FromSoftware had a busy 3 year period with development of Elden Ring, surprising us with an advance development of the next Armored Core Game and Elden Ring first expansion, but unfortunately there are some roadblocks. Yuka Kitamura, the composer who worked on Elden Ring,  Bloodborne, and more FromSoftware games, has announced on X, that she’s leaving the company.  There is no detail if her exit is just merely reaching new opportunities or something might just happened behind...

Continuing with the earning season, Square Enix now took its turn and the expectation was that this quarter actually was a benchmark on how Final Fantasy XVI world began performing, being a temporary exclusive for Playstation 5. And the news is not so totally good news… Square Enix reported for Q1 2024 $601.2 million (SE reports in yen) or a 14.4% positive compared to last year, with a WHOOPING Operating income  at NEGATIVE 78.5%. Square Enix attributed the excessive operating...

Japanese veteran Konami is the next gaming company that took its turn to announce their financial performance in the last quarter, all this during expectations for the newest games collection of Silent Hill games and the return of Metal Gear with Metal Gear Solid ∆: Snake Eater. Konami announced its results for Q1 2024 with revenue was 72,633 million yen (or $509,157,330 up 1.0% year-on-year) while operating profit was 17,151 million yen (or $120,228,510 up 22.2% year-on-year).  This...

Nintendo finally took its turn to reveal how it went in the last quarter financially speaking and while many have the idea who the hero was, it is time to actually see it by the numbers and expectations for the future. Profit for Nintendo in their first quarter of current Fiscal Year 2024 reached of 185.4bn yen (or $1.294 billions), which is a whooping positive of 82% compared to last year and surpasses the the record set by Animal Crossing: New Horizons at 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic...

Another company within our interest to learn about their performance in last quarter is AMD, makers of CPUs Ryzen and GPUs Radeon, another top choice for PC gaming purposes and precisely, it is a well-known market that has some volatility. AMD reported that in Q2 2023 made $5.36 billion of revenue and while it is 18% less compared to last year, Wall Street was expecting actually $5.31 billion with net income of $27 million. The Ryzen maker is facing the hardship that the PC market is in...

Sony decided to say goodbye to July with a HELLO to a new Playstation 5 firmware that aims to be a massive update to the current Playstation console but before a massive launch, it is time for a new BETA. Sony announced today that it will run a new BETA where selected users will be testing new features heading to the Playstation 5. New accessibility features as Sony is pressing on with Playstation capacity on helping people with disability to  enjoy the fullest of gaming. To enhance the...

Next, earning reports of interest for us gamers is actually from the tech world and with this, we got to know how it went for chip maker Intel in the last three months and spoiler, it was a big bumpy road. Intel claims that we are at the final stretch of the PC slums that the post-pandemic brought after limiting physical and direct social contact were no longer obligated. Before diving into their claims, the company revealed that by Q2 2023, it made $12.9 billion or a minus 15% compared...

The only store with national and some international capacity for gaming purposes it is Gamestop and pretty much aims to be the next example of why sometimes is bad to be a sole dominant in a market with yet another earning reports showcasing a dire situation. While Gamestop already announced their quarterly results last month, it was ironic that this week when it is the newest “earning reports season”, Gamestop announced to its investor that its Chief Finance Officer, Diana...

Gaming and geek stuff have been a resonance within the catalog of original Netflix TV series and movies with Castlevania being one of the most known ones and it is time again to watch new content based on the classical Konami gaming franchise. Netflix presented the first trailer of Castlevania: Nocturne and it is officially the direct sequel of the 4 seasons Netflix Castlevania anime series co-developed by Powerhouse Animation. In Castlevania: Nocturne, we will have Richter Belmont, a...

It was almost a year ago that Microsoft announced that all Xbox consoles from Xbox One to current Xbox Series S and X will gain a new User Interface and more in sync with Xbox as a platform and since, it was only for Xbox Ibisnder users since May of this year. Now, the changes are being rolled out for everyone. Calling it a new Xbox Home, Microsoft announced that the stable release of the new Xbox UI is based on all feedback from Insiders users and studying what players were using most on...

Next taking its turn to report the quarterly results is Japanese Capcom and this is the results of Q1 2024 and already the company has opened its wallet to make the first major acquisition for the Fiscal Year 2024. Capcom reported that in Q1 2024 made 43,858 million yen (or around $312,568,000) of Net sales and operating income of 24,047 million yen (or around $171,379,000), both in positive respectively of an impressive 74% and 99% comparing to last year where metrics where in a concerning...

Once again, CD Projekt Red shared some good news regarding its workplace and what has been happening to the tech and gaming world after the pandemic saga that we are in the last few years, it resonated once again. While not earning reports, but another investor update or organization update, CD Projekt Red acknowledging that it will run one more round of layoff after reaching to the conclusion that it is currently overstaffed. Basically the new round will not be in short-term, but rather...