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The Ascent is the latest Game Pass release to succeed beyond Xbox’s service

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The Ascent generated $5 million in revenue and topped the Steam global sales chart over its opening weekend. That’s according to publisher Curve Digital, which is hyping up the indie hit as a true “triple-A competitor.” That success is even more impressive considering many players could get the game at no…
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Planetarium nabs $2.6M for decentralized RPG Nine Chronicles

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Planetarium said its decentralized role-playing game Nine Chronicles, which uses nonfungible tokens (NFTs) so players can own and make their game assets, has raised $2.6 million. NFT gaming…
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Activision Blizzard’s Q2 2021 bookings drop 7% to $1.92B

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street’s and its own expectations with 19% revenue growth to $2.29 billion for the second quarter ended June 30. The earnings come the same day that the company announced that J. Allen Brack was no longer the president of Blizzard Entertainment and less than…
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Activision Blizzard creates new mobile studio for Call of Duty

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Activision Blizzard has created a new mobile game studio for the Call of Duty franchise. The studio is working on an unannounced title for the Call of Duty franchise. Daniel Alegre, the president…
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Take-Two spells out its diversity efforts amid Activision Blizzard problems

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick took some time during the company’s analyst call Monday to spell out the company’s efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Diversity rarely comes up during Wall Street analyst calls for video game companies, as the topics usually focus on company financials. But it did…
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8BitDo launches new Xbox media remotes

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The new generation of gaming consoles are great at playing games, but they are also excellent media devices. And peripheral manufacturer 8BitDo is launching two new Xbox media remotes to help…
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Nintendo and Sony are playing different games when it comes to TV advertising

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Nintendo flat-out dominated video game national TV advertising for the first half of 2021. But depending on your programming of choice, you may not have noticed. Overall, the industry drove 3.73 billion TV ad impressions, with an estimated $32.4 million spent, according to TV ad measurement and attribution company…
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