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VR game Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives has made over $3m in sales, developer Owlchemy Labs has announced. It’s also received over 250m YouTube views since its release on April 5th last year. It’s not yet known how many units Job Simulator has sold, but it paints a promising picture …
Read More »Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare starts 2017 at No.1
Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has claimed its eighth week at the top of the UK charts. The shooter holds this position despite a 64 per cent dip in sales. If it manages another week at No.1, it will equal Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the second …
Read More »PEA confirms its CS:GO league is dead
PEA has confirmed, as everyone suspected, that its CS:GO league is officially canceled. The news comes as no surprise, as all PEA teams voted to play in the ESL Pro League instead of PEA’s offering. The vote comes after weeks of drama surrounding the issue. "Since the time of the …
Read More »Rocket League scores victory as best-selling game on PlayStation Store in 2016
Rocket League was the best-selling game on the PlayStation Store in 2016, Sony has announced. Despite being released in 2015, Psyonix’s sports-action title took the crown on both the European and US charts, beating games such as Battlefield 1, FIFA 17 and the PS4 version of Minecraft to the number …
Read More »Steam Spy report: 2016 saw overall spending stay at $3.3b, yet record high in game releases
5,245 games added to the service in 2016
Read More »Yogscast raises over $2.5m in its 2016 annual charity month
Yogscast has announced it raised over $2.5m during its annual Jingle Jam charity month last December, making it the company’s most successful charity drive yet. $284,000 was raised on the first day alone, and the team quickly reached the 1m mark by the end of the first week. 86,578 donations …
Read More »TODAY is your last chance to submit your MCV Awards nomination
Nominations for the MCV awards 2017 will close at the end-of-play today, the6th of January, but it’s not too late to get your team or product into contention.Apply here nowwith our new online application system and show the industry just how great you are. Now in their 15th successful year, …
Read More »Japanese boxed games revenue dropped seven per cent in 2016
The Japanese boxed games market continues to fall in value, with revenue generated from boxed sales dipping seven per cent year-on-year. According to sales data provided by Famitsu, in 2016, hardware and software revenue dropped to 299.48bn from 2015’s 320.97bn. This is one of the lowest year for the Japanese …
Read More »Steam’s new controller support is an important step in PC gaming’s living room ambitions
In its latest update to the Steam client beta, Valve has added native support for a wide variety of popular games controllers, allowing gamers to play games which didn’t originally have controller support. It’s another important step forward in bringing the huge variety of PC games into the living room. …
Read More »Senior reshuffle at PlayStation Europe
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe has promoted Simon Rutter (pictured) to chief operating officer and Tim Stokes to senior vice president of sales, commercial and operations. Rutter, who was previously executive vice president, has been part of the SIEE team since 1997, holding a number of positions in marketing and sales. …
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