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Activision Blizzard: Next premium Call of Duty title is on track for the fall

Activision Blizzard president and chief operating officer Daniel Alegre said in an earnings call that the next premium Call of Duty game is on track for the fall. Activision’s own revenues were $519 million in the first quarter, driven by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone (a battle royale game), and Call of Duty: Mobile. Alegre didn’t say what the title’s name is or if it…
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Electronic Arts beats investor expectations with $1.39 billion in Q4 revenue

Electronic Arts delivered financial results today above Wall Street expectations. The publisher generated $1.39 billion in revenues for Q4, which beat the $1.19 billion that analysts were predicting. For EA’s fiscal 2020, it delivered revenues of $5.54 billion, which is up 12% year-over-year from $4.95 billion in fiscal 2019. The company credits its digital sales and strong franchises for its…
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MicroProse returns with 3 new games coming to Steam

One of standout developers from the early days of PC gaming is back. MicroProse announced its return today along with three new games that are in development. As fans of the name MicroProse might expect, the studio is getting right back into the simulation and strategy…
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Google announces Web Vitals, user experience and performance metrics for websites

Google today announced Web Vitals, an initiative to provide web developers and website owners with a unified set of metrics for building websites with user experience and performance in mind. Web Vitals is the set of quality signals that Google believes are “essential to delivering a great user experience on the web.” Over the years, Google has offered a slew of tools to help business owners…
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Dazzle Rocks raises $6.8 million for Minecraft-like mobile MMO

Dazzle Rocks has raised $6.8 million in funding to bankroll its massively multiplayer online mobile game that is a sandbox world (think similar to Microsoft’s popular Minecraft). Galaxy Interactive, via its Galaxy EOS VC Fund, led the round with additional participation by…
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EA Play Live goes digital on June 11

Electronic Arts announced today that its EA Play Live digital event will broadcast on June 11 at 4 p.m. Pacific. EA Play was an event that the publisher has held concurrent to the Electronic Entertainment Expo that takes place in Los Angeles each June. EA dropped out of that…
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Call of Duty: Warzone — Why Activision’s battle royale has so much traction

If you have gamers in your household, chances are one is playing Call of Duty: Warzone. The new battle royale mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer arrived on March 10 just in time for the lockdown in the United States and elsewhere. And it’s become my game of choice to take my mind off the pandemic. In its first month, the free-to-play game was downloaded more than 50 million times…
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