Behaviour Interactive has been awfully quiet.
Ant-Man and The Wasp is the second comic book movie Dell’s been directly involved with, and the PC firm sees synergies with a growing gaming audience.
Telltale Games officially partners with Netflix and confirms their new games will be Unity-powered. National Health Service in London will fund first video game addiction clinic in the UK. Microsoft employs the blockchain to calculate publisher royalties. Trion Worlds acquires Gazillion.
A surprising number of people aged 35 and up are tuning in and spending money to support livestreaming on Twitch and YouTube, PayPal tells us.
Bethesda has accused both Warner Bros. and developer Behaviour Interactive of stealing directly from Fallout Shelter – attorneys tell us that Bethesda appears to have a legitimate complaint.
Nintendo bans Switches with pirated software. Microsoft scraps VR plans with Xbox One. NPD’s May 2018 top-level spending habits analysis.
‘Fortnite’ is printing money on iOS. The Netherlands cracks down on loot boxes. ‘Crackdown 3’ loses creator and development partner.
Alex Schwartz and Cy Wise leave Owlchemy to pursue new startup. International gaming trade bodies react to WHO’s “gaming disorder” classification. Valve puts minor restrictions in place to combat “fake games” on Steam.
WHO adds “gaming disorder” to the International Classification of Diseases. PUBG Corp. responds to “asset flipping” allegations. ‘Beasts of Balance’ creator, Sensible Object, raises $3.2 million for new venture. GameStop shareholders finally get some good news.
The rebirth of THQ happened slowly and methodically, with a series of acquisitions that brought a lot of the old THQ franchises back under the THQ (Nordic) banner.