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Early analysis shows the app has proved most popular in the States with 73,000 downloads, the equivalent of 41.7 per cent of all installs
Read More »Google Stadia launch fails to make a splash on Google Play and App Store rankings
Borderlands 3 sells 5m copies in 5 days, becoming the fastest-selling game in 2K history
"Borderlands 3’s incredibly successful launch is a result of the hard work and longstanding partnership between Gearbox Software and 2K"
Read More »Destiny 2’s digital sales far higher than the original, Activision confirms
Destiny 2’s Week One figures may not have reached the same heights as its predecessor when it launched last week, but it’s still the biggest UK launch of the year so far – a feat it’s now managed to mirror on a worldwide scale, publisher Activision Blizzard has announced, delivering …
Read More »Make the gap between reveals and launches as small as possible, urges Bethesda
VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines highlights short release cycles as key to maintaining player interest ahead of a game hitting shelves
Read More »Peter Molyneux’s 22Cans stealth-launches new title The Trail
Free-to-play adventure game appears on iTunes in the Philippines after two years of development
Read More »Ian Livingstone laments British IP revenues lost overseas
Industry veteran urges developers to hold on to their franchises
Read More »Ori dev: ‘Nintendo NX will have no software support at launch’
Secrecy over new console hardware is the ‘single most annoying thing for every dev’ says Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler
Read More »Ono apologies for Street Fighter V launch server problems
Street Fighter V is finally here, but early buyers have faced a few issues playing the game online. Despite a number of beta tests in the long run up to release, the launch of the game yesterday (February 16th) brought with it some significant server woes, leaving players unable to …
Read More »300 GAME stores to open at midnight for Black Ops 3
GAME’s latest midnight launch will be for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, with a special tournament taking place at its Westfield Stratford store. More than 300 of the retailer’s outlets will open in time for Activision’s latest shooter. They will be joined by flagship venues in Stratford, Birmingham Bullring …
Read More »‘Halo 5 is the biggest Xbox launch to date’
You know a company plans to go big with a game when it starts the marketing for it almost a year in advance. That’s precisely what Xbox has done with Halo 5: Guardians, the latest in the 65 million unit-selling sci-fi super franchise. We have considerable expectations for Halo 5: …
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