Since its launch in 2015, the hit mobile game Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle surpassed $3 Billion in lifetime sales. This milestone comes 20 months after hitting $2 Billion in sales back in November 2019. Sensortower also reports that the game generated $260M in sales in the first 6 months on 2021, which makes it one of the most successful [...]
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It’s a slow year for Netmarble as the South Korean mobile game developer reports a 15.8% dip in year-over-year revenue at KRW 577 billion (~ $489 million) compared to Q2 2020’s KRW 686 billion (~ $ 581 million). Quarter-on-Quarter revenue, however, is up by 1.2% thanks in part to the release of the Ni no Kuni: Cross World MMORPG in [...]
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Every gamer, at one point or another, has probably dreamt about making their own game. With the recent rise in the popularity of indie games and with easily-accessible developer tools, more and more of those hopeful dreamers have begun making their dreams a reality. With the right team and plenty of resources, it’s easy enough to design a game that [...]
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Valve has just released a minute-long Steam Deck ad that shows what they call “the most powerful gaming handheld in the world” running several AAA games without a hitch, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Ghostrunner, Prey, Slay the Spire, Death Stranding, Control, and Curve Digital’s recently released cyberpunk multiplayer ARPG, The Ascent. The ad also highlights a few of [...]
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Apex Legends Lead Game Designer Daniel Klein has been fired by Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment mainly due to sexist remarks he made in a blog post titled “I am Daniel’s Angry Rant” which he published back in 2007. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the blog post contained comments that women are naturally irrational and that the XX chromosomes are “moron chromosomes.” [...]
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It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Activision Blizzard in the wake of the sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed by California’s DFEH. Since news of the lawsuit came out, players have been boycotting and leaving the company’s games in droves. Shareholders who aren’t happy with how the company’s executives responded to the mess have also filed their own [...]
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Pearl Abyss, the South Korean gaming company that owns and operates Black Desert Online and Eve Online, reported their Q2 2021 earnings report today. The financial highlights are as follows: Total revenue for the quarter was 87.4 Billion Korean Won (KRW), or approx. $75M USD. The Black Desert franchise (Black Desert PC and Black Desert Mobile) made approx. $60M USD [...]
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South Korean gaming giant NCSoft reported its Q2, 2021 earnings today and the financial highlights were as follows: Quarterly Revenue: 538,542 Million Korean Won (approx. $465M USD) vs 538,567M KRW in Q2 2020 (flat year over year) Quarterly Operating Profit: 112,769 Million KRW (approx. $97M USD) vs 208,984M KRW in Q2 2020 (down 46% year over year) Perhaps more interestingly [...]
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The South Korean gaming giant Nexon released their Q2, 2021 earnings report today and the financial highlights were as follows: Quarterly Revenue: 56B JPY (approx. $510M USD), down from 64.5B JPY in Q2 2020. Quarterly Operating Income: 15.4B JPY (approx. $140m USD), down from 26.7B JPY in Q2 2020. Revenues declines in all regions except for South Korea which was [...]
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PAX Australia 2021 has been cancelled due the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in the country. The in-person event was supposed to take place in Melbourne on October 8-10 has now been postponed to next year. “At the start of the year, we were optimistic that we’d all be able to come together in person this October,” said Reedpop, the [...]
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