It’s been just over a week since Fortnite came back online following a two-day, black hole-induced hiatus. But the event, which ushered in the game’s eleventh season and its all-new redesigned map, was one of the biggest singular online gaming events to date — with more than 7 million concurrent viewers across Twitch, Twitter, and YouTube.
Epic Games tells The Verge that the black hole…
Apple TV+ could be $9B business, 5G iPhone to drive AAPL in 2020
October 24, 2019
In a new investor note today, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty expressed optimism about how Apple TV+ and Apple’s other services will perform over the coming users. Huberty specifically predicted that Apple’s Services business will grow by 20% next year.
As detailed…
Just a few short months after the release of the Pixel Slate, Google formally announced that they were getting out of the business of making tablets. Many took this as a bad sign for the future of Chrome OS tablets, thinking that Google wouldn’t bother developing…
Xbox One hardware sales are continuing to fall, and that put a drag on Microsoft’s gaming division. Xbox revenues for Q1 of fiscal 2020 were down from $2.738 billion to $2.542 billion. The end of the generation is here, and people are less willing to go out and buy new hardware that originally debuted in 2013.
So just like during Microsoft’s Q4 of fiscal 2018, hardware sales are…
Microsoft posted the first quarter of its 2020 financial results today, reporting revenue of $33.1 billion and a net income of $10.7 billion. Revenue is up 14 percent, and net income has increased by 21 percent. Once again, it’s Microsoft’s cloud and Office revenues…
The Nvidia Shield TV is the best set-top box you can buy for Android TV right now, and today it’s companion app is getting a redesign. The updated Nvidia Shield TV remote app now includes app and game shortcuts, new buttons, and more.
Rolling out now on Google Play…
Just last month, Samsung introduced the Exynos 980 system-on-chip (SoC), combining a CPU, GPU, and 5G modem onto a single energy-efficient die for midrange to premium phones. Now the company is announcing a “premium” alternative named Exynos 990, alongside a separate new modem called the 5G Exynos Modem 5123 — components that could wind up in some of next year’s Galaxy S11 series…
Bethesda is betting that Fallout 76 fans are willing to pay extra for creature comforts — so much so that they’ll pay more than they did for the base game. The developer has launched a Fallout 1st subscription that offers a few exclusive conveniences and…
Fortnite’s black hole event broke Twitch records
October 23, 2019
Fortnite has been through a big change with the launch of Chapter 2, and the hyped transition from Season X to this new era of the battle royale game garnered a lot of attention on streaming platforms.
Twitch revealed that Fortnite broke the site’s peak concurrent record…
Bethesda is taking a rather unique approach to adding new in-game content for its multiplayer survival shooter Fallout 76. Instead of adding it in for free or making it part of a paid expansion, the developer is now selling a $12.99 monthly subscription it’s calling Fallout 1st, which will grant access to premium features. In particular, the membership — Bethesda is calling it a membership…
