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Epic Games Reportedly Eyeing Subscription Launch in Race for Gamers’ Loyalty
Subscriptions // January 22, 2024

As gaming consoles and game developers alike compete for consumers’ recurring spending, Fortnite parent company Epic Games is reportedly looking into launching its own subscription service.   According to Game Rant, a new leak shows that the video game and software developer and publisher may soon announce...

Xbox Making Billion-Dollar Game Pass Bet as Competition Heats Up
Subscriptions // December 04, 2023

Xbox is seeing its massive investment in video game content pay off, as more of gaming comes to rely on subscription models. In an interview with Windows Central at convention Comic-Con Experience (CCXP), Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming and head of Xbox, spoke to...

Microsoft Boosts Xbox Game Pass Engagement Even as Competition Escalates
Subscriptions // October 26, 2023

As more entrants crowd the gaming subscription space, Microsoft is still growing engagement with its Xbox Game Pass membership program, suggesting that when it comes to gamers, there is plenty of demand to go around. On a call with analysts Tuesday (Oct. 24) discussing the technology...

Netflix Leverages Fan Enthusiasm to Sidestep Gaming’s Subscriber Acquisition Challenges
Subscriptions // October 20, 2023

Netflix is taking advantage of its subscribers’ strong affinity for many of its films and series to create an audience for its incipient gaming business in an effort to sidestep players in the space’s typical difficulties acquiring consumers. On a call with analysts Wednesday (Oct....

Quick Reads
Former Nintendo of America President Says Smaller Companies, Not Facebook Will Advance Metaverse

March 13, 2022
Reggie Fils-Aime, a gaming industry veteran and former president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, has reservations about the metaverse, Bloomberg wrote Saturday (March 12). He compared it to the cloud five years ago and the internet when it was starting to catch on, as it seems that every company is now trying […]

Nintendo Says Hacked Accounts Could Total 300,000

June 09, 2020
The number of Nintendo accounts compromised by hackers was nearly double the amount reported two months ago, according to TechCrunch. The Japanese gaming company originally announced in April that 160,000...

Taiwan Approves $2B Stimulus To Pad Coronavirus Effects, China Sees eCommerce Boom

February 25, 2020
The parliament in Taiwan has approved a $2 billion stimulus package to help soften the effects of the coronavirus on the region’s economy, according to Reuters. Taiwan is heavily export-reliant,...

Nintendo Brings Back Popular Gaming System

May 14, 2018
Bringing a popular classic gaming system back to market, Nintendo said that its NES Classic will be available for sale again this summer. The company said that consumers will be...