Tencent Acquires 10% Stake In Sumo Group
As we speak, Tencent hopes to appeal to U.S. goers in the games industry by partnering with Nintendo to reach more American citizens. While that is going on, Tencent now has a 10% stake…
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Youtube Begins Damage Control Over Controversial New Terms of Service
A quick recap of what transpired between the FTC and Google: New York State on behalf of its people took Google to court over the illegal harvesting and handling of children’s data. Along with…
Xbox Boss Says Project Scarlett Will Improve On Xbox One Launch Issues While Being A Powerful Competitor
The Xbox One first released way back in 2013 and brought with it a myriad of problems. Later on, the console would gain siblings like the Xbox One S, the Xbox SAD (digital only),…
Human Head Studios Shuts Down While Bethesda Forms Roundhouse Studios
Human Head Studios has shut down after a long run on the games market. However, comprised of staff from Human Head Studios, Bethesda has announced Roundhouse Studios, which happens to be working on a…
Activision’s Revenue Drops 47% While Blizzard Revenue Plummets 38%
Activision and Blizzard’s sales were down in both divisions during the third-quarter of the fiscal year. Revenue was down by 15% with net bookings down by 27% for Activision, according to GamesIndustry.biz.
Death Stranding Sells 185,909 Copies In Japan
Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding has made the top list on Famitsu. That’s right, the game that has gamers and fans alike split like a great earthquake is leading the pack of the best top…
Ircha Gaming Loses Channel Due To Hackers And YouTube Is Slow To Help
There’s been a phishing scam going around that allows hackers to gain access to YouTube channels through a malicious link. GamerThumbTV originally had his channel compromised and spent quite some time agonizing over the…
Epic Games Acquires Quixel, Bridge, And Mixer Material Application
Firstly, the Mixer in question isn’t from the sweaty hands of the creator of GameGoo, but the standalone application material creation software also called Mixer. With that said, Epic Games is looking to expand…
Netflix CEO Has No Plans On Entering The Games Industry
It looks like, as of now, Netflix isn’t interested in invading the games industry in that publishing and developing intellectual properties won’t happen anytime soon on the company’s end. This information comes from CNBC’s…
YouTube Can Terminate Your YouTube Account If It’s No Longer “Commercially Viable”
Starting December 10th, 2019, YouTube will begin enforcing a new terms of service change that will allow them to terminate your YouTube or Google access to their service if they feel that your content,…