PUBG Mobile was kicked out of the Indian market last fall, but now a successor is on its way, developed by the same company Krafton. The new name will be Battleground Mobile India, and this time it will bring localized in-game events.
PUBG (Player Unknown’s Battleground) pulled out of the Asian country after the local government actually banned it, quoting the app was “prejudicial to the…
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The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has picked up more virtual-event exhibitors: Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, and Gearbox are joining the event.
E3 will take place as online this year after skipping 2020…
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The Call of Duty League plans to return to a major tournament where the participants can play in person on a fast network in June. But the audience for that event will have to be online, as the league isn’t yet…
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Ubisoft announced today that it is expanding one of its key franchises with Tom Clancy’s The Division: Heartland, a standalone free-to-play game that is coming to PC, consoles, and cloud platforms in 2021/2022.
But that is just part of Ubisoft’s plans for the franchise. It is also working on a Division mobile game, and The Division…
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Nintendo reported an operating profit of 640 billion yen, which converts to about $5.86 billion. That is a massive haul, and the highest profits the company has ever reported. This comes as the company shipped…
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Nintendo reported its year-end financial results today and said the Switch sold more than 28.8 million units, up 37.1%, in the past 12 months ended March 31.
Lifetime sales of the Switch are now at 84.59 million…
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an unstoppable sales juggernaut. The game has surpassed 35 million copies sold since it debuted in 2017. From April 2020 through March 2021 alone, Nintendo sold 10.62 million copies of the mascot racer. That makes Mario Kart 8 Deluxe one of the best-selling games through that period even when compared against some…
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Nintendo may plan to get serious about Hollywood and animated films. The company today nominated Illumination chief executive officer Chris Meledandri as a new outside director. This is a role on the board of…
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Mobile game publisher Zynga has agreed to acquire mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million in cash.
It’s an interesting deal because Zynga is reaching outside of its usual food chain to…
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Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting stellar bookings and revenues in the first quarter that ended March 31 thanks to the strong performance of its existing games and Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells.
Zynga also continued its acquisition spree, moving out of its usual food chain to agree to pay $250 million for…
