Derek Strickland
Senior Gaming Editor - Florida, USA
Derek joined the TweakTown team in 2015 and has since reviewed and played 1000s of hours of new games. Derek is absorbed with the intersection of technology and gaming, and is always looking forward to new advancements. With over six years in games journalism under his belt, Derek aims to further engage the gaming sector while taking a peek under the tech that powers it. He hopes to one day explore the stars in No Man's Sky with the magic of VR.
Editorial Responsibilities: gaming news and reviews
Derek Strickland has written 10830 pieces of content
- September 2023
- Xbox profits revealed in new FTC leak
- FTC not involved in Xbox leak, agency says it's not to blame for biggest leak in game history
- Microsoft plans to integrate ads into PC and mobile games following Activision buyout
- Xbox Game Pass made $230 million revenue in one month, most users pay for full subscriptions
- Microsoft reveals how much third-party developers make per hour on Xbox
- Xbox consulted with metaverse pioneer Matthew Ball to help guide Game Pass subscription
- The Elder Scrolls VI not coming to PlayStation, court documents show
- Unity seems willing to compromise on controversial runtime fees
- Grand Theft Auto V officially turns 10 years old
- Top Star Wars game director leaves EA, puts Jedi trilogy in question
- None of the new Final Fantasy 7 games support cross-save, direct progress does not carry over
- PlayStation 5 max external SSD capacity boosted to 8TB
- Game Pass subscribers could be well over 30 million by now
- Starfield mods confirmed for Xbox, will work similar to Fallout 4 and Skyrim console mods
- Slay the Spire devs respond to Unity's new fees: 'you f*cked up'
- Game Pass Core launches with dozens of free quality Xbox games
- New PlayStation State of Play isn't the big one, will focus on indies, PSVR2, 3rd party games
- Unity alienates entire customer base in quest for profit
- Bobby Kotick was right: Phones will soon play AAA games
- Embracer may sell Gearbox to help triage failed $2 billion deal
- Starfield: Best gear rolls for weight management and improved carrying capacity
- RuneScape's Jagex could be sold for $1.25 billion
- Microsoft clarifies one of the most controversial findings of the FTC federal trial
- Xbox games have been played by 500 million people
- Starfield is an engagement titan with 6 million players, may catalyze Game Pass growth
- Report: Next-gen Switch uses DLSS to deliver PS5-level graphics
- Most of Starfield's players aren't on Steam
- Nintendo ready to move on from Tears of the Kingdom
- Todd Howard discusses benefits of Starfield's Xbox exclusivity
- Jedi Survivor adds DLSS on PC, new patch hits solid 60FPS on consoles
- New Elder Scrolls Online update reduces stress for new players, makes MMORPG more welcoming
- Starfield doesn't run great on Steam Deck, but this mod could help
- Xbox Discord game streaming coming this week, 1080p 60FPS streams only available to Nitro subs
- Peter Molyneux teases new mysterious new game codenamed M.O.A.T
- Xbox's latest hire makes good on promise to improve presence in Japan
- Final Fantasy XVI officially confirmed for PC, won't be ready when PS5 exclusivity ends
- How to find Starfield's mysterious Armored Core mechs
- Saints Row developer Volition shuts down so that Embracer can save moeny
- Starfield console commands and cheats list: No clip, godmode and more
- Starfield cheats: console commands work on Xbox consoles too August 2023
- Starfield is Bethesda's 'best performing game'
- Microsoft has no intention of leaving Xbox Series S behind
- Tekken 8 is Bandai Namco's first $70 game, Capcom and SEGA may be next
- Sony drastically raises PlayStation Plus prices
- Starfield leaker arrested on felony theft charges, allegedly stole 67 copies of the game
- Phil Spencer 'totally understands' why some publishers avoid Xbox Game Pass
- Dragon Age 4 may not release until Summer 2024, Mass Effect team helping development
- Fallout TV show called out for using AI-generated artwork
- Key Dragon Age writer let go as BioWare lays off 50 workers
- Phil Spencer on Xbox Series S: 'There is no fatal flaw in the machine'
- No Man's Sky Echoes uses AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution to boost performance on Switch
- CMA opens investigation into new Microsoft-Activision merger
- Phil Spencer says it 'will take time' to get Activision games on Game Pass
- Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox confirmed to launch in 2023 thanks to Phil Spencer's help
- Microsoft offers creative Activision merger divestiture to persuade UK regulators
- PlayStation Portal does not support cloud game streaming, only Remote Play via PS5
- Sony announces new PSP for $199, but it's not what you think
- CMA blocks original Microsoft-Activision merger on grounds of cloud gaming harm
- Bill Clinton kid imitators crash Gamescom stage: 'Bill Clinton wants to play GTA 6'
- Modern Warfare 3 campaign breaks linear style with open combat missions
- Official Xbox Series X wraps revealed with NASA-inspired Starfield design
- Nintendo shares interesting words about next games console
- Charles Martinet no longer Mario's voice in games, Nintendo confirms
- NetEase opens 10th studio T-Minus Zero, helmed by BioWare co-founder
- Dying Light 2 is getting premium currency to spend on microtransactions
- New Ghostbusters footage flexes power of Sony's real-time games engine tech
- Embracer open to divesting studios, emphasizes external funding for new games
- Crystal Dynamics & Eidos' profitability plan is ahead of schedule
- Embracer will cancel games and close more studios to save costs
- Xbox 360 store closing in 2024
- COD HQ may be Call of Duty's games as a platform future, may mimic Halo Master Chief Collection
- Starfield's release build is now finished and ready to ship to gamers
- Starfield Q&A: alien warfare, housing, pacifist runs, and much more
- Sony confirms first-party PlayStation games have been delayed
- PS5 console profits to be reduced, Sony warns
- PlayStation 5 breaks 41.7 million sales, achieves record-breaking Q1
- Sony prepared to take 'necessary measures' to sell 25 million PS5s, including more discounts
- Bungie makes the perfect choice for its new Zavala
- PlayStation 5 slim leaked, features new segmented fin design
- PlayStation operating profit dips as Sony pays toward Bungie buyout, game development costs
- Sony expects PlayStation to make $32 billion in annual sales, a new all-time record
- PlayStation achieves new record-breaking Q1 with $5.36 billion sales
- Tons of Modern Warfare 2 content will carry over to Modern Warfare 3
- Get a bunch of fantastic Resident Evil games for just $20
- Grand Theft Auto franchise earned $8.4 billion since GTA V's release
- $1 Xbox Game Pass promo reduced to 14 days, used to be 30 days
- It sounds like Grand Theft Auto 6 is still planned to release in 2024
- Take-Two explains benefits of putting games on subscriptions like Game Pass, PlayStation Plus
- Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick wary of pursuing video game film adaptations
- Grand Theft Auto V sales break 185 million, pushes total GTA sales to 405 million
- Mario game sales jump after Super Mario Bros film success
- Zelda Tears of the Kingdom sells 18.51 million copies, made up 35% of total Q1 software sales
- FromSoftware made $152 million last year with a 60% profit margin
- Square Enix pays off Final Fantasy XVI's dev costs, causes Q1 profits to drop
- Red Dead Redemption coming soon to Switch and PS4, but isn't a remake
- Call of Duty may have over 5x more monthly active players than Apex Legends
- Nintendo kicks off year with record Q1 sales, operating income, and profit
- PlayStation 5 consoles steeply discounted as Sony executes record PlayStation shipments
- Metal Gear Solid franchise breaks 60 million sales
- Nintendo Switch sales break 129.53 million, achieves third best Q1 as it enters 7th year
- Baldur's Gate 3 breaks 472,000 players on Steam, beats DOTA 2 for a day
- EA's FC24 will feature 19,000 players across 30 leagues
- EA working on largest pipeline of games in its 41-year history
- Report: Lenovo's new Legion Go PC handheld could compete against Steam Deck, ROG Ally July 2023
- Oblivion remake possibly in development, but Bethesda isn't making it
- World of Warcraft beats Call of Duty in certain metrics, European Commission finds
- Switch 2 may release in Holiday 2024
- Xbox has a capture problem and it's getting worse
- Microsoft expects Xbox to deliver record-breaking revenue during Starfield's release
- Square Enix commits to launching more games on Xbox 'whenever possible'
- Final Fantasy XIV coming to Xbox with cross-play
- New Red Dead Redemption remaster evidence surfaces on Rockstar's official website
- New PlayStation 5 model unlikely to use 5nm SoC, may stick with 6nm Oberon Plus APU instead
- Xbox annual revenue down $746 million, made up 7% of Microsoft's yearly earnings
- PlayStation 5 sales hit 40 million, may be outselling Xbox Series X/S by nearly double
- Digital made up 77% of Capcom's Q1 gaming revenues, and 86% of total game sales
- Xbox Game Pass increases one of gaming's most important metrics
- CD Projekt RED to lay off 9% of workforce, sets aside $1 million for severance
- Blizzard actually lost 1 million users after Diablo IV's release
- Capcom delivers record Q1 with 13.5 million game sales, arcade segment growth
- Xbox revenues hit $15 billion, miss expectations due to 'weak first-party, third-party content'
- Xbox breaks alleged Game Pass exclusivity requirement, Sea of Stars launches day one on PS Plus
- Bethesda releases epic Starfield animated shorts set in anthology format
- Netflix subscribers surge by 6 million as password sharing crackdown maneuver pays off
- Dying Light dev Techland becomes Tencent's latest subsidiary
- Diablo III vs Diablo IV sales: Prime evil showdown
- FTC pauses lawsuit against Microsoft-Activision merger, but agency could continue suing
- Activision has made nearly $1 billion from mobile every quarter over the last year
- PlayStation Pro: 'Project Trinity', 2024 launch, 8K performance mode
- Call of Duty Mobile breaks $3 billion consumer spending
- Blizzard was Activision's top Q2 earner with record-breaking $1 billion revenues
- Analysis: Mobile gaming has transformed Activision-Blizzard's business
- Square Enix responds to Final Fantasy 16 sales confusion, says game sales are extremely strong
- Controversial Diablo 4 patch is tanking player morale
- First-Person Shooter documentary review: Chronicle of Carnage
- Blizzard games are coming to Steam as publisher selectively breaks Battle.net exclusivity
- Microsoft-Activision merger deadline extended to October with rising termination fee
- Troika's original Baldur's Gate 3 pitch sounds like a mix of Skyrim and Jedi Outcast
- Star Citizen's Cloud Imperium Games merges with game dev Turbulent
- Microsoft and Activision discussing merger deadline extension, more sources say
- New Call of Duty server fix is indicative of how Microsoft intends to treat franchise
- UK vs Microsoft-Activision merger: Here's what's going on
- CMA's request to adjourn appeal had nothing to do with FTC loss
- New Xbox Game Pass Core has a surprising benefit for classic games
- Report: Xbox LIVE Gold being replaced with new Xbox Game Pass tier
- Every Call of Duty game is on sale on Xbox as Microsoft prepares to merge with Activision
- Sony signs Call of Duty deal with Microsoft
- Report: Microsoft and Activision likely to extend merger deadline
- FTC loses, Xbox wins: Appeals court denies FTC injunction in Microsoft-Activision merger case
- Judge assumes Call of Duty will be Game Pass exclusive despite Microsoft's PS Plus offer
- In a timely move, Xbox will allow a competing cloud streaming service on its platform
- UK regulators extend final order deadline as they consider Microsoft's latest merger offer
- Microsoft could renegotiate Activision buyout at higher share premium to extend deadline
- FTC requests order to block Microsoft and Activision from merging until appeal decision is made
- Microsoft-Activision deal closure may spark gaming acquisition spree
- Former FTC chair explains why Microsoft prevailed in Activision merger case
- Microsoft and UK regulators pause Activision merger legal battle
- Microsoft comments on FTC appeal, says FTC's case is 'demonstrably weak'
- FTC appeals Judge Corley's decision in Microsoft-Activision merger case
- FTC responds to federal ruling: Microsoft-Activision merger is a clear threat to competition
- Microsoft identified 'five different mobile and PC gaming opportunities' in Activision buyout
- Microsoft offers 'small and discreet' divestiture CMA, but UK regulators haven't yet accepted
- Square Enix wants to speed up game development and is 'exploring various ideas' on remasters
- Federal judge identifies eight reasons why Microsoft has no incentive to withhold Call of Duty
- FTC v Microsoft: Judge Corley denies preliminary injunction in big win for Xbox
- BioWare writer leaves after 21 years with the studio
- EA opens new studio Cliffhanger Games to work on Black Panther singleplayer AAA game
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare II sold 4.4 million copies on PlayStation 1 week, beat FIFA 23
- Final Fantasy franchise sales break 180 million following Final Fantasy XVI's launch
- Big 3 earnings compared: PlayStation vs Xbox vs Nintendo
- Nintendo ends fiscal year with $8.98 billion in cash, $17 billion net assets
- Xbox Game Pass and Starfield could help Xbox deliver record Q1 earnings
- Baldur's Gate III is so big that it takes 80 hours to beat 'if you blitz through it'
- Xbox Game Pass price increase now in effect, Xbox LIVE conversion ratios have also changed
- FTC: Activision and Microsoft identified 'large financial benefits' to ATVI games on Game Pass
- Smoke, Rain, Frost, Cyrax, Sektor join Mortal Kombat 1 roster in explosive new gameplay footage
- IO Interactive opens fifth game studio as it ramps production of new 007 James Bond game
- Nintendo boosts R&D spending as next-gen Switch 2 looms
- Capcom wants to take 'great care' in new Mega Man games, won't rush development
- GTA V returns to Game Pass for the third time, Take-Two obviously a believer in subscriptions
- Game Pass effect: Xbox's game subscription service is changing consumer buying habits
- Call of Duty has 70 million daily active users, more than Roblox
- The Outer Worlds was made with casual RPG players in mind, pitched as 'Fallout meets Firefly'
- Console gaming has highest play-to-pay conversion rate, analyst firm Newzoo says
- Starfield allows players to sell planet survey data, set up interstellar economies
- Xbox's support has allowed Bethesda to 'be this ambitious' with Starfield
- Starfield's 2023 release may not have been possible without Xbox exclusivity
- South Africa approves the Microsoft-Activision merger
- Starfield will be a 'modders paradise,' Todd Howard says
- Ubisoft's ambitious Assassin's Creed Infinity games-as-a-platform plan is taking shape
- Xbox Series X/S Gen 9 console sales break 21 million, push modern Xbox sales to 79 million
- Nintendo conquers console publishing revenues, beats Sony by $3 billion, Xbox by $3.8 billion
- FTC's narrow high-performance console market undermined as economist finds substitution effects
- The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Review - Reach for the Sky
- Activision CEO regrets not releasing Call of Duty on Switch, interested in supporting Switch 2
- FTC explains how Microsoft-Activision merger will harm consumers and competition June 2023
- Starfield's new Creation Engine took 'so long to do,' Bethesda's Todd Howard happy with results
- PS5 quality games will eventually be playable natively on phones, Activision CEO says
- Activision CEO Bobby Kotick's stock would be worth $400 million if merger closes, FTC says
- Fallout creator Tim Cain is concerned about Fallout 5
- Elder Scrolls VI could launch between 2026-2028, Xbox exclusivity remains unclear
- There are very good reasons why Final Fantasy 16 didn't sell as much as Final Fantasy 15
- Activision will be a limited-integration company post-merger, similar to ZeniMax
- Microsoft tried, and failed, to persuade Activision to put games on Game Pass
- Minecraft makes 4x more revenue on Switch than Xbox
- ZeniMax buyout used a sliding scale Neutrino Model to determine effects of platform exclusivity
- All future ZeniMax and Bethesda games may be Xbox exclusive
- Internal Microsoft doc hints advertisements could come to Xbox games or Game Pass
- Sony says it 'does not typically require subscription exclusivity' for games on PS Plus
- Microsoft may have significantly lowered Windows license prices for NVIDIA's GeForce Now
- Satya Nadella wants to remove all game exclusivity: 'I have no love for that world'
- Bobby Kotick indicates Activision games could come to subscription if the price is right
- Red Dead Redemption rated in Korea, could be RDR1 remaster
- FTC economist witness unprepared to illustrate size and scope of Activision's megaton games
- Sony's Jim Ryan: Kotick asked to negotiate Call of Duty to 'cover himself' if merger fails
- BioWare to focus exclusively on singleplayer games, new Mass Effect in pre-production
- Sony's Jim Ryan: 'I believe Microsoft will use Call of Duty to damage us'
- Xbox missed annual revenue forecasts by $780 million
- Microsoft wants Xbox to 'reach industry leadership' by 2030, plans to double Xbox revenues
- Microsoft's buyout consideration list included 100+ game devs: Bungie, CD Projekt, FromSoftware
- Xbox is a separate business unit where profit 'non-negotiable'
- Minecraft is the highest-earning Xbox game and it delivers 'significant profits'
- Xbox's Phil Spencer says he wouldn't use Sony's own exclusivity tactics against PlayStation
- Activision acquisition not expected to grow Xbox's console business
- Call of Duty negotiations likely to end mutually, Sony needs COD and Microsoft needs Sony
- Starfield exclusivity was the last straw for Microsoft, led to $7.5 billion ZeniMax buyout
- Xbox Cloud Gaming was specifically made to reach mobile players
- Only 100 out of Starfield's 1,000 planets have life, Bethesda offers 'magnificent desolation'
- Microsoft floated idea of buying Zynga, declined because they wanted bigger mobile player
- Elder Scrolls 6 may not be Xbox exclusive after all, Phil Spencer not ready to commit
- Xbox views PlayStation as a hostile competitor
- Xbox Game Pass revenues can be tied directly to player counts, engagement, and popularity
- Bethesda's Pete Hines explains the merits of platform exclusivity
- Xbox cloud streaming may never be uncoupled from Game Pass due to profitability concerns
- Microsoft still expects PS6, next Xbox by 2028
- Warzone 1.0 shutting down as Activision unifies Call of Duty infrastructure
- Microsoft explains why Xbox cloud game streaming is so costly
- Activision refused to bring Call of Duty to Xbox unless Microsoft went beyond 70-30 rev share
- Xbox's Phil Spencer has final say on game exclusivity
- Sony wouldn't share PS6 details with Activision following Microsoft acquisition
- MachineGames new Indiana Jones game was multiplatform before Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax
- Jim Ryan private emails show he doesn't think Call of Duty will be made exclusive to Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass: Next stages in the service's evolution cycle
- Why Microsoft isn't increasing price of Xbox Game Pass on PC
- Microsoft increases Xbox Game Pass prices
- Super Mario RPG remaster coming to Switch with upgraded visuals and same turn-based combat
- Mario turns into an elephant in Nintendo's wackiest wonderworld yet
- Console, PC gaming to make 27% of total U.S. gaming revenues in 2023, shrink to 23% by 2027
- Skydance could resurrect best parts of the cancelled Boba Fett and Visceral Star Wars games
- Microsoft downplays cloud as regulators use nascent tech as anti-merger lynchpin
- PlayStation's fledgling mobile business loses head executive
- Half-decade production cycles are the new norm for AAA games
- Ubisoft set up for a big comeback with new AAA game slate
- Hutts may be one of the crime syndicates featured in Star Wars Outlaws
- Dan Houser keeps things weird with new media startup Absurd Ventures
- Microsoft won't immediately raise Xbox Game Pass price if Activision merger is approved
- Activision will operate separately on a post-merger basis, Microsoft says
- Final Fantasy XVI day one patch confirmed, but it's not required
- Avatar Frontiers of Pandora has a cultural rites of passage storyline
- xQc signs $100 million deal with Kick, a new fledgling Twitch competitor
- Microsoft may abandon Activision merger if federal judge grants FTC request
- Sony not ready to disrupt virtuous cycle with day one first-party games on PlayStation Plus
- Twitch execs hold Q&A on new Partner Plus program
- Xbox One is done, Microsoft will now release games exclusively for Series X/S consoles
- Xbox first-party games find success in one of the most important KPIs of modern gaming
- Phil Spencer: 'I think of Xbox Game Pass as a content fund'
- Phantom Liberty director will lead Cyberpunk 2077 sequel's development
- Outriders still has not made a profit, developer confirms
- Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly secures big contract for new Xbox game
- PS5 games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium cloud streaming
- FTC secures restraining order temporarily prohibiting Microsoft-Activision merger from closing
- Outlaws looks like one of the most authentic Star Wars games ever made
- Xbox has been engaged with Starfield's development since early 2022
- FTC seeks federal court orders to stall Microsoft-Activision merger
- Embracer to restructure games empire, layoffs, studio closures, game cancellations imminent
- Diablo IV ignites market with $666 million game sales revenues in 5 days
- Avatar Frontiers of Pandora channels Far Cry with FPS bow combat and slick traversal
- Game Pass and Xbox are profitable, Phil Spencer reiterates
- Phil Spencer explains why Japanese games skip Xbox
- Bethesda may change forever after The Elder Scrolls VI, Todd Howard indicates
- Phil Spencer on new mid-cycle Xbox upgrade: Right now we're pretty set on the hardware we have
- Skyrim is one of the best-selling games of all time with 60 million copies sold
- Starfield 30FPS console perf confirmed, 4K 30FPS on Series X, 1440p 30FPS on Series S
- Final Fantasy XVI PS5 demo drops tomorrow June 12
- Square Enix's new CEO is a gamer who grew up playing Final Fantasy
- Fable's first new footage stars IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade in hilarious take on fairy tales
- Xbox Series S 1TB model announced for $349
- PC Game Pass Ultimate titles coming to NVIDIA GeForce Now devices
- Xbox expects to make over $1 billion from PC in 2023
- Starfield will have a photo mode to capture over 1,000 planets and worlds
- Starfield confirmed for a 2023 release date
- Ubisoft's new Star Wars Outlaws game announced, coming in 2024
- Jefferies analyst: Microsoft-Activision merger has a less than 50% chance being approved
- Xbox 2023 showcase: Hopes, dreams, and predictions
- Activision updates shareholders on its union negotiation efforts
- 10 years ago, PlayStation's marketing team won two consecutive console generations
- Digital-only AAA games to become the standard by 2028, analyst predicts
- Fallout designer Tim Cain loved New Vegas: 'It felt like OG Fallout'
- Tim Cain reveals the books, films, games & real-life influences that inspired the first Fallout
- Zelda movie reportedly in the works from Nintendo and Illumination
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth ships on 2 discs, coming early 2024
- NetherRealm originally wanted Mortal Kombat to be 'Jean-Claude van Damme the video game'
- Fortnite made nearly $6 billion from in-game purchases in 2021
- Spider-Man 2 release date announced alongside new Venom details
- Friday the 13th game to be delisted in December, but a new F13 game is in development
- Resident Evil Village hits new sales milestone days after big Street Fighter 6 debut
- GameStop board fires CEO, stock plummets overnight
- Microsoft or Activision may have withdrawn confidentiality waiver from CMA in merger case
- CMA met with FTC 26 times to discuss Microsoft-Activision merger, CEO Sarah Cardell says
- Worlds collide as McFarlane Toys signs deal to make Diablo and Warcraft action figures
- Street Fighter 6 is already a hit with 1 million sales, pushes total series to 50 million sales
- Arkane's Raphael Colantonio briefly worked on Ken Levine's new game Judas
- Western Digital launches affordably-priced Xbox Series X/S SSD expansion memory cards
- Capcom franchise sales updates: Resident Evil breaks 142 million, Monster Hunter at 92 million
- Diablo IV sets new record for early access sales, gamers have spent 93 million hours so far
- Ken Levine reveals why he stopped making BioShock games: 'I trapped myself'
- Hideo Kojima impressed with Apple's gaming tech, will bring future games to Mac
- Apple Vision Pro: No controllers, $3499, coming in 2024
- Fallout 2 originally had a Library of Alexandria run by wasteland monks
- Why Fallout creator Tim Cain left Interplay: Pay disputes, burn out, and crunch
- Mobile leads Take-Two revenues, physical sales made less than 5% of earnings
- Sony may use proprietary AI to augment PlayStation cloud gaming
- Cyberpunk 2077 sequel Project Orion begins R&D phase in 2024
- Ken Levine shares insight on BioShock's creative storytelling
- New Final Fantasy VII Rebirth details revealed by Square Enix
- Aspyr cancels KOTOR II DLC plans, offers free games as apology
- Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is Nintendo's magic ticket to Minecraft-like UGC
- U.S. House opens probe into FTC, Chair Lina Khan accused of 'abuses of power'
- Activision could pull out of UK in order to merge with Microsoft
- EA's new monetization tactic may include Nike's FOMO lootboxes
- GTA 6 expected to make $1 billion sales in first week
- Capcom asks gamers what the next Resident Evil remake should be
- Redfall originally had a robust microtransaction model
- BioWare experimented with AI-powered story and dialog, but it ended in disaster
- Report: ZeniMax pressed its studios to add microtransactions to games May 2023
- Comcast could enter the $200 billion video games market, analysts speculate
- U.S. spent more on games than China in 2022, analyst firm reports
- Microsoft pledges to be 'determined' and 'creative' to get ATVI merger clearance
- Activision almost bought Time Warner: 'We'd turn their IP into games'
- Activision CEO responds to harassment allegations, comments on labor unions
- PlayStation may not be console-only, but it's still console-first
- CMA allegedly only spent 4 weeks out of its 32-week investigation on cloud
- Nintendo explains why emulation is bad for gaming
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is officially coming to PC
- CD Projekt CEO squashes Sony acquisition rumors: 'CD Projekt is not for sale'
- Witcher 3 is now one of the top 10 best-selling games of all time, CDPR says
- Sony's Jim Ryan is confident the PS5 can sell at least 108 million units
- PC gaming is not yet substantial for PlayStation, but it's growing fast
- Bungie acquisition helped Sony become one of the top 20 publishers on PC
- Spider-Man 2 hype is explosive, gameplay trailer has more views than PS showcase
- Assassin's Creed Mirage is $50 and includes a free PS5 upgrade
- Konami's redemption arc continues with a one-two Metal Gear Solid punch combo
- Opinion: Some of Microsoft's merger appeal arguments aren't very strong
- Microsoft says the CMA was wrong to block the merger for these five reasons
- Pokemon franchise has sold over 480 million games to date
- PlayStation Project Q handheld reportedly has 3-4 hour battery life
- Last of Us multiplayer live game officially delayed, project team reduced
- Grand Theft Auto franchise revenues break $8.33 billion since GTA V's release
- PSA: Zelda TotK's dupe glitch fixed by new v1.1.2 update
- Bungie's new Marathon PVP game won't have a campaign, but it will tell a story
- Dragon's Dogma 2 is singleplayer-only, uses 'latest AI technology'
- Alan Wake 2 is a 'brutal and harrowing' game with many contrast points
- PlayStation's new live games lack connection or cohesion with PS brand
- Alan Wake II is digital-only, but is cheaper on all platforms as a result
- Sony reveals new PlayStation handheld, codenamed Project Q
- Bungie's first shooter Marathon is coming back as PVP extraction shooter
- 70% of PS Plus subscribers have not upgraded to Extra or Premium tiers
- PlayStation accessories are 'highly profitable' for Sony
- PS5 to become most successful and profitable console generation ever, Sony says
- PSVR2 launch sales significantly outpace PSVR despite $549 price tag
- Bungie helping Sony vet live service games with 'rigorous review process'
- Last of Us game sales increased 'dramatically' with every TV show episode
- Jim Ryan: We're always evaluating prices, willing to make price adjustments
- PlayStation planning 'aggressive and interesting' expansion into cloud gaming
- AI is a rising tide for interactive entertainment, Take-Two CEO says
- Intellivision Amico update: 'We can't solely depend on a console business model'
- Games market is 'certainly more challenging' now than in 2020-21, TTWO CEO says
- Ubisoft's new Star Wars game could launch this year
- Alan Wake actor spoils Alan Wake 2's release window
- Sony to spin off financial banking unit with IPO to raise investment capital
- Rockstar Games 'seeks perfection' with GTA 6
- Final Fantasy XVI is PlayStation exclusive because Sony made the best offer
- Zelda TOTK's best vehicle is very easy to make
- Microsoft makes good on cloud commitments, brings Xbox PC games to Boosteroid
- PlayStation's Jim Ryan on PC: 'I think more is better'
- EA says gamers are selectively buying blockbusters as inflation wracks economy
- Take-Two CEO says consumers are limiting game purchases and spending
- Overwatch devs always considered themselves as an MMO dev team
- Red Dead Redemption 2 breaks 53 million sales, Take-Two 'pleased' by performance
- GTA trilogy remaster sold less than 1 million copies last quarter
- GTA V has now sold 180 million copies, makes up 45% of total GTA franchise sales
- NetherRealm spent more time on Mortal Kombat 1 than any other Mortal Kombat game
- China approves Microsoft-Activision merger
- Microsoft offered 'several iterations' of its cloud remedy to the CMA
- CMA on Microsoft-Activision merger: 'We're not doing bidding of other agencies'
- Mortal Kombat hits 80 million sales, here's how it stacks up against competition
- Microsoft's 10-year GeForce streaming deal includes Epic Games Store purchases
- Mortal Kombat 1 confirmed, soft-reboot universe created by Fire God Liu Kang
- PlayStation 5 still the best-selling console in U.S. but Switch tops April sales
- Here's how Activision Blizzard King could fuel Xbox's next-gen ad platform
- GTA 6 could release in 2024 or 2025, Rockstar Games parent company indicates
- Saudi Arabia now holds $3.1 billion in EA stock
- PlayStation E3 summer show debuts May 24, will show off new PS5 games and new IP
- Tears of the Kingdom sells 10 million in 3 days, fastest-selling Zelda game ever
- Amazon's New World studio is making a Lord of the Rings MMORPG
- Final Fantasy XI turns 21, Square Enix says 'Vana'diel's not going anywhere'
- Ubisoft wants 2,800 people working on Assassin's Creed, six new titles in dev
- Activision made over $91 billion in 17 years, Call of Duty made 1/3rd of total
- SEGA still unsure about increasing game prices to $70
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was 'very surprised' CMA blocked Activision merger
- European Commission's Vestager comments on Microsoft-Activision merger approval
- CMA says it 'stands by decision' to block Microsoft-Activision merger
- Microsoft to stream all current and future Activision Blizzard games via cloud
- European Commission approves Microsoft-Activision merger
- Nintendo vs PlayStation: Hardware sales showdown
- Nintendo made $27 billion from first-party games across Switch's lifespan
- Nintendo hardware sales break 836 million worldwide
- Switch hits 1 billion game sales, helps Nintendo make $34 billion from software
- Nintendo Switch made $69 billion in total revenues
- Did Sony lead the FTC to create the High-Performance Console market designation?
- FTC Chair Lina Khan denies CMA collusion, says accusations are 'flatly untrue'
- Switch hits 125.62 million sales, can it beat the Nintendo DS?
- Report: Next-gen Switch won't launch until April 2024 at the earliest
- CMA has knowledge of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox consoles
- FTC's Khan on Microsoft-Activision merger: 'We have to protect nascent markets'
- Sharp making LCD panels for new console: Is it PlayStation Q-Lite or Switch 2?
- Elden Ring sales break 20.5 million, FromSoft plans to 'prolong lifespan' of IP
- NetherRealm warps time, MK12 is actually a reboot called Mortal Kombat 1
- Report: Modern Warfare 3 coming November 10 with campaign, multiplayer, zombies
- Nintendo prioritizing smooth transition between Switch and next-gen hardware
- Here's why regulators exclude Nintendo and focus on PlayStation vs Xbox
- Diablo IV utilizes deeply layered engagement mechanics with 3 battle passes
- Capcom may not raise game prices to $70, wants to sell 100 million games a year
- European Commission expected to aprove Microsoft-Activision merger on May 15
- EA: Game IP is like comic books, lots of opportunities to grow across decades
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- Nintendo: $11.84 billion sales, down $3bn YoY, still beating pre-pandemic levels
- Report: Assassin's Creed Mirage possibly delayed to October 2023
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- Microsoft-Activision merger approved in up to 9 regions so far
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- Capcom expects Street Fighter 6 to be its best-selling Street Fighter game ever
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- Sony made $8.3 billion via hardware in FY22, over $3 billion more than last year
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- FTC responds to Activision CEO, says it 'absolutely did not collude' with CMA
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- Activision achieves best Q1 in last 14 years, milestone thwarted by merger block
- Activision merger may 'seriously harm competition,' multiple companies tell CMA
- Activision stock dives as UK blocks Microsoft merger
- Activision's heated response to CMA merger block: 'UK is closed for business'
- Microsoft to appeal CMA's decision to block $68.7 billion Activision merger
- CMA blocks Microsoft-Activision merger
- Report: Microsoft to defy FTC and close Activision merger if EU, UK approve deal
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- Dead Island 2 is a huge success with 1 million copies sold in 3 days
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- Nintendo very unlikely to get full $10 million restitution from Bowser
- FTC seeks info on Microsoft's 10-year Call of Duty deal with Nintendo
- South Africa likely to approve Microsoft-Activision merger
- Nintendo asks FTC judge to dismiss testimony subpoena in Activision merger case
- Blizzard wants you to help slam its Diablo IV servers in second beta test
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- Meta lays off 1/3rd of Ready at Dawn, the devs that made The Order 1886
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- Atari looks to the past for its future, buys up more than 100 classic games
- PS5 driving US console market gains, breaks new PlayStation monthly sales record
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- CMA to deliver final decision on Microsoft-Activision merger next week
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- Steam Deck to break 3.47 million unit sales in 2023, analysts predict
- Halo made $6 billion from games and multimedia, 343 Industries says
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- Xbox hit with new game performance controversy as PR fire rapidly spreads
- Sony might be making a big mistake with PlayStation Plus
- Gamer's Lawsuit takes second shot at blocking Microsoft-Activision merger
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- Sony's Jim Ryan: Call of Duty downgrade would irreparably harm PlayStation
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- Sony cites Starfield, Redfall exclusivity as evidence of Microsoft's real plans
- Sony identifies 4 errors with CMA's data model, says data is off by at least 70%
- Microsoft says it won't withhold or degrade any Activision games on PlayStation
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- Opinion: Xbox Game Pass is indeed disruptive, and that's not a bad thing March 2023
- Japan approves Microsoft-Activision merger without conditions
- Judge orders Microsoft, Activision to comply with FTC document requests
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- Counter-Strike 2 announced: new sub-tick rate update, all CSGO items carry over
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- Microsoft reveals how much Tencent, Apple, and Google make from mobile games
- Microsoft keeps making smart business deals to get Activision merger passed
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- Microsoft clarifies where 150 million more Call of Duty players figure came from
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- Video recording of Microsoft's merger press conference in Brussels has surfaced
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- Epic Store makes $820 million in 2022, mostly from first-party games
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- Sony's Jim Ryan: 'I don't want a Call of Duty deal, I want to block your merger'
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- Starfield release date officially confirmed alongside Starfield Direct showcase
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- Meta prepares Quest Pass VR game subscription to better engage HMD owners
- Xbox chief reiterates game plan: 'We want gamers to play everywhere'
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- Minecraft has 'maybe 120 million active players,' Xbox's Phil Spencer says
- Report: Counter-Strike 2 reveal imminent with a beta coming soon
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- 10-year ABK deal should include Steam to make full impact
- Microsoft meets with CMA to defend against antitrust concerns & explore remedies
- European Commission now likely to approve Microsoft-Activision merger
- FTC judge orders Sony to mostly comply with Microsoft subpoena
- Hitman developers at IO Interactive are now making their dream game
- European Commission delays Activision merger decision deadline February 2023
- Elden Ring nears Call of Duty levels of sales success
- Miyamoto says Nintendo spirit will live on after his departure
- Square Enix re-absorbs Final Fantasy 15, Forspoken dev Luminous Productions
- European Commission chief Margrethe Vestager comments on Activision merger
- Final Fantasy XVI PC news: Yoshi-P isn't sure when it will happen
- Final Fantasy XVI's new feature could revolutionize RPGs
- Game Pass, the so-called multi-game subscription leader, expands to more regions
- Activision merger block won't destroy Xbox business, Phil Spencer says
- It's official: FromSoft is working on a new Elden Ring expansion
- Report: Microsoft may sell Xbox if Activision merger fails
- Steam gamers downloaded over 44 billion gigabytes of data in 2022
- Valve's Steam Deck handheld PC celebrates its first birthday
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- Microsoft's 10-year deals with Nintendo, NVIDIA were masterfully planned
- Microsoft sees 'clear path' towards regulatory approval of Activision merger
- Nintendo skipping E3 2023: 'The show didn't fit into our plans'
- Dragon Age Dreadwolf to deliver ambitious power fantasy with meaning and choice
- Baldur's Gate 3 is coming to Xbox too, Larian officially confirms
- Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav spoils Mortal Kombat 12's reveal
- PS Plus March 2023 free games: Battlefield 2042 leads the lineup
- Take-Two Interactive lawyers to appear in FTC's Microsoft-Activision merger case
- Call of Duty 2024 aka Cerberus may release on PS4 and Xbox One
- Valve's legendary FPS gleams in new Half-Life raytracing mod
- Valve hires legal counsel to appear in FTC's Microsoft-Activision merger case
- Microsoft opposed to 'carving up' Activision as divesture strategy
- Sony reveals new State of Play as Microsoft makes big moves in Activision merger
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- Microsoft to bring all Xbox games to GeForce Now, wins NVIDIA's merger support
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- Red Dead Redemption 2 breaks 50 million sales, total RDR franchise at 74 million
- Grand Theft Auto franchise has made over $8 billion since GTA V's release
- Tencent, the largest games company in the world, supports the Activision merger
- Labor unions tell Euro regulators why Microsoft-Activision merger should pass
- Sony takes 'discounted margin' on Call of Duty sales and earnings on PlayStation
- New Civilization sim game in development as Firaxis president leaves studio
- Meta lost at least $26 billion on the metaverse so far
- Tencent bails on VR and scales back metaverse plans due to economic pressures
- FTC allows Sony more time to prepare documents for Microsoft-Activision merger
- Diablo IV open beta: Act, level cap, and release timeline revealed
- Google, NVIDIA, Valve and EA to attend Microsoft-Activision merger hearing
- Five new Lord of the Rings games will release by March 2024
- PlayStation first-party game sales break records with new yearly high
- PlayStation's physical game revenues surge to new four-year high in holiday 2022
- Microsoft could divest Blizzard for Activision merger approval, analyst suggests
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- Sony injects tremendous value into PlayStation Plus with new games lineup
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- Activision merger: Microsoft and Sony to face off at European Commission hearing
- Game Pass consistently reduces game sales, CMA finds substitution effects
- Nintendo Switch platform has generated nearly $67 billion in lifetime revenues
- PlayStation to break 6 billion game sales by mid-2023
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- Big 3 market share: PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo slightly fluctuate in 2022
- After chasing horror, PUBG parent Krafton delves deeper into mythical fantasy
- Nintendo confirms not all new Switch games will cost $69.99
- CMA finds Activision is open to adding games to subscriptions sans merger
- Microsoft having tough time acquiring Sony's records in Activision merger case
- Report: Call of Duty 2023 will be a full game set in Modern Warfare universe
- Satya Nadella believes Activision merger could help Xbox compete in Japan
- United Kingdom may represent less than 5% of global video games market revenues
- Microsoft-Activision merger: Sony now refuses to communicate with Microsoft
- CMA has been 'co-opted by FTC ideology,' says Activision CEO Bobby Kotick
- Nintendo vs PlayStation hardware sales: All consoles and handhelds ranked
- It's official: Nintendo is now charging $69.99 for first-party games
- PlayStation beat Xbox cloud gaming users in 2021, new CMA data indicates
- CMA may require Microsoft to sell Activision or Call of Duty for merger approval
- CMA list possible remedies for Microsoft-Activision merger approval
- Microsoft-Activision merger news: CMA gives update on investigation findings
- PlayStation made $8.8 billion more than Xbox in 2022
- PlayStation boss Jim Ryan accused of lying to European Union regulators
- After years of scarcity, Sony plans to flood the market with PlayStation 5s
- Sony has sold 585 million PlayStation consoles and handhelds
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- PS5 sales hit 32 million as Sony makes over $3 billion in Q3 hardware sales
- PlayStation makes history with record $8.8 billion earnings in Holiday 2022
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- Sony shutting down one of the best PlayStation Plus bonuses
- EA cancels new Titanfall Legends singleplayer game to help save $140 million
- EA cuts costs by $140 million to stay slim in worrisome economy January 2023
- EA says Apex is a 10-year franchise: 'There's a lot of new things we can do'
- EA delays Jedi Survivor by a few weeks, now launching in April
- Xbox 360 classics being delisted, this might be your last chance to buy them
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- Sony denies PSVR2 production cut, PS5 headset to have ample supply for launch
- Report: Embracer leases Tomb Raider franchise to Amazon in $600 million deal
- Xbox earnings drop by $684 million during critical holiday period
- Report: Ubisoft has split new Far Cry into two separate games
- Xbox is finally beating PlayStation, but only in one way
- Electronic Gaming Monthly is the latest casualty in games media shutdown
- Redfall to offer in-game purchases, may include cosmetic microtransactions
- Attention game devs: Now seems like a bad time to make a new live service game
- Woke Xbox: Republicans try to rope Xbox into politics and fail spectacularly
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- DOJ and U.S. states seek to dismantle Google's ad monopoly
- Diablo 2 is getting 8 new runewords, but they're not so great
- FTC trying to use Microsoft-Activision merger to 'reset merger policy'
- Bungie's new change makes Destiny much more rewarding
- Google, NVIDIA give key evidence to FTC relating to Microsoft-Activision merger
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- Games media suffers more layoffs, high-profile games sites affected
- Report: 343 Industries no longer making Halo games, is now franchise gatekeeper
- Ubisoft CEO dials back controversial comments in attempt to assuage developers
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- Nintendo boosts Switch production as next-gen Super Switch 4K looms
- Rockstar Games under fire for GTA Trilogy's poor performance on Steam
- Ex-Halo 5 dev says 'Microsoft set Halo up for failure'
- Microsoft's contractor policy could disrupt Activision's game development
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- Microsoft to fire 10,000 employees including Xbox game developers
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- PC spec requirements for Square Enix's new fantasy game are quite surprising
- NetEase rejects deal with Activision, Blizzard games getting pulled in China
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- Ubisoft delays Skull and Bones for a sixth time as it faces dire economic trials
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