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GameStop Launches GameTrust

April 19, 2016

APRIL 19, 2016 • Only last January Insomniac Games, Inc. came to an agreement with retailer GameStop Corp. to publish the studio’s Song of the Deep 2D adventure side-scroller exclusively at retail. Although the title for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC is not expected to ship until July, GameStop has announced it is moving forward with a new publishing arm called GameTrust. Developers who have signed on to the initiative include Finnish studio Frozenbyt.....

Video Game Industry Market Leaders

April 13, 2016

The game industry is obsessed with lists of what is the biggest and the best. In most cases the focus is on the games themselves and the companies that develop and publish those games. Of course, this is because these are the rock stars of the industry who are most familiar to the general consumer. However, a new report from DFC, .....

PlayStation VR Trumps Competition at $399

March 17, 2016

MARCH 17, 2016 • Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. used the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to announce the MSRP on its PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset. The device will release worldwide in October at $399, €399, £349 and ¥44,980. SCE did not announce any games would be bund.....

AMD Promotes Sulon Q VR

March 15, 2016December 15, 2022

MARCH 15, 2016 • Topping early virtual reality announcements at this week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco was the Sulon Q headset from Sulon Technologies Inc. The device was unveiled on stage at an event held by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. What sets the Sulon Q apart from competit.....

Riot Games Acquires Radiant

March 10, 2016

MARCH 10, 2016 • Riot Games has acquired Los Altos, Calif.-based Radiant Entertainment for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is the first for Riot. Radiant was founded in 2013 by brothers Tom and Tony Cannon. Their first title is the crowdfunded town building simulation game, Stonehearth, which is still in alpha. Also in alpha was Radiant’s second project, the free-to-play fighting game Rising Thunder. Although production of Stonehearth will continue, Ri.....

News Release

March 7, 2016January 29, 2020

PLAYSTATION 4 ANTICIPATED TO COMMAND A DOMINANT POSITION February 24, 2016 SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – DFC Intelligence just released its new forecasts for the video game console market through 2020, and if you have been following our briefs over the past few months it should come as no surprise that the PlayS.....

Happy Goggles McDonald’s VR

March 1, 2016

MARCH 1, 2016 • The Swedish branch of McDonald’s Corp. is the test market for the fast food conglomerate’s first foray into virtual reality. A special edition Happy Meals container will be distributed to the 15 McDonald’s in Sweden the weekends of March 5 and Mar.....