Image: Ubisoft Tencent has dumped another small fortune into one of gaming’s biggest companies. Ubisoft announced on Tuesday that the Chinese conglomerate would be increasing its investment in the Assassin’s Creed maker by nearly $300 million through an elaborate set of financial maneuvers. Namely, rather than buy up shares of Ubisoft directly, Tencent is buying … Read more
Picture: Nintendo Life The Switch is absolutely dominating right now – with the system selling over 111 million units as of June 2022. In addition to hardware, Nintendo has also sold 863 million pieces of Switch software. While we already know the top sellers like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, new … Read more
Image: Xbox / Nintendo / Sony / Kotaku / tostphoto (Shutterstock) Earlier today, Sony announced that in most regions, the PlayStation 5 would see a price increase as a result of inflation. In response to this news, people began questioning whether other console makers would enact similar price increases. The answer, at least for now, … Read more
Photo: Michael M.Santiago (Getty Images) GameStop, a very coherent and logical company that sells physical video games but also fluffy toys, worthless NFTs and the promise of a get-rich-quick schemejust announced an “improved compensation” scheme for the most senior employees of its bricks-and-mortar video game stores. In a memo sent to employees earlier today—and shared … Read more
Picture: Nintendo Life/Gemma Smith In an interview with Nikkei, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa says that, while semiconductor supply issues are looking to improve for the remainder of this fiscal year, next year looks more “uncertain”. This follows the publication of Nintendo’s financial report for Q1 2022-2023. In last week’s financials, Nintendo reported a 22.9% drop … Read more
Image: Ubisoft Tencent appears to be doubling down on its investment in Ubisoft. While it already owns 5 percent of the Assassin’s Creed editor, Reuters now reports the Chinese mega-conglomerate with huge investments throughout the gaming industry has its sights set on becoming Ubisoft’s single biggest shareholder. Its plan for achieving that? Pay double what … Read more
Image: Activision Microsoft, in a bid to downplay the possible ramifications of its attempted acquisition of Activision to various international regulating agencies, is arguing that the call of duty publisher it’s spending billions of dollars on doesn’t actually produce any games that could be considered “must haves.” Meanwhile, Sony is pushing back and explaining that … Read more
This retired soldier is making a mint teaching pretend warriors how to fight on their computers. Mark Neace, an ex-Army Intelligence sergeant, coaches people on how to play the video game “League of Legends” — the most popular game played on a competitive level around the world. While E-sports are gaining traction — even being … Read more
LONDON (AP) — As the World Health Organization’s emergency committee convened Thursday to consider for the second time within weeks whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis, some scientists said the striking differences between the outbreaks in Africa and in developed countries will complicate any coordinated response. African officials say they are already treating the … Read more
CNN — As the monkeypox outbreak continues to grow around the world, many people who have gotten sick with the virus have had mild symptoms and were able to recover without any monkeypox-specific treatment. “For the most part, these illnesses are relatively mild. They can be disfiguring and yucky, but they will heal on their … Read more