Netmarble has just published their Q3 2020 financial report which shows steady performance and growth for the mobile game company. According to the press release, overseas sales accounted for 75% of the company’s $535 million total sales from July to September 2020 with The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, Marvel Contest of Champions, Lineage 2: Revolution, and Blade and Soul [...]
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Nexon reported their financial results today with revenues clocking in at an impressive $755M for the third quarter of 2020. Profit for the quarter came in at $155M. As with previous Nexon earnings reporters, the company released some interesting nuggets of information. MapleStory's lifetime revenues have now exceeded over $3B since the game launched in 2003. Dungeon Fighter Online made [...]
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Valve is currently working on a new Steam tool called Steam Playtest that’s designed to make it easier for developers to playtest in-development games. With the new tool, developers will be able to invite players to test their games without having to manage a mailing list or give out keys. Developers will also have full control on when testing will [...]
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Over the past few months, we’ve been covering the ongoing legal feud between Epic Games and Apple. The one between Epic and Google, however, seems to have taken a back seat mostly because the two companies have yet to come to blows and because Epic and Apple have been hogging the spotlight with all the filings and posturing that have [...]
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This year's BlizzCon may have been cancelled because of the pandemic but you can still join in on the fun from the comfort and safety of your own home in the BlizzConline virtual event scheduled for February next year. In fact, everyone can watch and enjoy the event online for free according to Blizzard Entertainment President J Allen Brack. “[. [...]
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NCSoft is reportedly dropping the “soft” in their company name and is currently working on rebranding themselves as simply NC. This is in line with the company’s more widespread and diverse business focus. The new company logo that was revealed earlier this year that can now be seen on the company’s official Twitter page. The name-change doesn’t seem to indicate [...]
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There’s still a few months to go before the Epic Games vs. Apple trial starts next year but that doesn’t mean that both companies will lay down quietly waiting for the day. Back in September, Apple filed a counterclaim against Epic seeking damages for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and tortious interference with Apple’s customers. “[Apple’s] actions were undertaken in [...]
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This year’s Los Angeles Comic Con has been cancelled. The in-person event was initially planned for September but was rescheduled to December 11-13 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A few weeks ago, event organizer Comikaze Entertainment insisted that the event was still a go for December in spite of the pandemic but were finally forced to cancel the event when [...]
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After laying-off hundreds of employees in early 2019 as a result of NCSoft’s restructuring, ArenaNet looks like it’s going through another round of layoffs. Jennifer Scheurle, a lead game designer at the studio and senior designer on an unannounced project, recently tweeted that she had been let go as part of yet another “re-shuffling” at the studio. “I just lost [...]
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Focus Home Interactive has partnered with indie French studio Douze-Dixièmes and are now working on a new indie game. Douze-Dixièmes is made up of seven developers from a variety of backgrounds ranging from animation to video game development. According to the official press release, they are currently working on their first game with the goal of creating “unique, touching, and [...]
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