August 2022

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Final Fantasy maker Square Enix released its financial earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2022.

Square Enix’s Digital Entertainment division is broken down into HD Game, MMO, as well as mobile/PC browser sub segments.

The HD Games subsection generated ¥12 billion ($89 million) in net sales, a decrease of 52.2% when compared to the same period last year.

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It's financial earnings season, and as expected, a lot of the news coming out of the industry isn't particularly good.

Last week saw Microsoft and Sony post sales declines from their gaming businesses, even as the platform-holders' other businesses carried both to growth, while Capcom revenues were almost halved on a tough comparison to last year's first fiscal quarter when it launched Resident Evil Village.

This week saw a few more companies offer a mix of results, including Nintendo joining its platform holder peers with fairly "meh" results.

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Sega has released its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2022, and the publisher's fiscal year appears to be off to a good start.

Sega's first quarter release slate was somewhat muted, led by the retro compilation Sonic Origins, a PC revamp of the 2020 Switch release Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Mega Mix, and a Switch port of PS4 title 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, which debuted in Japan in 2019.

The publisher did not specify how any of those titles performed individually, but the company as a whole reported selling 5.14 million copies of games over the quarter, down 22% year-over-year.

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Developer Jam City has reportedly laid off around 17% of its staff, impacting what is estimated to be hundreds of employees across the company.

As reported by VentureBeat, the layoffs seem to have primarily taken place within subsidiary studio Ludia, the maker of mobile title Jurassic World Alive.

In a statement to the outlet, a spokesperson for Jam City said that the decision to lay off between 150 to 200 people across the firm was a "necessary move to enhance our flexibility and increase operating efficiencies, better positioning Jam City for long-term growth."

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Bandai Namco has released its financial results for the first quarter (April to June 2022) of the fiscal year ending in March 2023, reporting healthy growth across the board.

Looking more precisely at Bandai Namco's Digital Business segment, sales for home video games represented ¥40.5 billion ($304 million) during Q1 FY2023, a 54.5% increase year-on-year. However, the company is anticipating to achieve ¥140 billion ($1.05 billion) in sales by the end of the fiscal year, which would represent a 19.7% drop compared to the previous fiscal year.

Bandai Namco sold 11.4 million units across four titles released during the quarter, versus 10 million during the same quarter the year before, across 14 games.

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Years ago, a never-officially-released Warcraft point-and-click adventure game developed by Blizzard in the late ‘90s was leaked online. While the game was completely playable back then, its cutscenes were low-quality, highly compressed, not perfectly synced to the audio, and a few were even just straight up missing…

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Yesterday, Crunchyroll announced its acquisition of Right Stuf, a popular online video publisher and distributor of anime products. The anime streaming service touted its merger leading to an expanded eCommerce platform that would allow it to serve a wider array of customers with anime goodies. However, the CEO of…

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Today SNK’s own Yasuyuki Oda was on stage at EVO 2022 to provide news about The King of Fighters XV and Samurai Shodown.

Starting with The King of Fighters XV, the game is getting cross-platform gameplay. There is still some work to do in order to implement it, but SNK plans to have it ready sometime next year.

On top of that, a new DLC season (Team Pass 3) has been confirmed to come down the line. We’re still waiting to know what the second team of Team Pass 2 will be, and today we learned that it’s going to be revealed on Sunday (August 7).

The upcoming Team Awakened Orochi DLC will include a BGM dedicated to the team itself, two special BGMS for specific matchups (Shermie vs Awakened Shermie and Chris vs Awakened Chris), and two additions for the DJ Station, King of Fighters R-1 and King of Fighters R-2.

The DLC also received an official release date on August 8.

Oda-san also had news in store for Samurai Shodown. The game is receiving rollback netcode with a release date targeting spring 2023.

SNK is teaming up with Code Mystics for this update, which will be free. It’s based on the existing solution for The King of Fighters XV using GGPO.

It’s not coming for all platforms. We’re getting it on PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. As usual, the Switch is left out.

The King of Fighter XV is currently available for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

Samurai Shodown is currently available for PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch, and PC.

Today Atlus has released another of its daily trailers of Soul Hackers 2, focusing on the demons that you can befriend in the game.

Specifically, we get to see a Sabbath, a special post-turn attack activated when the conditions are fulfilled that lets you unleash your whole team of demons on the enemy.

We get to see Norn, Doppelganger, Byakko, Hell Biker, Nekomata, Strawberry Frost, Mithras, Orthus, Pyro Jack, Principality, Inanna, and more.

Like all daily trailers, we get a horoscope, but those with Sabbaths have a “almost everyone is lucky” setup. So today’s gonna be (according to Atlus) a lucky day if you’re Cancer, Gemini, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces, Virgo, Capricorn, Scorpio, Leo, Aries, or Libra.

You can watch the trailer below.

Soul Hackers 2 launches for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC ( both on Steam and on the Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese release on August 25.

Third-party developers shared new assets of upcoming aircraft and airport add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

We start with DC Designs, which provided a development update about the AV-8B Harrier II, which should be released in September.

“Hi folks, more cockpit images of the Harrier in this week’s update as work progresses on the detailing and PBR texturing. It takes quite a while to go through this phase of building an aircraft, and with the Harrier’s office being a busy little place it will be at least two more weeks of work before it’s all finished.
Decals for all markings are about 50% complete, and most of the switches are now animated, with their respective functions being coded alongside the modelling work. CodenameJack is doing sterling work once again with displays and functions, broadly similar to those found in the SC Designs F-16 Fighting Falcons but tweaked to be more relevant to the Harrier.

Asobo’s pilot has been refined to move more naturally with the controls – it turns out the contact points for the controls are via the pilot’s wrist and ankles, rather than the hands and boots. Unless users have a preference for my own pilots, I’d like to start using the Asobo pilot in future products as it’s pretty good and already matches up well with everything.

There will be no update next week as I’m away for five days on a family holiday, so this will be the last you will see of the Harrier progress until August 19th. By then, I would like to have finished most of the cockpit and be underway with liveries and the AV-8B+ / GR9 variant. Sim Acoustics have said they can do the sound package in September, which ties in well with the planned release date, so it seems everything is coming together fairly well.”

A new “exclusive” cinematic for Gotham Knights gives a sweet moment between Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon. While nothing is directly mentioned in the video description, it is likely this will be an in-game cutscene. It doesn’t necessarily spoil anything, but there are hints on where the story could go.

So, anyone who doesn’t want to know more ahead of the game’s release is now warned. Just to be safe, we will post the video below before talking more about it as a spoiler warning buffer.

This tender moment is obviously sometime after the death of Bruce Wayne that will kick off the events of Gotham Knight. While in the comics Dick Grayson was quick to don the Cowl after the apparent death of Bruce Wayne at the hands of Darkseid in Final Crisis, it appears this universe is a bit more tricky.

This video also confirms that Dick and Barbara were once an item but don’t seem to be anymore for reasons we might learn later on. They are an iconic couple in the comics, so it makes sense that they were together at some point.

It is likely we will see other cinematics pop up showing off Tim Drake and Jason Todd in the next couple months before release.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has been out for a week now, so Nintendo went ahead and dropped a brand-new trailer on YouTube for the extensive Monolith Soft RPG that focuses on the many high review scores the game received last week.

The game is currently sitting at a score of 89 on Metacritic, making it one of the most highest-reviewed titles on the Switch and tied with Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

For those unfamiliar with this new game, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is all about a group of unlikely friends who are on opposing sides of an endless war. Noah, Mio, Eunie, Taion, Lanz, and Sena band together to help free colonies across the world of Aionios from the

The trailer itself features quotes from multiple websites as well as yours truly. In our review of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Twinfinite gave the game a 4.5/5. Down below is a short excerpt from the review.

“All things considered, it’s incredible to think about how far Xenoblade has come in the last decade. With the help of a devoted fanbase, it went from being a niche game on the Wii that was only sold at GameStop in North America to being a core Nintendo franchise. The good news is that it looks like the hard work at Monolith Soft has paid off yet again.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is an absolute must-buy for Switch owners who are looking to pick up their next game. No matter if you’re a longtime fan of the franchise or a first-timer, this game is one of the best RPGs on the Switch that can easily last hundreds of hours for players who never want to leave the world of Aionios.”

The Xenoblade Chronicles 3 accolades trailer can be found down below.

Today Capcom hosted a panel dedicated to Street Fighter 6 at EVO 2022 and a new trailer has been revealed.

The trailer reveals two new commentators that will be added to the real-time commentary feature that is coming with the game out of the box.

The two additional voices revealed are Tasty Steve and James Chen. They add to the already revealed Vicious and Aru.

Tasty Steve will play the role of the play-by-play commentator, while James Chen will play the role of a color commentator, providing analysis to complement the action.

The trailer also showcases some bonus gameplay featuring Guile, Luke, Chun-Li, and Jamie.

If you’re unfamiliar with the real-time commentary feature, it’s similar to what has been included for a while in other sports games, with the comment track adapted dynamically to what’s happening on screen.

You can see it in action in the trailer below.

Street Fighter 6 will release in 2023 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It was teased in February and fully revealed in June.

Today, during the celebrations of BitSummit in Kyoto, popular indie studio Q-Games announced PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe.

The game is the latest installment of the PixelJunk franchise and an expanded version of PixelJunk Scrappers originally released only on Apple Arcade.

You play the role of a scrapper, a humanoid trash collector of the future. You have to clean up a city following the end of humanity. In the meanwhile, rival scrappers will try to beat you to the rewards.

Up to 4 players online are supported on top of couch co-op, and you can unlock a ton of different characters, weapons, and truck parts as you progress in your scrapping career.

The PC version includes new combat methods, additional weapon drops, level adjustments, and score challenges across all stages.

The game will come on Steam and the Epic Games Store “soon.” You can watch a trailer below.

The press release included a comment from creative director Kazushi Maeta.

Shueisha and Kodansha are two of the biggest names in manga publishing in Japan, but they have another element in common. Both have solid indie developer incubator programs.

Today both publishers presented the games under their umbrella at Bitsummit 2022, the popular indie event which is in full swing in Kyoto, Japan.

We start with Shueisha Games, which started with a video showcasing its whole lineup and promising a reveal of new information in September. Considering that Tokyo Game Show will be in September, we may get more information then.

The first game is Oni: Road to be the Mightiest Oni by Kenei Design, which gets a new trailer. We learn that the game will be localized by Clouded Leopard Entertainment and will come for PS5, PS4, and PC in 2022

My Hero Academia Season 6 is still a few months away from release, but the latest trailer shows there’s plenty to look forward to in the upcoming season.

Revealed during Crunchyroll Expo 2022, the trailer provides snippets of dialogue and action from the new season. Most all of it takes place during the operation that was being prepped during season 5, and most every major or minor character looks to be involved.

The trailer starts with the heroes gathering for the operation. Many speak of the importance of succeeding and thinking about what is at stake, while others gear themselves up for the fierce battle ahead. Deku and his classmates are among both these groups, and sound both determined and desperate to come out of the mission unscathed.

The villains, meanwhile, are just as determined. Some speak of the hypocrisy of the hero-focused society, while others only care about causing as much destruction as possible. Both members of the original League of Villains and the new paranormal Liberation Front make appearances, and look less than threatened by their adversaries.

This is all paired with bits and pieces of animation. While it starts off with more serene shots, the footage slowly becomes more action-packed until glimpses of brutal fights start to become apparent.

It all leads into some dire dialogue about how they can’t let a certain person get out, with animation of Shigaraki grinning menacingly at the camera.

Though brief, there’s plenty to unpack and dig into for fans. The full trailer can be viewed down below.

Yesterday, Bioware posted an interesting short story that provides some interesting lore about Sa’har Kateen, a force-sensitive Twi’lek padawan that has been a big focus of the Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) story ever since the most recent 7.1 patch update.

The short story focuses on Kateen’s journey stowing away on a transport, as she hopes to find her missing brother while also battling some heavy and emotional internal conflict. You can check out a brief excerpt from the story right down below.

“When you are ready, break free.” Darkness closes in…

She opened her eyes, but the darkness was still there. The heat and the noise told her she was still on the floor of her space on the transport. The holocron was lit by a soft glow again, dim, but steady. The overwhelming, suffocating defeat she’d felt since she escaped Elom was gone… instead, she could feel a pull in the Force, a bond connecting her to her brother, a compass guiding Sa’har to Ri’kan.

Sa’har stood, grabbed the tattered cloak she’d been hiding the holocron in, and draped the cloth over the relic. She bundled it up and stashed it with her few other belongings so she could snatch them up and run as soon as the transport reached its destination, in a few days’ time.

When they arrived, she’d have to sneak aboard a new ship, but this time, she knew where she was heading. This time, she knew what she needed to do, and who she needed to be: a warrior, a liberator, a friend… a sister.

Unreal Cinema has debuted the teaser trailer for an unofficial fan Star Wars series, Knights of the Old Republic: Episode One – The Spire. In this game recreation, we see the famous characters Avren (a variation of the main character) and Trask Ulgo on the Endar Spire, a familiar event within KOTOR’s beginning.

The first episode will feature other members, including Carth Onasi, Lt. Saran, and Darth Bandon. You can check out the trailer from Unreal Cinema here:

Since KOTOR was made in 2003, the graphics weren’t exactly top-tier, but now we can experience the story in a new light through modern technology. The team achieved this feat by utilizing AI Motion Capture, Unreal Engine’s Virtual Production Capabilities, and Reallusion animation software.

The fan-made show will be divided into three seasons, with Season 1 releasing 10 episodes every few months. Furthermore, the series’ voice cast has already been chosen and expressed their love for the Knights of the Old Republic.

Today Good Smile Company hosted its Smilefest 2022 event in Shinjuku, Tokyo, revealing a ton of upcoming figures.

As usual, many of the figures showcased, which come from all of the the brands under Good Smile’s umbrella, portray characters from video games, which you can see below.

We start with a summary video published directly from Good Smile.

The manufacturer also published plenty of pictures on Twitter.

As usual, a few of the figures exhibited are painted prototypes, while most are unpainted “grey” prototypes and reveals limited to an illustration.

Most will become available for pre-order in the coming weeks and months, and we’ll do our best to keep you posted on when the most relevant ones do.

We're entering another stretch of summer games busyness, following NotE3. This month we have events including German game bonanza Gamescom, Bethesda's QuakeCon, the indie horror showcase EEK3, and, starting today, Japanese indie fest BitSummit. But those are futuregames. For now, what are you playing this weekend? Here's what we're clicking on!

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There's something I keep thinking about lately. It's this idea that we only have so much space in our minds for formative gaming experiences and it's diminishing returns forever after.

I was talking to a guy in a pub about it, who overheard a conversation I was having with someone else and leaped in, delighted to talk to someone, anyone, about games. It was quite endearing. And it was while talking about older games and remakes he said: I don't think anything will ever be as good as the original Deus Ex.

On the one hand, that's fair enough - the old Deus Ex was good, and it was a proper moment for games when people realised RPGs and FPSs could work together. It's not that which bothered me.

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PUBG: Battlegrounds' next big update, 19.1, is slated to release on 10th August for PC and 18th August for consoles.

It includes a new MP9 weapon - the first fully-automatic SMG that uses 9mm - a new vehicle that will see you "zipping down roads with sirens ablaze" (so not for the stealthy, it seems), and the Blue Chip Detector tactical gear which uses primary weapon slots but can be used to scan for enemies within a 100m radius; you'll see the nearest 12 enemies on the map.

We'll also get our collective hands on the brand-new 1500hp Folding Shield and "once again have the opportunity to drop onto the Haven map". The update also brings "familiar foes" from the recently-announced Assassin's Creed season.

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Expedition Agartha is entering early access soon. Published by Snail Games under its Wandering Wizard label, the game was developed by Matrioshka Games as a multiplayer-oriented "hardcore looter survival game". The early access launch date on PC (via Steam) is set for August 18, 2022.

Check out the Expedition Agartha early access launch trailer below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVgk_TvjAnk

Though still in active development, Expedition Agartha has a story premise to rope players in. Its setting is a mysterious island set on the fabled Lost Continent of Mu. There players will launch expeditions into Agartha, a mystical land in the center of the earth. They'll go exploring solo or in teams of three. Along the way they'll face hostile NPCs and environments in search of secrets and treasure. Then, they'll need to find their way to a departure point to get away safely with their loot. This is in contrast to battle royal-style titles like Apex Legends, which typically end a round once a team has won.

Gaming merchandiser Numskull has confirmed the next addition to its Resident Evil statue line-up: Nemesis.

Standing 10.9 inches (27.7cm) high, the Nemesis figurine includes "hand-painted features for extra detail" - including the cracked tarmac base and hazard tape - and has been developed in conjunction with Capcom.

You can see him in all his grotesque glory in the video reveal below:

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PUBG developer Krafton has announced it's making a new game based upon the Korean fantasy book, The Bird That Drinks Tears.

Krafton says it is an "ambitious project" that "aims to bring the original fantasy universe of The Bird That Drinks Tears to life through its unique and refreshing fantasy races, beautiful, haunting landscapes, and gripping, immersive, and poignant stories".

"The Bird That Drinks Tears is a novel series that was created and written by Yeong-do Lee, who is widely acknowledged as the pioneer of the Korean fantasy genre," Krafton explains. "As one of the best-selling fantasy authors in Korea with millions of copies sold, Mr. Lee is an exceptionally imaginative writer who builds elaborate worlds and fills them with complex characters."

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Bethesda has confirmed that Arkane's new vampire game, Redfall, will get a 30-minute slot at its upcoming QuakeCon event.

QuakeCon itself is set to kick off at 6pm UK time on 18th August, whilst the Redfall-flavoured reveal will run for 30 minutes from 6.15pm and "takes you inside [Arkane's] upcoming squad-based vampire shooter with new insights, gameplay details and more!"

Other games set to feature in the presentation include The Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 76, Fallout 4, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Deathloop, and Quake, of course. There'll also be Q&As, quizzes, cosplay, and more.

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The Bungo Stray Dogs anime is officially coming back for a fourth season, and the new cour’s trailer shows that all is not well for the Armed Detective Agency.

Revealed as part of Crunchyroll Expo 2022, the trailer doesn’t waste time establishing that the series’ protagonists are in danger. Voice bits from several characters paint a scene of the Agency being set up for a crime via a job they accepted, resulting in their arrest at the hands of another organization.

This group is the Hunting Dogs, a collection of Gifted military police members who will capture anyone that doesn’t adhere to human ethics. They’re ready and willing to chase down every member of the Armed Detective Agency to the ends of the Earth, and make a less than subtle declaration of war against the members who they aren’t able to arrest right-off.

All of this is paired with plenty of visuals and animation which hint at what’s to come. Some key highlights include what appears to be Dazai’s arrest at the hands of the Hunting Dogs, Atsushi and Kyouka trying to evade their pursuers and some clear glimpses of the Hunting Dogs’ heavy hitters. Everything looks to be animated in the same style as the past seasons too, maintaining its distinctive style while also offering plenty of movement and action.

It’s a lot to process, but also a great glimpse at what’s to come. The full trailer can be viewed down below, both via the official Crunchyroll Twitter and the official trailer released by Kadokawa.

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Two months ago, Sony reimagined PS Plus, its longtime membership program for PlayStation owners. Now, it looks a whole lot like Microsoft’s Game Pass: For roughly the same amount of money, both offer access to a Netflix-style games-on-demand library. Obviously, we had to stack the two services up against each other.

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Telltale Games' adaptation of the The Walking Dead is ten years old in 2022. In fact, the series is available despite the sudden end of Telltale itself in 2018. Skybound Games, the series' new owner, has gathered the whole series and more in a new The Walking Dead Humble Bundle on PC. Money spent on purchases can be split between the charities SpecialEffect and Covenant House. SpecialEffect helps people with disabilities enjoy video games (such as by providing specialized controllers). Covenant House helps homeless and trafficked young people.

Like other Humble-managed media bundles, The Walking Dead Humble Bundle comes in multiple price points, determining how much a buyer gets out of the bundle. The pricing remains at "pay what you want" to start, with the bottom tier unlocking the first two seasons of Telltale's The Walking Dead and the 400 Days DLC chapter. The first season focuses on Lee Everett, a resident of Georgia, who encounters a young girl, Clementine, as the zombie outbreak takes over. The second season focuses on Clementine as she tries to survive alone.

An NFT minter on GameStop's newly launched NFT marketplace has been caught selling games they didn't make and had no authority to sell.

As first reported by Ars Technica, the "interactive NFTs" of the NiFTy Arcade collection were being minted and sold without the creators' permission, "much less any arrangement for the creators to share in any crypto profits".

GameStop has since confirmed that the person behind NiFTy Arcade has been suspended, but Ars reports that he is still "holding onto the tends of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency he made by selling those NFTs before the suspension". Furthermore, the unlicensed games are also still fully accessible from GameStop's servers.

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A concert celebrating video game music at this year's BBC Proms is now available to watch online.

The annual music festival is held each summer in London's Royal Albert Hall, but this is the first time the classical music festival has featured a concert dedicated to game music.

The event - titled Gaming Prom – From 8-Bit to Infinity - took place earlier this week, hosted by BBC gaming reporter Steffan Powell and Louise Blain, who hosts the excellent Sound of Gaming podcast on BBC Sounds.

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During the celebrations for EVO 2022, the development team at A Few Rounds Games revealed a new video of its fighting game Umbral Core.

The game is a dark fantasy 2.5D fighting game created by a new indie team and looks very promising.

It’s coming for “PC and PlayStation” at some point in the future and the developers plan to further finance development with a Kickstarter campaign later this year.

It features rollback netcode and uncapped frame rate (only for visuals, the game logic is capped at 60 FPS).

More features like online training, in-game frame data, visible hitboxes, preferences for combat stance, online input delay, and more.

The game has a 4-button layout activating light, medium, heavy, and unique attacks. You can either have manual combos or auto-combos.

There are two gauges. One is “Power” which is your main resources, that can be used for different things depending on how many bars you use.

The other gauge is Fury and Control, that lets you go offensive or defensive.

You can watch the trailer below.

In other EVO news, yesterday Capcom revealed two more announcers for Street Fighter 6’s real-time commentary feature.

A new trailer has hit for the downright strangest will they/won’t they anime, Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro. If you enjoyed the first season of Senpai getting harassed by the occasionally adorable but very sadistic Nagatoro, there will be more upcoming from Crunchyroll in the form of a second season. Fittingly, season two of Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro is actually called “2nd Attack”.

You won’t have to wait all that long to be able to watch this new season for yourself, either. Episodes will start airing (subbed only at first, presumably) in January 2023.

You can see the very heavily “Senpai!” filled trailer for yourself below. There’s quite a bit of hitting. There might be more hitting than you can find in a trailer for the upcoming Dragon Ball Super movie.

2K Games and Firaxis Games revealed another trailer of the turn-based tactical game Marvel’s Midnight Suns, dedicated to one of its playable superheroes.

This time around we can enjoy a deep dive into the gameplay behind Carol Danvers, A.K.A. Captain Marvel.

Unlike the previous video and her brief introduction, this time around we get to take a good look at how Captain Marvel fights and her “Binary” mechanics, which you have to get into as soon as you can and then try to maintain by holding onto some of your block stat.

You can also counter enemy attacks for whole turns, which isn’t an ability to sneeze at.

As usual, with this kind of trailer, we also see what happens if your custom hero tries to befriend Carol.

You can check out the trailer below.

Most of Bandai Namco's Ace Combat series is set in its own entirely fictional setting called Strangereal. A place of multiple continents, a variety of nations and cultures, and many, many wars, its timeline isn't too easy to grasp from the outside. But don't worry, Nugget is here to help. In a new video series, the new puppet mascot for Ace Combat explains Strangereal - and thus Ace Combat - history.

First introduced on video in April 2022, Nugget is a little chick, named after the slang term for rookie fighter pilots. Now Nugget is the official YouTuber for the Ace Combat official channel. Now Nugget's first presentation focuses on making Ace Combat history and Strangereal a little more "real" to fans new and old.

The first subject of Nugget's "Strangereal World Setting Commentary" focuses on 2001's Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies. English subtitles are available via closed captions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnTFCyMaPNU

More than half of Activision Blizzard's revenue came from mobile games in April - June (Q2) 2022.

According to Activision Blizzard's most recent financial report, the developer/publisher generated £535m from its PC and console sales in Q2 2022 - £275m ($332m) on PC and £310m ($376m) consoles - while £688m ($831m) came from its "mobile and ancillary" business, which the company says "primarily include[s] revenues from mobile devices". That's more than 50 per cent of its entire net revenue for the period.

Part of this, of course, is because Activision acquired mobile developer King in 2016 - and right now, it's the most successful part of ABK's business - but it's likely not coincidental that Diablo Immortal released during this period, too (thanks, PC Gamer).

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