December saw new records for consumer spending on video games in the United States of $7.7 billion, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. The new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S hardware drove that, but ongoing success for Nintendo’s Switch platform was also instrumental.
“December 2020 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories reached a December…
Gamers spent a lot more time playing on Steam in 2020
January 15, 2021
With most of us spending much more time at home than usual in 2020, it’s hardly a shock that we spent many of those hours playing games. Valve has revealed Steam stats that show just how much we relied on games to get us through lockdowns and the shift to working from…
Steam customers purchased 21.4% more games in 2020 than in 2019
January 14, 2021
Last year was a big one for Valve Software’s Steam. The PC game-distribution platform had a massive audience that engaged even more with gaming during the ongoing global pandemic. That led to an increase in game purchases of 21.4% year-over-year in 2021. Valve summed up…
Ubisoft is making the Star Wars game that EA couldn’t
January 14, 2021
Ubisoft is making an open-world . Lucasfilm Limited and Ubisoft made the announcement this morning, and you can read all of the known details in our story right here. Electronic Arts, the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order publisher, is continuing to make Star Wars games as well. But it is not renewing its exclusivity agreement with Walt Disney. So what’s happening here? The simplest explanation is…
Ubisoft announced today it will make a new Star Wars game in collaboration with Disney’s Lucasfilm Games division.
The title from Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment — the maker of The Division open world series — will be a story-driven open-world Star Wars…
Ubisoft is making an open-world Star Wars game
January 13, 2021
You knew the resurrected Lucasfilm Games brand would eventually produce a Star Wars game, but now it’s clear just who will be involved — and this time, it’s not EA. Lucasfilm Games told Wired that Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment, the team behind The Division 2, is…
App Annie: Mobile games could grow 20% to $120 billion in 2021
January 13, 2021
Mobile game spending could grow 20% to $120 billion in 2021, according to a report by mobile data and analytics provider App Annie. The firm also said that overall mobile app spending hit $143 billion in 2020.
The San Francisco company’s State of Mobile 2021 report showed that the pandemic accelerated mobile adoption as consumers used their mobile devices to connect, work, learn, play and escape…
We’ve known for some time that Super Mario 3D World‘s Switch port would come with a new campaign, Bowser’s Fury. Now we have an idea of what that will look like, and it’s surprising.
Super Mario 3D World is one of the last major Wii U exclusives to come to the…
Nintendo reveals new Switch with red and blue Mario colors
January 12, 2021
Nintendo is launching a special edition of its Switch console to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The publisher revealed the red and blue-themed Mario console, which launches February 12 alongside Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury.
The Mario-themed…
One of the best games of 2019 is getting an update to run better on the consoles of 2021. Publisher Electronic Arts revealed a new Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order patch will improve performance to take advantage of the powerful Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 consoles. This update is rolling out now.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order now has an improved framerate on PS5 and the new Xbox hardware. These…
