Kwalee expands to Asia
Kwalee, the UK-based publisher and developer of hyper-casual games, is planning to open its first overseas studio in Bangalore, India.
Over $100 million spent on Oculus Quest VR content
Oculus announced in a blog post that users have spent more than $100 million on Quest content.
PlayStation Now audience grows to 2.2 million
PlayStation Now has more than 2.2 million subscribers, as revealed by Sony in an investor presentation. That’s roughly twice as many as last year.
DARK SOULS III surpasses 10 million copies sold
DARK SOULS III came out in 2016 and has sold over 10 million physical and digital copies since then.
US consumer spending on games reaches hits all-time high in Q1 2020
US consumers spent a record $10.8 billion on video games in the first quarter of 2020, according to NPD, via VGC. This is up 9 percent year over year. The surge in spending is clearly…
System Shock 3 funded by Tencent?
The ownership of the SystemShock3.com and SystemShock4.com websites has beent transferred from OtherSide Entertainment to Tencent Holdings.
Minecraft played by 126 million monthly
After 11 years on the market, Minecraft is still going strong, with 126 million people playing the title every month. By now, the game has sold over 200 million copies, excluding China where the free-to-play version…
Mi’pu’mi Games’ Gregor Eigner on studio culture, European history, and sensitive topics in games
The Flower Collectors is a detective game that came out on April 21. While essentially a point-and-click adventure, it offers other mechanics as well, including timed events, and even secondary story storylines. The game features an unusual setting (Barcelona,…
Experts to discuss game design of tactical RPG games on WN Hub
On May 20 at 9:00 (UTC+1) tune in on the WN Hub for a roundtable discussion on Game Design of Tactical RPG Games. This will be the first in the series of the WN Talk events devoted to various…
Fortnite shoots past $1b in lifetime spending on App Store
Fortnite has surpassed $1 billion in lifetime player spend on mobile.