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Kao The Kangaroo Is Getting A New Game After A 15-Year Absence

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Kao the Kangaroo, a PS2-era mascot platformer series, is making a comeback. The series, which has been dormant since 2005's Kao: Mystery of Volcano, is returning for a new adventure. The games, which were 3D platformers released in the early 2000s, might not be the most fondly-remembered titles of the time, but with 3D platformers being much less common these days there's perhaps reason for people to be nostalgic for Kao. The game has been announced on Steam, and while details are thin, this confirms that the game will come

PUBG Mobile Made Over $200 Million In May, Showing Huge Growth

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has dominated the mobile game scene, with a report from Sensor Tower stating that the PUBG Mobile raked in over $200 million last month, which represented 41 percent growth from May 2019. Tencent scooped both first and second place on this report when it came to overall revenue earned, with PUBG Mobile and Honor of Kings pocketing an estimated total of $450.5 million combined. PUBG Mobile saw most of that revenue come from its Chinese share of the market--China made up 53 percent of the game's earnings last

Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Is Thinking Beyond Consoles

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Xbox boss Phil Spencer's vision for Xbox is beyond consoles. A system that sits under or next to your TV will be important for years to come, but Microsoft is preparing for a future where the company doesn't need to sell you a console to become an Xbox user. Spencer expanded on some of these ideas in an interview with Wired recently. He said he wants gaming to grow to a place that is more platform-agnostic. He used Netflix as an example, saying it doesn't matter whether you watch on

GameStop Loses $165 Million After Temporarily Closing More Than 3,000 Stores Due To COVID-19

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Video game retailer GameStop has announced earnings for its first quarter ended May 2, and as expected, it was a tough period for the company. In total GameStop posted a loss of $165.7 million. For comparison, during the same quarter last year, GameStop posted a profit of $6.8 million. The poor results are due in part to the COVID-19 crisis. GameStop shut down all of its 3,526 stores in the United States; about 65 percent of these stores offered curbside pickup for orders. Internationally, Australia's GameStop-owned EB Games was a

AMC Theaters Lost $2.2 Billion Due To COVID-19, Sets Reopening Plan

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Mere days after warning it could potentially go bankrupt, AMC Entertainment, which owns the AMC chain of movie theaters, has revealed a loss of $2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2020, thanks in large part to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Still, even with those losses, the company is gearing up to once again open its doors. The news comes from Variety, which reports the company plans to reopen its theaters worldwide in July, after shutting them down in March. "These are truly unprecedented times," AMC Entertainment CEO Adam