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Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has won this week’s heated race to claim the UKIE GfK Chart-Track UK No.1 spot. EA’s Battlefield 4 has to settle for second place in its first week, although both titles fail to match the numbers recorded by their respective previous instalments – presumably …
Read More »PC now the UK’s fastest growing games platform
Next-gen consoles finally have a competitor to be fearful of – the PC. UK trade body UKIE has revealed to MCV the latest data from its digital charts project, which shows that the market share for PC games (boxed and digital) has risen five per cent for the first half …
Read More »Two weeks to go until London Games Conference – booked your tickets yet?
There are just two weeks to go until the London Games Conference – time’s running out if you want to be there. Our influential conference this year features top-flight execs from the likes of GAME, PlayStation, Twitch, Twitter, Google and many others. It takes place on November 13th at One …
Read More »NPD: Grand Theft Auto V leads industry to positive month in September
NPD’s monthly retail report reveals that Grand Theft Auto V sales have carried the industry to a 27 per cent year-over-year increase in total revenue. This year’s period saw $1.07bn earned, versus the $848m brought in during September 2012. Physical Software sales – where GTA V’s impact was located – …
Read More »Monster Hunter 4 ships 3m in first month
Monster Hunter 4 has surpassed 3m copies shipped in its first month. Capcomannounces the figure was reached across both retail and digital versions of the game. The milestone brings the lifetime sales total for the Monster Hunter series to 26m units sold. Monster Hunter 4 launched on September 14th in …
Read More »Warner Bros spends big on Batman: Arkham Origins
Forget PS4 and Xbox One, one of the biggest marketing campaigns of Christmas will be for a current-gen game. Warner Bros has revealed a huge advertising push behind its new Batman title – Arkham Origins. It includes a blockbuster TV campaign, events, drinks promotions with Kick, plus heavyweight online, digital …
Read More »Logitech continues e-sports push with Free2Play in Bangalore
After the inaugural season of the Logitech G Championship Series in partnership with Frag-Nation, Logitech is continuing its focus on e-sports in India with Logitech G Free2Play. The two-day event will take place in Bangalore on 19th and 20th October, and will feature Counter-Strike, DOTA 2 and League of Legends …
Read More »Read the piece that won Games Writer of the Year at last night’s GMAs
Want to read Dan Douglas’ award winning article that definitely isn’t called video games saved my life”? You’re in luck. The piece was published on Midnight Resistance in July and last night claimed the second ever Games Writer of the Year prize at the Games Media Awards. All games journalists …
Read More »Martyn Gibbs to deliver opening keynote at London Games Conference
GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs will opening next month’s London Games Conference with a talk about next-gen games retail. He joins leaders from the likes of Twitter UK, PlayStation, Google in talking at the November 13th event. Gibbs will examine how the evolving digital content landscape is re-defining business strategy through …
Read More »UK games market returns to growth in September
5.17m boxed games were sold in the UK last month, as the games industry returned to growth for the first time in years. 45 per cent more games were sold in September 2013 compared with the same month a year before, according to GfK Chart-Track. Grand Theft Auto V is …
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