Nintendo today held its Partner Showcase Direct, in which it revealed games coming to Switch from its third-party partners in 2024. While most eyes were keen for the former Xbox exclusives that were coming to Switch — Pentiment and Grounded being confirmed during the show — those weren’t the only games shown. The company revealed several other titles coming to Switch, including a new Endless…
Xbox confirms all four new multiplatform games
February 22, 2024
Xbox has announced the titles of the four games it’s bringing to other consoles: Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Grounded and Sea of Thieves. Pentiment and Grounded are coming to Nintendo Switch — as previously announced in today’s Nintendo Direct — as well as PlayStations 5…
Gadget-Bot takes Kaidro anime RPG to Ronin blockchain
February 22, 2024
Gadget-Bot Productions, the creator of blockbusters such as Alita: Battle Angel and Jurassic World, will debut its anime-style RPG Kaidro on the Ronin blockchain.
Headed by Peggy Chung and Robert Simons, Gadget-Bot is building Kaidro, which was inspired by a beloved webcomic…
Ubisoft launches Rainbow Six Smol, a roguelite exclusive to Netflix
February 21, 2024
Ubisoft announced it’s making a new version of Rainbow Six: Siege, exclusively for Netflix.
The new title isn’t a first-person shooter like its parent game. Instead, Rainbow Six Smol is a top-down isometric roguelite with a cartoonish art style very different from Siege. It launches today via Netflix on iOS and Android.
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In Smol, the player controls…
A Nintendo Direct and Elden Ring DLC trailer drop on the same day
February 21, 2024
February 21 is going to be a full day for gamers, as both Nintendo and Bandai Namco are dropping new details about their much-anticipated upcoming projects. Nintendo is holding its Partner Showcase at 6 am PT, while Bandai Namco is finally revealing details about Elden…
Epic Games Store hits 270M PC users, up 17% from 2022
February 20, 2024
Epic Games said the Epic Games Store has hit 270 million PC players in 2023, up 40 million, or 17% from 2022.
This community now has a total of 804 million Epic cross-platform accounts. In 2023 Daily Active Users peaked at 36.1 million, and Monthly Active Users reached 75…
Xbox’s Phil Spencer confirms four games are going multiplatform
February 16, 2024
Xbox today released an episode of its podcast in which it revealed more details about the future of the business. Tina Amini spoke with Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and Matt Booty about the company’s plans. In addition to other details about its consoles and Xbox Game Pass, the three executives revealed that four Xbox-exclusive games are coming to other consoles. Spencer didn’t name the four…
Overworld raises $10M to create anime-inspired free-to-play ARPG
February 15, 2024
Overworld, the developer partnered with blockchain games publisher Xterio, announced today that it has raised $10 million in a seed funding round. The studio is working on its first game, also temporarily named Overworld, a web3 free-to-play action-RPG with anime-inspired…
Could PlayStation benefit from Xbox games going multiplatform?
February 15, 2024
In less than one day, we’ll all know the future of Xbox — Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and Matt Booty plan to make an appearance on the official Xbox podcast to discuss the topic. This comes after days of chatter following the supposed leak of Xbox multiplatform news.
Twitch viewers watched 1.902 billion hours of content in January, according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream Report. Per Rainmaker.gg’s data, January’s viewership is up 6% which gives Twitch the highest monthly total since Q2 2023.
January’s daily viewership averaged 61.4 million hours watched. This means viewers watched 3.7 million more hours per day in January compared to…
