Sega Sammy reported their Q2 2021 earnings report today with total revenue coming in at 59,447 million yen for the quarter ($450M). More interestingly though, the company continues to break down their top performing games. The top 3 revenue generating titles for the company were as follows: Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, [...]
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Electronic Arts published their Q2, 2021 earnings report yesterday and in it they disclosed that Apex Legends, their hit battle royale game, averaged 13 million weekly active players during Season 9. The game also broke a new record for peak daily players, but a specific concurrent number wasn't disclosed. Just to put that 13 million "weekly active players" number into [...]
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Nexon unveiled details on 12 new games currently being developed at the company's studios in Seoul, South Korea. The game I found most interesting on this list is Project MOD which is Nexon's attempt at competing with Roblox with their own player made game platform. Check it out below alongside the other games Nexon is working on: Project Magnum (PC [...]
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Nexon's latest mobile RPG KonoSuba: Fantastic Days is launching globally on August 19th, 2021 on both iOS and Android. The game is based on the hit anime series and will feature the series' protagonists: Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness. Pre-registrations are still open and anyone who pre-registers is automatically entered to win Megumin and Aqua figurines. As a fan of [...]
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Amazon Game Studios announced today that New World's launch will be pushed back to September 28, 2021. The game was previously set to launch on August 31st. This delay comes after a successful closed beta test which saw more than a million players give the game a try. The reason behind the delay is to implement player feedback from the [...]
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Despite the recent backlash towards Activision Blizzard, the company reported strong Q2, 2021 earnings today with net revenues for the quarter coming in at $2.3B and net income (profit) clocking in at $876M, both figures ahead of expectations. Disruptions from the recent drama though wouldn't have effected Q2 numbers as the quarter ended on June 30, 2021. Activision delivered an [...]
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Gamigo's 4v4 tower defense + moba fusion game, Skydome, is launching into early access on August 18th, but will available to all founders starting on August 11th. With the launch of early access comes big changes with the "Erebus Invasion" update, which adds a lot of new content to the game. Skydome will be free to play and like other [...]
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Tencent, one of the largest tech companies in the world, crashed ~6% (after being down nearly 11% earlier in the day) after Chinese media connected to the government referred to video games as "spiritual opium" in a scathing article about youth gaming addiction. Tencent's stock crashed in response in fear of greater regulation or a total crackdown on gaming. Other [...]
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Take-Two Interactive Software, the giant gaming company behind the hit Grand Theft Auto franchise, reported earnings today for the quarter ended June 30 (April-June). Revenues came in at $813M with net income (profit) coming in at $152.3M. While these headline numbers are impressive, what surprised me was that a whopping 70% of these revenues came from "recurrent consumer spending". This [...]
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Cinderstone Online, previously known as Fioresia Online, revealed a new gameplay trailer along with plans to launch into closed beta "soon". Cinderstone Online will launch with a buy to play business model (one time purchase) and promises a unique open world experience that features traditional MMORPG combat, puzzles, dungeons, and jump quests. Players can apply for closed beta access right [...]
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