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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Sells Over 10 Million Copies on Steam

Mediatonic’s Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout continues to be a huge success, selling over 10 million units on Steam. Interestingly, the figure came from a financial report from Unity covering sales for the quarter ending September 30th. Given that the multiplayer title reportedly sold seven million units by August, that means an additional three million units have been sold since. Fall Guys has been a pretty massive success since its release, amassing over 8 million players on PS4 as of August (thanks to being available on PlayStation at launch). Back in

Unity, a gaming startup and maker of software used to create 50% of all new mobile games, raises over $1.3 billion in IPO at $13.6 billion valuation

Last month, we wrote about Unity Technologies (Unity) after the gaming startup filed to go public. For the first time, Unity also revealed its financials after it filed its S-1 statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As of 2018, Unity software is used to create more than 50% of all new mobile games. Today, Unity finally made its public debut. Its stock surges as shares of Unity opened at $75 in Friday morning trading, up 44% from its initial-public-offering price of $52 a share. The initial public offering

iBUYPOWER Announces Gaming System Refresh with the New NVIDIA GeForce…

iBUYPOWER Gaming RDY IWBG207 ft. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) September 17, 2020 iBUYPOWER, a leading manufacturer of high-performance custom gaming PCs, today announced its next generation of desktop gaming PCs based on the new NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 30 Series GPUs. Users will now be able to arm themselves with the latest GPU offerings from NVIDIA while designing the ultimate gaming PC with iBUYPOWER’s custom configurator or Easy PC Builder. In addition, iBUYPOWER will offer several prebuilt RDY systems featuring the new GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs designed

Making Games from Home – Sound Design with Rovio’s Can Uzer

Since the Finnish government recommended a move to remote work in mid March, all employees at Rovio’s Espoo, Finland HQ have been working primarily from home. We (and everyone else in the world for that matter) have all had to adapt to new ways of working, whether that means outfitting a home office with extra ergonomic accoutrements, changing the way we communicate and conduct meetings, or grappling with how to stay socially connected when everyone is ensconced in their own home office bubble. One thing is certain for us at

Microsoft Flight Simulator Has Launched With Some Monumental Anomalies

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is already one of the year's biggest hits, offering a whole world for its would-be pilots to explore in a year when travel has been otherwise restricted. With such a huge world to build, MFS2020 relies on algorithms to generate most of it, which has resulted in some interesting new landmarks.In one case, the simulator has downgraded the Queen's house, turning Buckingham Palace in London into a fairly dismal-looking block of flats. While The Shard and the O2 Arena in London were modeled and added manually,

Stronger Together – Pasha Joins the Stream Team

We have a question for you. What do you get when you cross the generosity and joviality of Santa Claus with the strength and swagger of The Terminator? Simple really, you get PashaBiceps. Who is PashaBiceps, you may ask? He's only THE friendliest guy in esports, with a work ethic and determination that would put a work horse to shame -- we're talking like the biggest and strongest horse there is. And he's stronger than the horse to boot. We are overjoyed that he will be adding his strengths to

Onward Oculus Quest Release Date Revealed

At long last, the Onward Oculus Quest release date has been revealed, and it’s not far off at all.The ever-popular multiplayer shooter will hit Facebook’s standalone headset a month from today on July 30th. You should be able to wishlist on the Oculus Store very soon if not already. Check out the first Quest gameplay in the trailer below.[embedded content]Developer Downpour Interactive confirmed as much today, also revealing that it worked with Shadow Point and Augmented Empire developer Coatsink on the port of the game. Coatsink has plenty of experience

Newzoo forecasts 2020 global games industry will reach $159 billion

Games and esports analytics firm Newzoo released its highly cited annual report on the size and state of the video gaming industry yesterday. The firm is predicting 2020 global game industry revenue from consumers of $159.3 billion, a 9.3% increase year-over-year. Newzoo predicts the market will surpass $200 billion by the end of 2023. Importantly, the data excludes in-game advertising revenue (which surged +59% during COVID-19 lockdowns, according to Unity) and the market of gaming digital assets traded between consumers. Advertising within games is a meaningful source of revenue for