Despite controversy around both games, NetherRealm Studios’ Mortal Kombat 11 and Sony Interactive Entertainment Bend Studio’s Days Gone were April’s first and second best-selling games, respectively.
PC Cafes, esports, and mobile will be big drivers over the next five years.
Analytics group Newzoo announces Gamer Segmentation, a new way to categorize game enthusiasts.
Last year has broken the record for previous spending figure ten years earlier, new report from analyst firm says.
Bethesda’s latest mobile game was originally released to invite-only early access in March 2019, with full beta release in April.
The 18+ platform recently unveiled an Android Store that lets players access over 30 explicit mobile games. With 25 million registered users on Nutaku, and 23 percent of which on Android, Nutaku’s investment in mobile hints at a promising (and complicated) future for adult games on smartphone devices.
The end of the console generation is coming, shifting more emphasis from hardware to major releases.
Newzoo’s 2018 update to its top 25 public games companies was unveiled on Wednesday, with Tencent and Sony leading the list. Google and Apple also showed impressive growth, suggesting the two will grow as major players in the gaming industry as 2019 continues.
Creating franchises from successful IPs had been firmly in the AAA realm. But indies like Guacamelee! 2, Spelunky 2, and Super Meat Boy Forever are defying conventional wisdom.
Collectibles, esports, and building community may be the future for the company.