US consumer spending on video games reached $5.3 billion in March 2026, up 12% year over year, according to Circana. For the first quarter, spending was up 5% to $14.6
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Ubisoft has reportedly scrapped Alterra, an unannounced life sim that had been compared to Animal Crossing. According to Insider Gaming’s report, staff were told about the cancellation on April 22.
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Microsoft’s recent Game Pass change, which cut the subscription price and pulled Call of Duty out of the day-one lineup, doesn’t look like a shock to market analysts. Speaking to
Continue reading Xbox is lowering the price of Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, but it’s also changing one of the biggest perks tied to the service. New Call of Duty
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Sony has started rolling out age verification for PlayStation users in the UK and Ireland to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act. It’s optional for now, but according to
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Pirate adventure Windrose has passed 1 million copies sold just six days after launch. The milestone was announced in a post on the Steam news page. That’s the main update
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Games outside the yearly Top 20 are becoming a bigger part of the PC and console business in Western markets, according to Newzoo’s latest data. The shift is most noticeable
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Microsoft may be reworking Xbox Game Pass pricing again. In an internal memo obtained by The Verge, Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma reportedly said the subscription service has “become too
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Blizzard has won its copyright infringement case against Turtle WoW operator AFKCraft Ltd., with a California district court granting a permanent injunction in Blizzard’s favor. Shortly after that ruling, both
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A new round of allegations is hitting Ashes of Creation studio Intrepid, this time over an alleged internal expense ledger that reportedly covers spending from 2015 through 2025. The document
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