Nintendo has revealed it is making an atypical move into virtual reality; Switch users will just have to build their own headset. The news comes after the gaming giant announced the fourth release in its Labo line, which provides the Switch [...]

Social Networking giant Facebook saw its mobile app downloaded more times than those of any other publisher globally in the closing months of 2018, according to a new report. The Facebook app was downloaded 800 million times through October to December [...]

For all its snowballing success, esports arguably has a perception problem. Say 'esports' to those both inside and beyond the worlds of games, brands, and marketing, and they will perhaps imagine something like a vast arena with sweeping spotlights passing over [...]

Ever one to be modest about its achievements, Nintendo has revealed that the huge success of many of its current first-party IP titles has left the company longing for more. As revealed in a new investor-facing Q&A report, the company is [...]

Over the past days and weeks, a number of the global games industry's major triple-A publishers have seen share prices drop as finical results have come in. Electronic Arts (EA), which this week saw its Fortnite challenger Apex Legends enjoy a [...]

A lot of businesses in the global game industry would like a slice of the 'battle royale' pie. And it's no surprise. Fortnite is a battle royale game – sometimes called a 'BR' title – and we all know how well [...]

According to a new report, the EA Sports division of EA has seen its free-to-play mobile games bank revenues of USD$1bn (£763m) to date. That's according to research by mobile data outfit Sensor Tower. The estimate – which reflects spending across [...]

There are two main reasons playable ads offer a beguiling option for game developers, publishers, and marketing teams. Primarily, of course, they give a player a chance to try a game without having to spend a penny or download a kilobyte. [...]

Last night, the Google-owned artificial intelligence outfit DeepMind gave us a taste of the future by pitching two esports professionals against a nonhuman player built from its proprietary technology. DeepMind has already seen its AI defeat world go champion Lee Sedol, [...]

Amazon may be joining Microsoft and Google in the race to establish a leading game streaming service. According to two insiders who spoke to The Information (as highlighted by GamesIndustry.biz), Amazon hopes to launch the unconfirmed service in 2020. Streaming games allows consumers [...]