Once again, US President Donald Trump is scapegoating violence in entertainment and mental illness to downplay his own influence in far-right radicalization and the stochastic terrorism it often inspires. Stochastic Terrorism is often defined as “lone wolf” attacks made for a political cause, personal gain or other motivation, they often appear random, but an incredibly
Even as Remedy plugs away on their newest game, Control, they appear to have other irons in the fire. it turns out that the developer has managed to secure the rights to a rather interesting franchise. As part of a press release detailing their financial health and plans for the future, Remedy also announced an
Performance bonuses are a pretty standard thing in many industries, from retail to game development, and are usually used as an incentive to encourage both frontline employees and executives to put their best foot forward for the good of the company. Many will notice that the pay offered in these bonuses, often echoing other trends
GameStop has been trying to deal with a lot of issues lately. Due to declining sales in a wide number of segments, GameStop even had to seek out a buyer for the company, although that didn’t pan out. Part of the strategy for staving off closure in the face of declining software and hardware sales
During the Nintendo event of E3 2019, the company has announced another new game, this time in one of their major franchises. The newest Switch title is Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This entry in the iconic Animal Crossing franchise continue the trend set up by the franchise dating all the way back to 2001. The
New developments for games retailer GameStop mean some pretty bad news for those rooting for the company. The stock price for the chain has dropped like a rock over the last few days. This drop is reportedly the biggest one-day loss in GameStop’s history. The previous extreme low for the stock was in February 2003
The history of Swedish publisher/developer Starbreeze and their continued floundering attempts to stay afloat are long and complicated. The troubles go back far before where we find ourselves today though. As the company sees millions of dollars in failed investments and projects going out the door, with the most notable of these being the maligned
The escalating trade war between Donald Trump’s ego and Chinese manufacturing is heating up once again. and now, buried deep in the lists of thousands of product types, is a series of products that could cripple the games and tabletop industries and have major impact on console pricing in the next console generation. The US
THQ Nordic has been pumping out games and ending up in headlines a lot these last few months. Not only has the developer/publisher been snapping up rival studios at a fevered pace, with their most recent acquisitions carving a path across multiple genres. One of these being Piranha Bytes, the makers of Risen, Gothic, and
Microsoft has announced a major price change for console gamers in the UK. In a new message to subscribers of their Xbox Live Gold service, UK gamers learned of an incoming price increase for the online gaming system, due later in 2019. The message sent to current subscribers is as follows: As of May 08,
The relationship between Ubisoft and Vivendi has been really contentiou sover the last few years. Staring in 2015, Vivendi has been attempting a takeover of the French game publisher and developer, with varying degrees of success. Ubisoft publicly came out against the attempts and made several deals and financial changes to thwart the attempted takeover.
Anyone who’s paying attention knows that Swedish company Starbreeze is in trouble. OTWD (Overkill’s The Walking Dead) has been an issue from the beginning. With the massive amount of production issues, and a ton of financial losses in 2018 and previous years, the company has been on the rocks for a while. The company lost
Capcom is continually dominating with their new big game releases. First was the smash-hit of 2018 with Monster Hunter: World. And now 2019 has seen the debut of their newest runaway success, Resident Evil 2 Remake. The latter game has already sold more than 4 million copies in it’s first month. For context, Monster Hunter:
Capcom has been one of the companies in the games industry that’s been around a long time, and it’s taken them quite a while to really lean into the juggernaut that is PC gaming. But with the launch of PC versions for smash-hit titles like Monster Hunter: World and the remake of Resident Evil 2,
According to the recent release of monthly financial results for different companies, as well as NPD sales numbers,we now know what consoles and game software performed the best in January 2019. These strong numbers are also reflected in the overall sales numbers for the portable console. The Switch has already managed to shift tens of
After a rocky few months in 2018, fans are being left disappointed with the ongoing progress for Blizzard on their upcoming slate of titles. And coming off of the heels of various controversies, like the confirmation yesterday that Activision-Blizzard would be sacking 800 employees, those keeping tabs on the mega-publisher are wondering what’s next for
Capcom has managed to make a major comeback, delivering one of their strongest years ever in terms of operating income. After the releases of titles like Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite and Street Fighter V turned public opinion against the company, but it seems as though they’ve managed to reverse the trend of bad luck, and
Capcom has announced the full financial results for 3rd Quarter FY 2018 already today. And now they’ve released some slides showcasing projections for the future and some of the things that helped drive the most successful year Capcom has had in years. Monster Hunter World alone sold more than 11 million units, which is nuts
So struggling games retailer GameStop has decided to publicly announce that the directorship is no longer seeking to sell the company. This comes as somewhat surprising due to the lackluster few years that retail enterprise has endured. After years of losses, and this most recent holiday season falling short of revenue projections, many analysts thought
It was announced today that, Amrita Ahuja, Blizzard’s current CFO, would be leaving the company to join up with Square, the mobile payment processor. Ahuja replaces former Square CFO Sarah Friar who announced she was leaving the CFO post in October. That departure saw a major drop, nearly 30%, in the stock price for Square.
Fortnite is hugely successful, no one can really deny that. And now, we have concrete numbers proving just how monumental a hitthis particular game has become. According to recent analysis released by TechCrunch, the massively popular Battle Royale title has raked in more than $3 billion in total profit in the last year. Epic Games
The saga of the breakdown of Starbreeze and their subsidiaries just got a lot weirder. After the financial failure that was Overkill’s The Walking Dead, the company has been working to recover and keep their head above water. The team has also continued supporting The Walking Dead, as they just released the first batch of
It would seem that things are even worse than we could have predicted over at Starbreeze Studios in Sweden. The company already detailed that poor sales from their latest game have left them in a difficult bind, but things are worse than they appear apparently. The company has admitted that they will be out of
Gamestop has put out its fiscal report for the quarter ending November 3, and things don’t look to good in the land of big corporate game stores. The company disclosed a net income loss of $488.6 million. Noted by IGN, pre-owned sales were down 13.4% compared to previous quarters, which constitutes a significant part of Gamestop’s
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