Analysis

Google releases its outlook for Stadia in 2020, but will it be enough?

120 new games is not going to move the needle, according to DFC Intelligence.

Published 2 days ago, by

Sam Desatoff

Call of Duty dominates NPD's list of the best-selling games of the decade

Grand Theft Auto V may have been the top-earner in the 2010s, but it was Activison's shooter franchise that had the largest impact on the industry. Also, 2019 finishes with total sales down 13%.

Published 2 days ago, by

Sam Desatoff

Mobile
News

Report: Mobile user growth slows in U.S. and Canada while revenues continue to rise

A collaborative report between NPD and Sensor Tower examines this paradoxical trend.

Published 3 days ago, by

Sam Desatoff

Niko Partners: Asian games market to generate $65 billion in 2020

The analyst group has published a number of expectations for the coming year in the Asian games industry.

Published 4 days ago, by

Sam Desatoff

Chinese government aims to address gaming addiction among the youth with new initiative

Analyst firm Niko Partners weighs in on China's most recent efforts to protect its young citizens from spending too much time on video games.

Published 1 week ago, by

Sam Desatoff

Report: Fortnite helps push digital game revenue past $120 billion in 2019 [SuperData]

SuperData's report on 2019 shows digital game spending climbed 3% with Epic's Fortnite generating $1.8 billion alone.

Published 2 weeks ago, by

Sam Desatoff

Report: PC market sees slight growth in Q3 2019 [IDC, Gartner]

Migration to Windows 10 and a CPU shortage have helped bump a market that has slowed in recent years.

Published 3 months ago, by

Sam Desatoff

Culture
News

Report: Newzoo data points to gamer archetypes most likely to purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

NPD predicts that Modern Warfare will be the top-selling game in the U.S. in 2019.

Published 3 months ago, by

Sam Desatoff

Microsoft Project xCloud set to open public beta in US, UK, and South Korea for October

Technical testing for the mobile portion of Project xCloud is slated to start in partnership with T-Mobile (US), Vodafone (UK), and SK Telecom (South Korea) and will continue until Microsoft is certain of user satisfaction.