In the traditional games space, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was perhaps the biggest breakout success, generating $712m in its first eight months. Asia spent just $200m, and growth is not expected for next year - unlike the Western markets, which are both forecast to increase by $200m. However, the Western markets remain by far the dominant force in the console space, with North America spending $4.2bn on console games and Europe $3.1bn. By contrast, North America and Europe generated $9.1bn and $5.9bn respectively in 2017. The total money spent on mobile titles was also $14bn higher than in 2016, with Asian titles such as Tencent's Arena of Valor and NetEase's Fantasy Westward Journey cited as contributors to the market's 31 per cent year-on-year growth.Īsia remains the biggest market for mobile, generating $36bn in 2017 - a $10bn increase over 2016 - and expected to make $38.4bn by the end of this year. In fact, $82bn was spent on these games by 2.5bn players - that's one out of every three people in the global population. In total, the industry saw revenues of $108.4bn in 2017.īoth the PC and mobile sectors were, unsurprisingly, driven by free-to-play titles. Gaming video content followed close behind at $3.2bn, while esports generated $756m. Meanwhile, under the umbrella of "interactive media", extended reality was the biggest category, with VR and AR combining to make $4bn. The 2017 Year In Review Report by SuperData shows that mobile games remain the biggest sector, generating $59.2bn, followed by PC at $33bn and consoles at $8.3bn. The full schedule and times for when the free weekend begins can be found below.A new report indicates that interactive entertainment - encompassing games and much of the media around it - generated well over $100bn in revenues last year. The free game weekend for Overwatch will run on consoles and PC from May 26th - 29th, 2017, and all players that purchase the game during the free trial period will have their progress carry over into the full game. One last bonus that Blizzard will be providing in celebration of Overwatch's one-year anniversary is a free weekend to introduce new players to the game across all platforms.
Overwatch-themed card back for Hearthstone.Baby Winston pet to use in World of Warcraft.StarCraft 2 in-game Portraits of Bastion, Tracer, Pharah, Reaper, Soldier: 76, and Winston.
Hero Skins: Vintage skins for Blackwatch Reyes, Strike-Commander Morrison, Overgrown Bastion, Security Chief Phara, and Slipstream Tracer.10 Loot Boxes with random items such as credits, skins, emotes, poses voice lines, sprays and highlight intros.
In addition to the announcement of the new anniversary event, Blizzard will also be introducing a new Game of the Year Edition for the game that will release digitally across PS4, Xbox One, and PC with the following extras:
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