Nintendo is reportedly turning away from the mobile games market due to disappointing revenue numbers.According to a new report from Bloomberg, the Japanese developer is unsatisfied with the revenues it has garnered from mobiles titles such as Super Mario Run, Dragalia Lost and Fire Emblem Heroes.The report notes that year-on-year revenue of these titles have dipped as much as 41 per cent, this is despite the platform’s growth amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tencent Accelerates Games Company Acquisitions
03.06.2020 - 10:53 / variety.com
By Patrick Frater
Asia Bureau Chief
Chinese social media and entertainment giant Tencent is understood to have paid $260 million for a majority stake in Bohemia Interactive, a Czech-based games designer behind the “ArmA” and “DayZ” games series.
The news was reported Wednesday by The Information. Tencent declined to comment.
The move comes barely a week after Tencent paid a reported $65 million (JPY7 billion) for a 20% slice of Japanese games firm Marvelous. The company is behind farming
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torontosun.com
23.06.2020 / 02:07
Microsoft to close Mixer live streaming service, teaming up with Facebook Gaming
Microsoft Corp is closing down Mixer, its live streaming service for games, and shifting users to Facebook Gaming, the technology giant’s Xbox division said on Monday.
msn.com
19.06.2020 / 12:41
There's got to be a knighthood coming! Kick It Out's Townsend wants recognition for Rashford
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford deserves recognition on the United Kingdom's honours list for his charity work, Kick It Out's Troy Townsend says.Rashford has been widely praised for his effort to ensure vulnerable young people have access to free meals during the coronavirus pandemic.The 22-year-old partnered with FareShare and helped to raise £20million to provide three million free meals to those in need before turning his focus onto a similar problem in UK schools.Thanks to his
hollywoodreporter.com
17.06.2020 / 20:11
ChargeUp Games Launches With "Developer-First" Approach
Video game marketing and consulting firm Mobile Game Partners and video game agency Digital Development Management unveiled Wednesday the formation of ChargeUp Games, a new mobile publisher.
variety.com
16.06.2020 / 13:53
China’s Tencent Video Eyeing Takeover of Streaming Rival iQIYI (Report)
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese social media and entertainment giant Tencent may be eyeing a move to take over rival video streaming firm iQIYI. A combination of the two would a create streaming platform comparable in scale to Netflix.The Reuters news agency on Tuesday cited two unnamed sources said to be familiar with the matter.
variety.com
11.06.2020 / 09:39
NetEase Chinese Games Giant Plays Well With Hong Kong Investors
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefShares in NetEase made a strong start in Hong Kong, where they began trading on Thursday. The Chinese company is the world’s second largest games firm by revenue.The company is already listed in on the U.S.’s NASDAQ market.
nme.com
09.06.2020 / 23:37
PC Gaming Show set to showcase over 50 games
PC Gamer’s ‘PC Gaming Show’ on June 13 is set to deliver over 50 games through world-exclusive trailers, gameplay reveals and interviews for upcoming PC games.The show is set to start 7pm (BST) and is bringing with it multiple developers to make announcements on the projects they have been working on.Editor-in-chief of PC Gamer, Evan Lahti, has said that with this conference the company “still wanted to deliver on the spectacle and level of production that gamers expect from gaming press
justjared.com
05.06.2020 / 04:35
Tommy Dorfman Calls Out Fashion Brand Ferragamo: 'The People Who Run This Company Are Racist'
Tommy Dorfman is calling out the fashion brand Ferragamo after the company posted in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
thewrap.com
04.06.2020 / 21:45
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar Tells Employees Racism Is a ‘Problem’ for Company
In a panel on racism broadcast to WarnerMedia staff Thursday and obtained by TheWrap, CEO Jason Kilar admitted to his employees that racism is “a problem” for their company that he is committed to change.
justjared.com
04.06.2020 / 20:59
Singer Domino Kirke Steps Away From Her Birthing Company After Racism Accusations
Singer Domino Kirke, the wife of Penn Badgley and sister of Girls actress Jemima Kirke, is stepping away as a doula and co-creator of her company Carriage House Birth after the company was accused of racism.
nme.com
03.06.2020 / 20:31
Mobile game developer launches ‘Games For Artists’ to support musicians
Musicians can promote their music and earn money through the initiative
variety.com
02.06.2020 / 12:33
NetEase China Games Giant Confirms $3 Billion Share Sale in Hong Kong
By Patrick Frater
nme.com
01.06.2020 / 06:21
Sony announces ‘The Future Of Gaming’ event for PlayStation 5 games
The digital showcase will run for over an hour
hollywoodlife.com
30.05.2020 / 09:39
Lady Gaga Michael Polansky’s Romance ‘Accelerated’ By Quarantine: They May ‘Get Engaged Soon’
Quarantining has made or break couples. For Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky, they definitely instead “made” something together: a beautiful relationship. “She [GaGa] is still head over heels in love with him,” a source EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife. Gaga’s isolation with the Parker Group CEO has been so successful, the 34-year-old hit-maker is not ready to give up her roommate.
