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It appears that High Street retailer GAME is set to open one of its new arena locations in central London. That’s going by a post made by SVP of eSports and competitive gaming strategy Craig Fletcher on Twitter (below) which shows a store under construction with the address ‘162-170 Wardour …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV sold 5m units on first day
The latest entry in Square Enix’s JRPG franchise has had a huge start around the world, making it the fastest selling game in the franchise to date. The firm reports that Final Fantasy XV, which launched on Tuesday, shipped and sold digitally a massive five million copies in its first …
Read More »Pokémon Sun and Moon hit 2.3m units in Japan
The latest entries in the Pokmon franchise, Sun and Moon are once again the best-selling games in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. The duo sold 442,346 copies in their second week on shelves, a drop of 78 per cent week-on-week. Combined with its launch sales of 1.9m, that brings …
Read More »Pokémon Sun and Moon sold 1.5m units in first week in Europe
The latest entries in the Pokmon franchise have had big starts in Europe, with Nintendo saying they are its most successful launch in the region to date. The publisher has revealed that Pokmon Sun and Moon have shifted a whopping 1.5m units in their first week; 368,000 copies of this …
Read More »D-Pad’s Jo-Remi Madsen discusses Owlboy’s nine years of development
In 2011, indie development studio D-Pad released a trailer for their upcoming title, Owlboy. The video promised a release date that same year for the indie pixel-art game. It would be another five years before Owlboy launched on digital storefronts. Oh, we made so many mistakes,” programmer Jo-Remi Madsen laughs. …
Read More »Attention Seekers and event firm Done & Dusted partner for new venture
UK creative agency Attention Seekers and American events giants Done & Dusted are teaming up for a new venture called AD+D. This new firm will be based in Santa Monica with the aim of raising the profile of games industry events, including helping to get competitive gaming more into the …
Read More »Hello Games delivers massive update for No Man’s Sky
After months of radio silence, developer Hello Games has announced a sizeable new update for No Man’s Sky. Called the Foundation Update, this was revealed via the studio’s blog, and it promises some considerable improvements to the sci-fi survival title. According the post, this is’a foundation for things to come’ …
Read More »1.9m games were sold during Black Friday week
The numbers are in for what looks to have been a massive Black Friday week. 1,936,636 games were sold for the week ending November 26th, according to GfK figures. That’s a nine per cent increase on last year’s 1,778,851 games. Meanwhile, 58.4m was generated in revenue for the sales period, …
Read More »Black Friday week was Sony’s biggest for PS4 hardware since launch
This year’s Black Friday retail event helped PlayStation 4 have its biggest week since launch. That’s according to GfK Entertainment’s commentary on the charts for the week ending November 26th. During its launch week, PS4 sold more than 250,000 units in the UK. The data firm says that Black Friday …
Read More »Capcom to support Street Fighter V until 2020
Brawler Street Fighter will be supported for the next four years. That’s according to a Famitsu interview with producers Yoshinori Ono and Tomoaki Ayano – as translated by Event Hubs – in which Ono said that the road map of future content extended beyond one or two years. In fact, …
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