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Nintendo Switch 2 Gets Bigger and Better, but Has a Monumental Legacy to Follow
After a string of leaks and months of speculation, Nintendo finally revealed its next hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch 2, Thursday. In a video published on its social media channels, the Japanese company showed off a bigger, blacker and better successor to the phenomenally successful Switch. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released in 2025 and run...
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Sega Says It's Considering Launching a Subscription Service for Its Games
Sega is planning launch its own video game subscription service along the lines of Netflix and Xbox Game Pass. The Japanese company, that produces popular game franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona and Yakuza, said it was currently assessing its options but could not disclose any details yet.
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Warner Bros. Intends to Leverage Its IPs and Make More Games, License Franchises to Outside Studios
Warner Bros. Discovery intends to leverage its intellectual properties and publish more video games based on its biggest franchises, the company said at its second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. In addition to developing games in-house, Warner Bros. is also looking to license its IPs out to other studios.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Officially Confirmed, Full Reveal Set for June 9
Activision has confirmed that the next Call of Duty will be Black Ops 6. After several leaks and teasers, the publisher announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 last week. “A dark new chapter of the Black Ops franchise begins,” the official Call of Duty handle on X posted May 23, alongside a short video revealing the title.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Announced With Visceral Reveal Trailer, Will Arrive Later This Year
Kingdom Come: Deliverance, 2018’s meticulous medieval action-RPG, is finally getting a sequel. Publisher Plaion has announced Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, set for release in 2024 across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. Developed by Warhorse Studios, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 promises to be a “true sequel” to the first game, bringing visceral f...
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'Grand Theft Auto' Video Game Publisher Cuts Workforce, Shelve Some Games
Take-Two Interactive on Tuesday told US regulators it is trimming its workforce by five percent and eliminating some video games in production to cut costs.
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2K Revives Top Spin Tennis Series With TopSpin 2K25, Will Launch Soon
Top Spin, the beloved tennis video game franchise that has not seen a release in over a decade, is getting a revival. Publisher 2K revealed Tuesday that TopSpin 2K25 will arrive soon, pairing the announcement with a teaser trailer.
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E3 Is Officially Dead After a Series of Failed Attempts at Reinvention
E3 is officially dead, the ESA has confirmed. Ever-shifting gamer interests, major publishers backing out, and fierce competition from online presentations led to several cancellations before the show eventually got shut down. Major video game industry figures such as Hideo Kojima and Cory Barlog took the opportunity to pay respects to the annual c...
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SAG-AFTRA Video Game Performers Vote to Authorise Strike Against Publishers and Studios
SAG-AFTRA members have voted to authorise a video game strike, with an overwhelming 98.32 percent in favour. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the strike is happening, but rather that the performers are serious about halting work if the union and video game companies fail to reach a proper agreement. Just like the writers’ strike, the actors a...
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Google Play Store Clarifies Dos and Don'ts for Video Game Apps Wishing to Sell NFTs
Google officially allows video game publishers to facilitate the sale of NFTs on its Play Store. The search engine giant is making it very clear that it will not tolerate app developers engaging in deceptive behaviour. Google expects complete transparency from the video game publishers making their products available on the platform.
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PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Claims Video Game Publishers Believe Xbox Game Pass Is ‘Value Destructive’
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has claimed that video game publishers unanimously agree that Xbox Game Pass is “value destructive.” As part of the ongoing trial involving Xbox parent Microsoft and the US FTC, Ryan appeared in a pre-recorded video deposition stating that Microsoft’s business model for Game Pass has some challenges and it isn’t pr...
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Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K Drive Take-Two Quarterly Sales to $1.39 Billion, Beating Wall Street Estimates
Take-Two Interactive Software on Wednesday beat analyst estimates for quarterly adjusted sales on strong demand from legacy titles "NBA 2K" and "Grand Theft Auto", sending the video game publisher's shares up 8 percent in extended trading.
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Web3 Gaming in Asia ‘Crucial’ For Sector Development, Says New DappRadar Report
In its latest research report, DappRadar said the Asian nations of India, China, Japan, and South Korea collectively have over 1.7 billion video game players, and this big number has attracted the Web3 gaming community to lay their focus in this market on priority.
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Ubisoft Backs Out of E3 2023, Will Host Its Own Event: Report
Ubisoft no longer plans to attend this year’s physical E3 event. Speaking to VGC, the game publisher confirmed its intention to 'move in a different direction', and instead, host its own Ubisoft Forward Live event on June 12. The news comes after the company claimed last month that it was looking forward to attending E3 2023. PlayStation, Xbox, a...
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Tencent Said to Be in Talks With Meta to Distribute Quest VR Headsets in China
Tencent Holdings is in talks with Meta Platforms to distribute its Meta Quest line of virtual reality headsets in China, three people familiar with the matter said. The talks between Tencent and Meta started last year and have continued in recent months, according to one of the sources who has direct knowledge of the matter, adding that the talks ...
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Nintendo Switch 2 Gets Bigger and Better, but Has a Monumental Legacy to Follow
After a string of leaks and months of speculation, Nintendo finally revealed its next hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch 2, Thursday. In a video published on its social media channels, the Japanese company showed off a bigger, blacker and better successor to the phenomenally successful Switch. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released in 2025 and run...
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Sega Says It's Considering Launching a Subscription Service for Its Games
Sega is planning launch its own video game subscription service along the lines of Netflix and Xbox Game Pass. The Japanese company, that produces popular game franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona and Yakuza, said it was currently assessing its options but could not disclose any details yet.
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Warner Bros. Intends to Leverage Its IPs and Make More Games, License Franchises to Outside Studios
Warner Bros. Discovery intends to leverage its intellectual properties and publish more video games based on its biggest franchises, the company said at its second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. In addition to developing games in-house, Warner Bros. is also looking to license its IPs out to other studios.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Officially Confirmed, Full Reveal Set for June 9
Activision has confirmed that the next Call of Duty will be Black Ops 6. After several leaks and teasers, the publisher announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 last week. “A dark new chapter of the Black Ops franchise begins,” the official Call of Duty handle on X posted May 23, alongside a short video revealing the title.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Announced With Visceral Reveal Trailer, Will Arrive Later This Year
Kingdom Come: Deliverance, 2018’s meticulous medieval action-RPG, is finally getting a sequel. Publisher Plaion has announced Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, set for release in 2024 across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. Developed by Warhorse Studios, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 promises to be a “true sequel” to the first game, bringing visceral f...
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'Grand Theft Auto' Video Game Publisher Cuts Workforce, Shelve Some Games
Take-Two Interactive on Tuesday told US regulators it is trimming its workforce by five percent and eliminating some video games in production to cut costs.
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2K Revives Top Spin Tennis Series With TopSpin 2K25, Will Launch Soon
Top Spin, the beloved tennis video game franchise that has not seen a release in over a decade, is getting a revival. Publisher 2K revealed Tuesday that TopSpin 2K25 will arrive soon, pairing the announcement with a teaser trailer.
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E3 Is Officially Dead After a Series of Failed Attempts at Reinvention
E3 is officially dead, the ESA has confirmed. Ever-shifting gamer interests, major publishers backing out, and fierce competition from online presentations led to several cancellations before the show eventually got shut down. Major video game industry figures such as Hideo Kojima and Cory Barlog took the opportunity to pay respects to the annual c...
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SAG-AFTRA Video Game Performers Vote to Authorise Strike Against Publishers and Studios
SAG-AFTRA members have voted to authorise a video game strike, with an overwhelming 98.32 percent in favour. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the strike is happening, but rather that the performers are serious about halting work if the union and video game companies fail to reach a proper agreement. Just like the writers’ strike, the actors a...
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Google Play Store Clarifies Dos and Don'ts for Video Game Apps Wishing to Sell NFTs
Google officially allows video game publishers to facilitate the sale of NFTs on its Play Store. The search engine giant is making it very clear that it will not tolerate app developers engaging in deceptive behaviour. Google expects complete transparency from the video game publishers making their products available on the platform.
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PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Claims Video Game Publishers Believe Xbox Game Pass Is ‘Value Destructive’
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has claimed that video game publishers unanimously agree that Xbox Game Pass is “value destructive.” As part of the ongoing trial involving Xbox parent Microsoft and the US FTC, Ryan appeared in a pre-recorded video deposition stating that Microsoft’s business model for Game Pass has some challenges and it isn’t pr...
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Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K Drive Take-Two Quarterly Sales to $1.39 Billion, Beating Wall Street Estimates
Take-Two Interactive Software on Wednesday beat analyst estimates for quarterly adjusted sales on strong demand from legacy titles "NBA 2K" and "Grand Theft Auto", sending the video game publisher's shares up 8 percent in extended trading.
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Web3 Gaming in Asia ‘Crucial’ For Sector Development, Says New DappRadar Report
In its latest research report, DappRadar said the Asian nations of India, China, Japan, and South Korea collectively have over 1.7 billion video game players, and this big number has attracted the Web3 gaming community to lay their focus in this market on priority.
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Ubisoft Backs Out of E3 2023, Will Host Its Own Event: Report
Ubisoft no longer plans to attend this year’s physical E3 event. Speaking to VGC, the game publisher confirmed its intention to 'move in a different direction', and instead, host its own Ubisoft Forward Live event on June 12. The news comes after the company claimed last month that it was looking forward to attending E3 2023. PlayStation, Xbox, a...
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Tencent Said to Be in Talks With Meta to Distribute Quest VR Headsets in China
Tencent Holdings is in talks with Meta Platforms to distribute its Meta Quest line of virtual reality headsets in China, three people familiar with the matter said. The talks between Tencent and Meta started last year and have continued in recent months, according to one of the sources who has direct knowledge of the matter, adding that the talks ...
