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Japanese publisher Konami has revealed it has sold in six million copies of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain to retail. This figure only represents the number of units bought in by stores, and does not mean that Metal Gear Solid V has sold six million units. This figure …
Read More »‘Crowdpublishing’ platform BrightLocker enters closed beta
Service allows creators to work on concepts suggested by the community and split revenue
Read More »Surprise! PC game boxed sales down, digital up
Sales of boxed PC games in the UK fell by more than 36 per cent, to just over 1m games sold, in 2015. The latest statistics from GfK Entertainment show that a total of just 21.3m was spent on physical PC games last year in Britain – a drop of …
Read More »Edge Case Games team ‘begged’ its CEO not to put Fractured Space on Early Access
It’s difficult to find a title that encapsulates the current zeitgeist of the games industry as much as Edge Case’s Fractured Space. The indie studio’s debut release is a 5v5 MOBA-esque space combat title that has been developed in Steam’s Early Access. The game ticks all the modern buzzwords. Yet …
Read More »Opinion: PC game makers should relish High Street interest
‘UK games stores made a major mistake ditching PC games.’ I’ve heard that said a few times, typically by smart PC developers who have made their fortune selling fun, affordable indie games on Steam. The numbers back up their assertion. Depending on which data supplier you believe, between 550m and …
Read More »Xbox One has probably sold around 19m consoles
Electronic Arts says that there are around 55m new-generation games consoles in the market right now. It means that we can work out, roughly, how many Xbox Ones have been sold. Microsoft has decided not to detail the Xbox One install base, but PlayStation has been far more open. Sony …
Read More »8.4m PS4s sold worldwide during Q3
Sony has revealed it sold 8.4 million PlayStation 4s during Q3 2015. The tech giant revealed this information in its latest financial reports. This is a 2m increase in unit sales year-on-year for the quarter (which ended December 31st 2015). In total, Sony’s Game and Network Services division generated 587bn …
Read More »Creative Assembly on the changing face of PC gaming
Sega. The name still conjures images of Sonic speeding across a CRT screen with the plastic black Megadrive sitting besides it. But that Sega hasn’t existed for a long time. Today, far from a console giant, Sega is best known for its growing PC presence, with the likes of Sports …
Read More »Disney wants to get devs and film directors working together on Star Wars VR projects
Five-year plan for Lucasfilm Story Group includes development of ‘full narrative story’ experiences based on sci-fi IP
Read More »48 million people are using Xbox Live
Microsoft may no longer be reporting sales figures for its console hardware, but the firm has revealed that its monthly users number on Xbox Live has reached 48 million. The company announced this information in its Q2 financial report. This represents a 30 per cent yearly growth in its online …
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