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No Man's Sky opens the infinite cosmos on Nintendo Switch

Derek Strickland | Feb 10, 2022 4:38 PM CST

No Man's Sky is coming to Nintendo Switch...and Hello Games still doesn't believe it was possible.

No Man's Sky opens the infinite cosmos on Nintendo Switch

Yesterday's Nintendo Direct was absolutely bursting with news, and one of the biggest games on the market is coming to the small Switch handheld. No Man's Sky, one of gaming's biggest comeback stories, is launching over to the Switch in Summer 2022. Releasing on the Switch will give Hello Games a nice sales boost--the platform has sold over 100 million units to date.

According to Hello Games, the Switch version has been in development for several years and it was a tough process. The studio said getting No Man's Sky to run on the lower-end Tegra X1 hardware was a "moonshot."

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare II, Warzone 2 may be revealed tomorrow

Derek Strickland | Feb 10, 2022 4:07 PM CST

UPDATE: Infinity Ward teases a reveal tomorrow:

Call of Duty Modern Warfare II, Warzone 2 may be revealed tomorrow

Call of Duty Modern Warfare II could be revealed tomorrow alongside the rumored Warzone 2, rumors indicate.

It looks like Activision is gearing up for a big Call of Duty reveal tomorrow. Multiple sources including Tom Henderson have said an embargo on Warzone 2 lifts tomorrow.

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YouTube made $28 billion from ads in 2021, more than PlayStation

Derek Strickland | Feb 10, 2022 3:00 PM CST

YouTube made more money from ads in 2021 than Sony did from PlayStation games.

YouTube made $28 billion from ads in 2021, more than PlayStation

Alphabet recently reported its Q4 earnings, and one of the most surprising figures was YouTube ad revenue. According to data provided by Google, the popular video platform has generated $28.84 billion in total ad revenue through 2021. That's more than the $24.51 billion that Sony made from PlayStation gaming in 2021.

YouTube ad revenue was up nearly 50% year-over-year, driven by record engagement and viewership.

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YouTube NFTs: Creators may soon monetize video & art NFTs on new store

Derek Strickland | Feb 10, 2022 1:52 PM CST

YouTube may soon let creators create, mint, and drop officially-branded NFTs in a new possible monetization program.

YouTube NFTs: Creators may soon monetize video & art NFTs on new store

YouTube has a grand vision for the web3 metaverse. It's a new realm that merge advertising, immersion, and blockchain in a cohesive ecosystem that's monetized across all segments. That also includes new ways for creator revenue streams--and subsequently, company revenue streams.

In a recent blog post, YouTube says it is exploring the idea of opening a new NFT marketplace where YouTubers can sell their own digital content including limited-edition videos, art, and more. The vision is in early phases and no store has been established yet.

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YouTube is embracing the metaverse, starts with gaming

Derek Strickland | Feb 10, 2022 1:23 PM CST

YouTube could help shape the metaverse, interactive entertainment's latest buzzworthy trend.

YouTube is embracing the metaverse, starts with gaming

YouTube today announced that it is committed to the metaverse. The world's leading video-on-demand platform wants to inject a new level of immersion into YouTube entertainment. Exact plans are unknown, but YouTube says it will start its metaverse plans with video games.

"We're thinking big about how to make viewing more immersive. The first area in which you can expect to see an impact is gaming, where we'll work to bring more interactions to games and make them feel more alive. It's still early days, but we're excited to see how we can turn these virtual worlds into a reality for viewers," YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan said in a blog post.

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GTA 6 may emphasize singleplayer: We never said singleplayer was dead

Derek Strickland | Feb 9, 2022 3:48 PM CST

Singleplayer is still very important to Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive. So what does that mean for GTA 6?

GTA 6 may emphasize singleplayer: We never said singleplayer was dead

The last we heard is that GTA 6 could launch with a more compact singleplayer story mode that expands over time with online updates. After years of billion-dollar earnings with GTA Online, Rockstar has started to lean into singleplayer content with GTA Online's new The Contract expansion which features story content with original GTA V characters and can be played solo. Is this the beginning of a new hybridized setup for Grand Theft Auto 6?

We don't know for sure, but Take-Two Interactive still believes in singleplayer. That's surprising considering Take-Two earned over $551 million from in-game spending in the holiday quarter--microtransactions have been very good to the publisher.

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New Assassin's Creed game will be smaller in scope, not open-world

Derek Strickland | Feb 9, 2022 3:15 PM CST

The next Assassin's Creed game will be smaller in scope than Origins, Odyssey, and especially Valhalla.

New Assassin's Creed game will be smaller in scope, not open-world

Ubisoft is planning a new standalone Assassin's Creed game for 2022 or 2023 that will star Basim, sources tell Bloomberg. The game will be more compact with greater emphasis on stealth and a diminished focus on exploration.

The new game, codenamed Rift, was originally set to be an expansion to Assassin's Creed Valhalla and soon ballooned into a full game. Valhalla has already expanded with two years' worth of content to carry the franchise into 2022 with the new more recent Dawn of Ragnarok expansion.

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Grand Theft Auto series has made $7.3 billion since GTA V's release

Derek Strickland | Feb 9, 2022 2:26 PM CST

The Grand Theft Auto franchise has now made over $7 billion since GTA V's release in 2013.

Grand Theft Auto series has made $7.3 billion since GTA V's release

According to data provided by Take-Two filings, the GTA series has generated a whopping $7.3 billion since Grand Theft Auto V's initial release ($7.299 billion, to be more exact). GTA V's megaton launch in 2013 actually accounts for nearly 20% of these revenues--the game made $1.49 billion in sales in one quarter.

The holiday 2021 period spiked franchise revenues to their highest quarterly peak since GTA V's release. During Q3'22, GTA pulled in $310 million driven by three major things: GTA Online, the new GTA trilogy remaster, and continued GTA V sales. The series has managed to set two earnings records in FY22.

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Zynga to make blockchain play-to-earn NFT games

Derek Strickland | Feb 9, 2022 1:08 PM CST

Zynga has started incubating blockchain games, sources tell Axios.

Zynga to make blockchain play-to-earn NFT games

With more than $23 billion NFT trades in 2021, mobile titan Zynga wants in on the craze. The game developer is currently ironing out early details of new blockchain-based games with play-to-earn features. Zynga hasn't outlined exact plans, but the general idea is that gamers will be able to play, earn, and own digital assets that can then be re-sold on a marketplace for cryptocurrency.

NFTs have proven to be a wildly speculative market for major game publishers. Square Enix and SEGA have expressed interest. Konami and Ubisoft have both launched their own NFT line but the assets made less than $200,000 overall, which is a drop in the bucket to both companies who make mega millions from microtransactions.

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Microsoft: All future Call of Duty games coming to PlayStation too

Derek Strickland | Feb 9, 2022 12:46 PM CST

Call of Duty and other Activision franchises will not be Xbox exclusive, Microsoft today announced.

Microsoft: All future Call of Duty games coming to PlayStation too

Microsoft just dropped a megaton bomb on exclusivity and re-affirmed our predictions: Call of Duty and other major Activision games will still release on PlayStation consoles after the Activision-Blizzard buyout closes.

"Microsoft will continue to make Call of Duty and other popular Activision Blizzard titles available on PlayStation through the term of any existing agreement with Activision. And we have committed to Sony that we will also make them available on PlayStation beyond the existing agreement and into the future so that Sony fans can continue to enjoy the games they love."

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