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Nintendo sells 8.3M Switch units in six months ended September 30

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Nintendo sold 8.3 million Switch hardware units in the past six months ended September 30, the Japanese company reported today. For the six months ended September 30, Nintendo reported sales of $6.73 billion, up from $5.46 billion a year ago. Overall profit was $1.86 billion, up…
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EA doubles bookings to $1.85B for September 2021 quarter

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Electronic Arts reported better-than-expected earnings today for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, as the game publisher saw big engagement with…
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Majority of EA’s growth comes from live-service games

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Electronic Arts held its second quarter earnings call for fiscal year 2022 earlier today. The publisher proclaimed the reporting period its strongest second quarter in company history. One of the major components of the company’s current success is strong performance of its…
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Activision Blizzard delays Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Activision Blizzard today revealed in its quarterly earnings report that it would be delaying the release of Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV. The company was not…
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Return of GoldenEye 007 and the best Nintendo controller | Last of the Nintendogs 018

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  The best Nintendo podcast on the face of the planet is back. This time, the Last of the Nintendogs talk about Goldeneye 007, Pikmin Bloom, and more. Join them, won’t you? Join the podcast’s Discord server Jeff Grubb’s Twitter Mike Minotti’s Twitter Watch live Friday…
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Splash raises $20M to expand Roblox music-making tools

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Splash, the developer of the Roblox-based music-making creation kit of the same name, has announced it raised $20 million to expand its offerings. The…
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Fortnite is shutting down in China

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  After more than two years of testing, Fortnite is shutting down in China on November 15. The game never officially launched in that territory and was…
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Tencent keeps investing in PUBG Mobile esports in the Americas

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  PUBG Mobile is a huge gaming property with more than $6 billion in lifetime player spending. And while much of that success has been in Asia, Tencent continues to invest in making the mobile game more popular in North America and Western markets. One of the ways it is doing that…
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