Activision Blizzard announced today that Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch on March 12 to celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary. A PC release will follow later this year.
Crash Bandicoot 4 first came out for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 2. Following the success of 2017’s N. Sane Trilogy, which contained remakes of the…
Ubisoft has its strongest quarter in company history
February 9, 2021
Ubisoft has posted its financial results for the third quarter of 2020-2021, boasting its best quarter ever.
The period ended on December 31. During the three months, Ubisoft released huge games, including Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and Watch…
Take-Two Interactive reported today that revenue for its third fiscal quarter (fourth calendar quarter ended December 31) beat Wall Street’s expectations, with revenue coming in at $860.9 million on a GAAP basis, down 7.5% from a year ago.
The company credited sales of NBA…
Electronic Arts acquires Glu Mobile for $2.4 billion
February 9, 2021
Electronic Arts is getting into the Kim Kardashian business. At least, that is the case if its deal to grab mobile gaming behemoth Glu Mobile goes through. EA announced its plans today to acquire Glu in a deal worth $2.4 billion. The companies expect the acquisition to close in second quarter of this year. This is EA’s second major acquisition in recent weeks, following its move to bring…
Component shortages hit PS5, will Battlefield go free-to-play, and more | GB Decides 182
February 6, 2021
The gaming industry dropped a load of financial news over the last week. That has left the GamesBeat Decides crew to talk about PlayStation 5sales, component shortages, and more on this week’s episode.
Join GamesBeat editors Mike Minotti and Jeff Grubb as they tackle the…
ZeniMax Media CEO Robert Altman passes away at 73
February 5, 2021
ZeniMax Media chairman and CEO Robert Altman has passed away at the age of 73. The leader of the parent company of video game publisher Bethesda Softworks was in the midst of selling Bethesda to Microsoft for $7.5 billion.
Microsoft’s purchase of Bethesda for so much money…
Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street’s expectations with 21% revenue growth to $2.41 billion for the fourth quarter ended December 31.
Activision’s Call of Duty franchise continued to outperform last year’s results as people continued to play a lot more games during the pandemic. Activision launched Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War in November on the existing…
Call of Duty just had its best year ever
February 5, 2021
As part of its earnings report today, Activision Blizzard revealed that the Call of Duty had its strongest year ever in 2020. The series had over 100 million monthly average players during the year, and net bookings were at about double what they were in 2019.
Call of Duty…
EA moves closer to $1.2 billion Codemasters purchase
February 5, 2021
EA has edged closer to buying Codemasters after shareholders of the latter approved the takeover. Out of 76 shareholders, 63 approved EA’s $1.2 billion bid. Those who voted for the deal hold just under 99 percent of the total Codemasters stock.
Competition regulators…
A Sonic Lego set is coming
February 5, 2021
Everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog is about to get his own Lego set. You can thank 24-year-old Sonic fan Viv Grannell and the Lego Ideas program for bringing Lego and Sega together. Over the years, the initiative, which allows fans to submit designs they’d like to see the company manufacture, has produced some truly delightful sets, including a handful of fun NASA-themed ones. Grannell’s…
