Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is the first entry in the annual blockbuster to be announced and released since Microsoft acquired it alongside the rest of Activision Blizzard last October. And by all accounts, it gives Xbox the boost it needs in a difficult year. On an earnings call this week, Microsoft CEO Satya ...
Gaming seems predestined for a completely digital futureBut even though the vast majority of gamers buy games digitally, they still seem to choose consoles with disc drives over consoles without disc drives. According to recent data on the current state of the console race, the all-digital PlayStation 5s appear to be the least popular hardware ...
In 2007, the first console game was released digitally. The sci-fi war shooter Warhawk for the PlayStation 3 was sold in stores as a Blu-ray disc, but was also available digitally on PSN. The game is largely forgotten today, but it was the first domino to fall in the slow but inexorable takeover of console ...
Picture: Dreamworks / 2K / NFL / Marvel / Kotaku The most popular and best-selling games today often include expensive first-party exclusives, big multiplayer hits and outdated titles such as GTA-V that remain in circulation for years after their launch. However, that was not the case 20 years ago, as newly released sales figures show. ...
photo:: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP ((Getty Images) Although the PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, the console is still rare in retail. Sony’s CFO Hiroki Totoki apparently assumes that this shortage will continue until 2022. Bloomberg (above The Japan Times) reports that Totoki recently discussed the issue in a closed briefing. According to those present, ...
