Gaming

Call of Duty: Mobile has reaped nearly $87 million in global player spending and more than 172 million downloads in its first two months, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates. While there have been a few Call of Duty mobile games in the past, none have ever gotten this kind of traction out of the gate. The Tencent-developed title reached a record-breaking 100 million in just…

Publisher THQ Nordic announced today that Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire will be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 28. Deadfire is a role-playing game from Obsidian that came out for PC in May 2018. It’s one of the last titles Obsidian made before Microsoft bought the developer in November 2018. Before Obsidian had all of that Microsoft money to play with, the studio went to…

As expected, Nintendo will officially launch the Switch console in China on December 10th in partnership with Tencent. It will sell as a bundle for 2,099 yuan ($298) with a copy of New Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. In addition, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Oyssey are now available to pre-order, and “additional first party games are being prepared for the China market later,&#8221…

Red Dead Online players can test their luck as moonshiners beginning Friday, December 13th. Rockstar Games is adding a new moonshiner role (aka Frontier Pursuit), which will let you set up a bootlegging business. In the new role, you’ll perfect your distillation methods, avoid the law and put rivals out of business. If you’re good enough, you might get to partner with the notorious…