The Game Awards 2019 has announced this year's nominees, with more than 100 games spread across 24 award categories. Gamers will be able to vote for the winners via The Game Awards website or by searching "TGA vote" on Google. You can vote for a winner in each category once per day through December 11. The awards ceremony will be held on December 12 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The Game Awards advisory board includes executives from more than a dozen major gaming companies, including Xbox, Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Valve, and Tencent. Visit Business Insider's hom ..read more

Electronic Arts jokingly tweeted "invest in Crypto" to promote a new character in Apex Legends, and Justin Sun capitalized on the marketing stunt by touting his Tron platform's games. "Check out games built on #TRON @WINkorg," the Tron and BitTorrent CEO replied to EA's tweet, tagging Wink, an online gaming platform on the Tron network. Binance, Huobi Global, Bitcoin Magazine, and other members of the crypto community cheered EA's marketing stunt. Sun made headlines this year after he paid $4.6 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett and invited Donald Trump to join them, only to postpone ..read more

A video game tournament broadcast scheduled for this weekend on ESPN is being canceled "out of respect for the victims and all those impacted by the recent shootings." The game being played on the broadcast, "Apex Legends," is a cartoonish first-person shooter set on an alien planet. In the wake of shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio last weekend where 31 people were killed, President Trump and other politicians have pointed to violent video games as a cause. He cited "gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace," as a societal cause. Visit Business Insider's homepage f ..read more

The year's biggest video game show, E3 2019 in Los Angeles, just concluded.  I was there to cover the show, as I've done for the past 10 years. Having played a bunch of games and seen far more, I put together a definitive list of games you should be pumped for in the coming year. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The shocking volume of video game news in the last week wasn't a coincidence — the biggest game show of the year, E3 2019, just concluded in Los Angeles on Thursday. For the tenth year in a row, I was in Los Angeles covering the event. I attended press conferences ..read more

Shares of Electronic Arts, the creator of "Apex Legends," dropped by as much as 5.6% on Friday after the release of the second season of the Battle Royale game. Investors, gamers, and analysts were all looking forward to the update to see whether Apex Legends could legitimately compete with Fortnite, a cross-platform Battle Royale game with about 250 million players.  The season-two update included new weapons, skins, a character named Wattson, and changes to the map.  Watch Electronic Arts trade live.  Visits the Markets Insider homepage for more stories. Electronic Art's Fortnite competito ..read more

Popular live streamers are being paid up to $50,000 an hour to play newly released games, according to a new report. Professional gamers like Tyler "Ninja" Blevins and Michael "shroud" Grzesiek have millions of followers and their livestreams have tens of thousands of viewers at any given moment. Video game publishers are paying streamers to promote their games in lieu of traditional marketing strategies, and so far it's been working. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The most popular professional gamers on platforms like Twitch and YouTube earn up to $50,000 an hour to play ..read more

The biggest game of 2019 so far is "Apex Legends," which pulled in over 50 million players in its first month on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.  On July 2, "Apex Legends" got a huge update: a new character, major changes to its map, and a totally new mode. Though the update is free for everyone, paying $10 for the Season Two Battle Pass adds even more. Here's everything coming in Tuesday's big update! Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The biggest game of the year just got a massive expansion: "Apex Legends" Season Two arrived on Tuesday, July 2, and it brought major change ..read more

"Apex Legends" and "Fortnite" have tens of millions of players and are transforming the video-game industry. The two free-to-play, 'battle royale' games have boosted their creators, Electronic Arts and Epic Games, as well as retailers and toy makers such as GameStop. They have hurt other video-game publishers such as Activision Blizzard, and pushed some studios to shut down.  Watch EA, GameStop, and Activision-Blizzard trade live. "Fortnite" and "Apex Legends" have shaken up the video-game industry, boosting their creators as well as retailers and toymakers, but hurting rival publishers and p ..read more

The video game industry is facing a major challenge due to so-called "loot boxes," which offer a selection of randomized in-game loot to players for a price. Two countries have outright banned game makers from using loot boxes in their games, and a US senator is proposing legislation that would prohibit the sale of loot boxes in games available to minors. The game industry and its representative political body, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), have yet to respond to the threat of federal regulation. Business Insider spoke with video game industry leaders to find out what's being ..read more

The video game industry's big annual trade show, E3 2019, kicks off on June 8. E3 is the annual event where the biggest games of the year are given center stage, and this year is no different. Major news is expected from major console makers and game publishers. Here's what we're keeping an eye on as the show approaches. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Whether you're a fan of Master Chief, Pikachu, Cloud Strife, or Iron Man, the video game industry's big annual event has something for you.  The big show, E3 2019, kicks off on June 8, and it's going to be jam-packed with ma ..read more