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Roblox, the platform for user-generated games, will go public through a direct listing of its shares on March 10. The company also reported that it lost $ 253.3 million on revenues of $ 923.9 million for the year ended December 31. The San Mateo, California-based company original planned for an initial public offering last fall, […]
GamesBeat x Oculus Venues Join Dean Takahashi, Ramez Naam, and Tim Chang online for “Science Fiction, Tech, and Games.” Hosted in VR and 2D February 17th, 10:00am PT Learn More PC gaming hardware and accessories saw a huge leap in sales in 2020, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. This is something that PC […]
Blizzard Entertainment has released a new infographic showing Hearthstone‘s big numbers for 2020. That digital card game attracted over 23.5 million players during year. Above: Hearthstone 2020 data. Image Credit: Blizzard “With Battlegrounds launching late in 2019, we saw growth year-over-year and we continually see interest across all our game modes,” Hearthstone production director Nathan […]
Beyond the app store: Why mobile games need a multi-platform strategy Learn how to go beyond the tried-and-true pathways to improve discoverability, create community, and scale your mobile business. View On Demand Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting its highest-ever bookings and revenues in the fourth quarter ended December 31 thanks to the strong performance […]
Getty Images Gaming’s never been more popular – hardly surprising when we’re all stuck at home. PC gaming, in particular, is having a renaissance. The Steam game platform saw records broken for all its peak statistics in 2020 – 21% more games purchased, and 50% more hours played. But it means avid gamers are facing […]
Enlarge / A promotional shot for Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga laptop, one of the new 2021 laptops meant to capitalize on growing traditional PC sales. Lenovo During the Consumer Electronics Show this week, research firm IDC released a report on worldwide traditional PC sales in 2020, and it tells a rosier story than we’ve […]
The numbers are in and it’s official: Sony’s PlayStation was the top gaming brand spender on TV advertising for 2020, accounting for over 40% of the industry’s total outlay. All told, 34 brands spent an estimated $ 270.8 million on TV ads, representing a 24% year-over-year decrease. And even though PlayStation was No. 1 for […]
The game industry grew 12% to $ 139.9 billion in 2020 from $ 120.1 billion in 2019 as many industries shrank during the pandemic, according to a report by market researcher SuperData. But for 2021, SuperData predicts that the game market will only grow 2% in 2021. SuperData said the double-digit growth of the sector […]
Enlarge / Giving a little joy. xJasonRogersx / Flickr One month ago, we asked readers to donate to a couple of good causes in our 2020 Charity Drive sweepstakes. And boy did you readers deliver. With the drive now complete and the giving all tallied, we can report that Ars Technica readers donated an incredible $ […]
Goodbye 2020, and good riddance! But before we slam the door shut on this tumultuous year, let’s try to raise a smile or two by revisiting some of the more amusing tech stories that landed on the pages of Digital Trends over the last 12 months. Here’s a recap of the weirdest, wildest, and most […]
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More Unlike many of you, I didn’t suddenly have a lot more free time for games in 2020. I already worked from home, and […]
The new iPhone SE for 2020 is the first budget iPhone that Apple has offered since the first iPhone SE in 2016. While it’s mostly an upgraded iPhone 8, it packs a punch where it counts and is an affordable upgrade if you’re in the market for a new device. We’re taking a look at […]
Before writing about games, I had a lot of different jobs. I sorted packages at a FedEx facility, I built delivery pallets at a Kroger distribution center, and I worked as a courier. Now that I spend all day at a desk thinking about video games, I definitely harbor a slight longing for something more […]
Enlarge Traitov | Getty Images 2020 was a tough year for a lot of reasons, not least of which were breaches and hacks that visited pain on end users, customers, and the organizations that were targeted. The ransomware menace dominated headlines, with an endless stream of compromises hitting schools, governments, and private companies as criminals […]