google has posted details about its Play Pass subsription platform.
News September 23, 2019 Borderlands series hits $1 billion milestone 2K Games announced Borderlands 3 sales figures, which mean the total revenue of the series has topped $1 billion. This is the second franchise in the history of 2K Games to have hit this mark (the first one is NBA 2K).
News September 23, 2019 Video games vs climate change 21 gaming companies have joined the UN’s new Playing For The Planet Alliance to reduce the industry’s ecological footprint.
News September 23, 2019 Digital video games bring in $8.9 billion in August The last month of summer saw consumers spend $8.9 billion on digital copies of video games globally. 62% of this amount was spent on mobile.
News September 20, 2019 What media say about Apple Arcade Apple Arcade is now officially out in the world. Here’s what media have to say that have tested the service.
News September 20, 2019 French court rules Steam users can resell games (Updated) Four years ago, a French consumer group called UFC-Que Choisir sued Valve over Steam’s Subscriber Agreement. UFC Que Choisir found some of its clauses to be in breach of consumer law.
News September 19, 2019 Twitch acquires IGDB to improve discoverability Twitch has purchased IGDB, the Internet Games Database, a website that combines the information about games into a comprehensive resource similar to Amazon’s IMDb.
News September 19, 2019 Jurassic World: Alive licensor to stop self-publishing mobile games NBCUniversal shuts down its mobile publishing operation. The company will focus on licensing its IP to external publishers.
News September 18, 2019 BioWare veteran starts indie studio in Australia Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age writer David Gaider became the co-founder of Summerfall Studios. It is located in Australia and is about to unveil its first project.