Xbox has overtaken longtime chart-topper Nintendo for TV ad impressions in the most recent 30 days; its commercials account for almost 60% of the industry’s impressions. Football, both college and NFL, was a huge driver of impressions for Xbox.
GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company, to bring you a monthly report on TV advertising by the…
Solaris: Offworld Combat will bring Quake-like multiplayer combat to Oculus and PSVR
September 28, 2019
Solaris: Offworld Combat is the next VR shooter from the Firewall: Zero Hour devs. It’s coming first to Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest — with crossplay — in 2020 and then PlayStation VR at a later time. And developer First Contact Entertainment revealed its first trailer…
Here’s a cute controller to go with your cute Switch Lite
September 27, 2019
If you just picked up a Nintendo Switch Lite and are looking for a suitably adorable controller to match, 8BitDo has just the thing. Today, the company announced the appropriately named 8BitDo Lite, a rectangular gamepad that emulates the look of the Switch Lite so precisely…
For the past couple of weeks, my Switch has been pretty much nothing but a Japanese role-playing game machine. (Okay, and a goose game machine.) The system’s JRPG library just keeps growing, and following the overdue return of Final Fantasy VIII, we have two more releases — and they’re some of the best yet.
First, there’s Dragon Quest XI, which comes out today. It was the first game…
8BitDo's latest Switch controller ditches thumbsticks for dual D-pads
September 27, 2019
The latest controller from 8BitDo might pique your interest if you play a lot of 2D games on Nintendo Switch. The Lite for Switch peripheral has a striking look thanks to its dual D-pads. According to 8BitDo, it has full functionality for Switch with “all core buttons…
8BitDo Lite is a new minimalist gamepad for the Switch
September 27, 2019
You cannot use the new Nintendo Switch Lite on a television, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pair external controllers with it. Connecting a giant standard gamepad with the smaller portable, however, seems almost silly. That’s where the 8BitDo Lite comes in.
The 8BitDo…
Super League Gaming teams up with ggCircuit to turn gaming center customers into esports fans
September 27, 2019
Amateur esports entertainment startup Super League Gaming and ggCircuit, a cloud-based software company for gaming centers, are announcing a broad expansion of their successful existing partnership.
Santa Monica, California-based Super League will now become the primary consumer-facing brand within ggCircuit’s software platform, ggLeap, as part of a platform update that will include features…
The NBA 2K League expands beyond the NBA with new Shanghai team
September 27, 2019
The NBA 2K League kicked off in 2018 with an interesting premise: a group of professional teams, each affiliated with an NBA squad, playing a virtual rendition of the sport. Now, after two seasons, the league is looking to expand beyond the NBA with a new club based in…
Add the Xbox One to the long list of things Google Assistant can control. This morning, Microsoft and Google jointly announced the Xbox Action, which enables console owners of any Assistant-enabled smart speaker, smart display, or mobile device (iOS or Android) to launch…
Analyst: Mario Kart Tour has record-breaking debut for downloads
September 27, 2019
Mario Kart Tour has already surpassed 10.1 million downloads worldwide, according to data-tracking intelligence firm Apptopia. Nintendo’s latest free-to-play mobile game had a better first day in terms of downloads than Pokémon Go or Clash Royale.
This is now Nintendo’s sixth mobile game. Mario Kart Tour is easily the publisher’s biggest launch ever. This early success is not very…
