Electronic Arts had high hopes for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and the publisher announced today that developer Respawn’s sci-fi adventure surpassed its outlook. The company is taking this as a sign that it can do more with Star Wars than just the competitive multiplayers games like the Battlefront series.
“Sales of Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order significantly beat our expectations,” EA…
EA is working with a partner to take Apex Legends to China
January 31, 2020
Electronic Arts is taking its successful free-to-play battle royale game Apex Legends to the Chinese market in partnership with an unnamed Chinese company, said CEO Andrew Wilson said in an earnings call with analysts today.
“We are bringing our games and intellectual…
The Nintendo Switch is one of the fastest-selling consoles ever. As part of the results for its fiscal Q3, the company announced today that it has sold 52.48 million Switch systems as of December 31. That puts its worldwide pace ahead of the PlayStation 4.
PS4 recently…
The Sims 4 has reached 20 million players
January 30, 2020
Electronic Arts revealed as part of their earnings report today that The Sims 4 has reached 20 million unique players worldwide.
The life simulation game launched in 2014 for PC. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions launched in 2017. Sony is offering The Sims 4 as one of the free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers in February, so that should increase its player count further.
The Sims 4 has had…
Electronic Arts reported earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, thanks to strong games like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and live operations revenues from existing games.
Redwood City, California-based EA, a…
You can now reserve your spot to pay for a Samsung Galaxy S20
January 30, 2020
Samsung has opened up reservations for its next flagship phones, expected to be the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Ultra, that the company will unveil at an upcoming event on February 11th.
But this isn’t a pre-order. It’s more like taking a ticket while you’re…
Samsung Galaxy S20 reservations go live w/ March 6 release date
January 30, 2020
We’re getting close to Samsung’s launch event for the Galaxy S20 series, and today, Samsung has confirmed the release date. At the same time, the company has also opened up reservations for the device.
The Samsung Galaxy S20 will be announced on February 11, but apparently, it won’t be available for a few weeks after that. As confirmed by , the current estimated shipping date for the S20…
Can AI capture the essence of reasoning — that is, the appreciation of distant relationships among elements distributed across multiple facts or memories? Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind sought to find out in a study published on the preprint server Arxiv.org, which proposes…
PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil with an animatronic AI
January 30, 2020
When we imagine the future of artificial intelligence, we tend to think of the technology making most human jobs obsolete. But if PETA has its way, an AI could also take over for the world’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. In a letter signed by PETA founder…
Wizards of the Coast announced today that its new Archetype Entertainment studio in Austin, Texas is working on a multiplatform sci-fi role-playing game.
James Ohlen is leading this new studio. Ohlen has worked on landmark RPGs like Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Wizards of the Coast is tapping Chad Robertson to serve as Archetype’s vice…
