The coronavirus outbreak is continuing to have a tangible impact on tech. Nintendo has warned that the virus will result in “inevitable” production and shipment delays for the Switch in Japan, including Joy-Con controllers and Ring Fit Adventure. Accordingly, it postponed Japanese reservations for the Animal Crossing Switch (above) from February 8th to an unspecified date. Pre-orders…
Valve teases SteamVR 2.0 for 2020
February 7, 2020
Valve didn’t just look back at its accomplishments in Steam’s 2019 Year in Review post, it also revealed what you can look forward to this year. In the post, the company teased SteamVR 2.0, an updated version of its virtual reality system that will feature several…
Red Dead Redemption 2 surpasses 29 million copies sold
February 6, 2020
Take-Two revealed today that Red Dead Redemption 2 has now sold over 29 million copies. The new came as part of the publisher’s latest financial results. That is up from 26.5 million that Take-Two reported in the previous quarter.
Red Dead Redemption 2 came out for PC on…
Take-Two Interactive publishing label Private Division announced today that The Outer Worlds‘ Switch port has been delayed due to the coronavirus. It was supposed to come out on March 6.
That is because Virtuous, the studio handling the port, has its largest office in Shanghai, China. The country is combating the coronavirus, which Private Division notes is impacting development. The illness is…
Take-Two Interactive reported relatively weak results for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31 in a report today that came just two days after the company announced it was losing a key executive at its Rockstar Games label.
The publisher had GAAP net revenue of $930.1…
Call of Duty Mobile has passed 150 million downloads
February 6, 2020
Call of Duty has been popular on consoles and PC for years. Now the shooter franchise is a hit on Android and iOS thanks to Call of Duty Mobile, which has already more than 150 million downloads.
This news comes from Activision Blizzard’s latest earnings report today. Call…
Ubisoft’s Uplay revenue is up 73% compared to last year
February 6, 2020
Ubisoft’s sales are down significantly, but the company has some bright spots as it works to regroup. The publisher’s net bookings (which is its primary metric for measuring revenue) reached €1.117 billion ($1.226 billion) for the first nine months of the fiscal year. That’s down 17.4% year-over-year. But even as games like Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint struggles and drags down…
Sega announced today that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Puyo Puyo 2 are coming to the Nintendo Switch on February 20. Each game costs $8.
These are coming as part of the Sega Ages program, Sega’s initiative to release classic games on modern platforms. Lately, Sega Ages’…
There are certainly bigger things to worry about with the coronavirus taking its toll around the world. But Nintendo said in a post today that the coronavirus is likely to disrupt production in China for the Nintendo Switch, Joy-Con controllers, and Ring Fit Adventure…
Nexon Korea grants game developers 6.8% raise in deal with union
February 6, 2020
Nexon Korea has announced it has agreed to give a 6.8% wage increase to the labor union representing the company’s employees.
The union, dubbed Starting Point, said it reached a tentative agreement with management to raise the average work wage for 2020. The Korea Herald said it was the first time that a South Korean game company had announced a wage hike publicly.
The move will likely be…
