Sony released charts showing the top downloads on the PlayStation 4’s digital store for March, and Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty franchise dominated the month.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the latest main installment in the shooter franchise that hit in September, was the most downloaded PS4 game in March. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered, which only includes the single-player…
Gaming industry TV ad spend is rising — blame Tom Nook
April 13, 2020
Even with much of the U.S. economy shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the gaming sector upped its advertising outlay for television to an estimated $17.3 million in March—$5.3 million more than February’s spend. As we’ve previously mentioned, gaming could…
More than $700 million was invested in game startups in the first quarter, though that amount is down from the year-earlier period, according to data collected by Sergei Evdokimov, investment associate at Mail.ru Games Ventures.
It was a big dip, but it’s not bad for a…
Call of Duty: Warzone interview — Why Modern Warfare’s narrative continues with the new season
April 11, 2020
Call of Duty: Warzone is Activision’s most successful post-launch content for a Call of Duty game, with more than 50 million downloads for the free-to-play battle royale mode in just a month.
And yes, I’m one of those players working hard from home. But the latest update threw me for a loop. The stand-alone download, set in the rebooted universe of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, is also unique…
Working from home has never been better thanks to Call of Duty: Warzone. Activision has announced that the battle royale version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has now hit 50 million downloads in the month since its debut on March 10.
That’s an astonishing achievement for…
Sega Europe announced that it has promoted two key executives at Creative Assembly, the United Kingdom studio behind the Total War series of real-time strategy games.
Tim Heaton will assume a new role as Sega Europe’s chief studio officer. He was formerly in a bridge role…
Universal Games and Digital Platforms and Zynga are collaborating to bring more Fast & Furious cars to CSR Racing 2 mobile game. This means that cars inspired by Universal Pictures’ blockbuster movie series will appear in the game through a series of special events.
Zynga has featured Fast & Furious cars in limited events in the past, including in the past two springs. Now it will…
Double Eleven announced today that it has tapped Ian Ng to lead its new studio in Malaysia capital Kuala Lumpur.
Ng has over 20 years of experience working in the gaming industry, including time spent at LucasArts and Ubisoft Signapore, where he worked on the Assassin’s…
Twitch expands Watch Parties so we can view Prime movies and TV shows together remotely
April 10, 2020
Twitch is expanding the beta for Watch Parties to all U.S. Twitch partners, enabling people to watch Amazon Prime movies and television shows together, even though they’re physically apart.
Watch Parties enable Twitch creators and their viewers with active Prime…
Steam is still one of the better ways for developers to make money from their games. But with thousands of new releases hitting Valve Software’s PC gaming store each year, it can seem like that opportunity is dwindling. But that’s not the case for most games, according to a report from Valve. The company has found that more games are succeeding than ever on Steam.
Since “success” is…
