A new Sensor Tower report reveals that gaming made up approximately $29.6 billion of mobile revenue during 2019’s first half, or approximately 75 percent of $39.7 billion total.
The United States’ ongoing tariff war with China could have serious repercussions for the gaming and tech industries. If manufacturing vacates China, it’s likely that this will result in higher prices for consumers.
Nintendo brass also talks about not falling behind in tech like VR, 5G, and cloud, but says it won’t ‘chase trends.’ Analysts say a 5G portable could happen in future.
With the company preparing a pivot to a subscription-based model, the layoffs come after a long period of internal strife that included the death of a CEO and an attempted ouster of his replacement.
Shenmue 3 is the latest to hit the Epic Games Store as a timed-exclusive. Kickstarter backers that wanted a Steam key are being offered refunds, and Epic is covering the cost.
Sony executives start to give shape to its strategy for the start of the PlayStation 5’s life and beyond, and it looks a lot like what we saw this generation with a greater emphasis on cloud gaming.
Fredrik Wester, Paradox’s former CEO, on why some developers cut deals with Epic, along with the realities of digital distribution.
The Call of Duty team will be represented by OpTic Gaming, a subsidiary of Infinite Esports & Entertainment. IGC acquired Infinite in a massive deal last month.
No specific details have been provided as to why Indievent has lost its business license, although the issue has a number of Chinese developers and publishers worried.
Nexon was an initial investor in the studio founded by Patrick Soderlund. Embark will now become a consolidated subsidiary of Nexon as the developer continues working on two ambitious future projects. (Photo credit: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)