Electronic Arts had high hopes for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and the publisher announced today that developer Respawn’s sci-fi adventure surpassed its outlook. The company is taking this as a sign that it can do more with Star Wars than just the competitive multiplayers games like the Battlefront series.
“Sales of Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order significantly beat our expectations,” EA…
EA is working with a partner to take Apex Legends to China
January 31, 2020
Electronic Arts is taking its successful free-to-play battle royale game Apex Legends to the Chinese market in partnership with an unnamed Chinese company, said CEO Andrew Wilson said in an earnings call with analysts today.
“We are bringing our games and intellectual…
The Sims 4 has reached 20 million players
January 30, 2020
Electronic Arts revealed as part of their earnings report today that The Sims 4 has reached 20 million unique players worldwide.
The life simulation game launched in 2014 for PC. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions launched in 2017. Sony is offering The Sims 4 as one of the…
The Nintendo Switch is one of the fastest-selling consoles ever. As part of the results for its fiscal Q3, the company announced today that it has sold 52.48 million Switch systems as of December 31. That puts its worldwide pace ahead of the PlayStation 4.
PS4 recently surpassed 106 million systems sold since its November 2013 debut. But Switch launched in March 2017. And when you line both…
Electronic Arts reported earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, thanks to strong games like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and live operations revenues from existing games.
Redwood City, California-based EA, a…
Wizards of the Coast announced today that its new Archetype Entertainment studio in Austin, Texas is working on a multiplatform sci-fi role-playing game.
James Ohlen is leading this new studio. Ohlen has worked on landmark RPGs like Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and…
Let’s face it: chats for gaming streams can get downright nasty. That’s probably why Facebook is giving Gaming streamers access to helpful tools that can help them create and maintain a friendly environment for their fans. Sounds useful, especially since the company has been expanding the service and signing big-name gamers from rival platforms. The social network collaborated with…
Dang. The PC gaming software portal Steam is down. And that’s a bummer because today was the day I was going to start playing all those games I bought but never opened. Darn it! Guess I’ll have to start on that some other time.
This outage is affecting most of Steam’s…
Facebook Gaming launches tools for streamers to deal with trolls
January 30, 2020
Facebook is launching a dashboard and toolkit for streamers and video makers so they can more easily manage their communities, including viewers who don’t follow the rules.
Facebook worked with the Fair Play Alliance, a coalition of game companies encouraging healthy…
'The Outer Worlds' comes to Nintendo Switch on March 6th
January 30, 2020
The Switch version of The Outer Worlds at last has a concrete release date: March 6th. Obsidian’s RPG will arrive on Nintendo’s console several months after it debuted on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The space-set game earned plenty of plaudits last year, though it drew mixed reactions for its relatively short length for a single-player RPG. Some players completed it in less than…
