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Deep Silver’s Saints Row IV has claimed its fourth No.1 in the UKIE GfK All-Formats Top 40. With a certain other sandbox game due to arrive at retail this week, a fifth looks unlikely but the publisher will be delighted that its superhero romp has put in such an excellent …
Read More »Saints Row IV still topping UK charts
Deep Silver’s Saints Row IV has seen off plenty of opposition to remain this week’s UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 No.1. Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist hangs on to second, too, although last week’s No.3 – Disney Infinity – is knocked down one place by Square Enix MMO Final …
Read More »Saints Row IV moves 1m copies during first week
Deep Silver has announced that Saints Row IV has sold over 1m units in its first week at retail, calling it a smashing commercial success.” Games Industry reports on the launch week milestone for Volition’s latest entry to the series, which was bolstered specifically by a major spike in PC …
Read More »Saints Row IV tops UK charts in busy week for new releases
Deep Silver has claimed another UK No.1 with new release Saints Row IV topping the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. The game fell short of beating the week one performance of its predecessor Saints Row: The Third, however, although it manages to become the fourth biggest …
Read More »Deep Silver: We’re enjoying our promotion to the Champions League
It may now be Europe’s second largest games publisher, but Deep Silver insists it will stay true to its independent roots. The Dead Island publisher saw its reputation rise this year following the acquisition of Saints Row, Volition and Metro: Last Light from bankrupt THQ. We are enjoying our promotion …
Read More »Read our 96-page MCV Gamescom special now
Our huge 96-page Gamescom edition of MCV is available to download right now. It is filled to the brim with exclusive interviews, including Ubisoft Europe boss Alain Corre, Deep Silver director Menno Van Der Bil and legendary games designer David Cage. There’s also the print version of our ‘Story of …
Read More »Deep Silver reveals Dead Island MOBA spin-off ‘Epidemic’
Deep Silver has announced the latest effort in the Dead Island franchise, a free-to-play MOBA game dubbed Dead Island: Epidemic. The multiplayer online battle arena title consists of three teams of players battling against one another while also trying to survive the ever-approaching undead hordes of the Dead Island universe. …
Read More »UPDATED: Saints Row IV refused Australian classification for a second time
Deep Silver’s Saints Row IV has once again been blocked from release in Australia. A three-member panel of the Classification Review Board has unanimously determined that the computer game Saints Row IV is classified Refused Classification,” a new statement from the Australian Classification Board confirmed. In the Review Board’s opinion, …
Read More »Saints Row IV has ‘greater potential’ than predecessor
Saints Row: The Third may have broken records for THQ, but new publisher Deep Silver says Saints Row IV will do even better. The firm is planning a ‘disruptive’ marketing campaign, featuring a new drink called Saints Flow and a music single. Saints Row The Third was a huge success …
Read More »Deep Silver bringing crowd-funded Wasteland 2 to retail
Koch Media’s publishing label Deep Silver will distribute Wasteland 2, a post-apocalyptic adventure funded by Kickstarter. The game is the sequel to the 1988 PC RPG Wasteland by Interplay Productions and EA, which inspired Interplay’s later series Fallout. Wasteland 2 is in development at inXile Entertainment, a studio set up …
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