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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. …
Read More »New Ghost Recon Wildlands trailer shows heads exploding while cat chases red dot
Ubisoft obviously knows what to do to win the internet and put it into practice in its new trailer for the upcoming Ghost Recon Wildlands. It features a cute cat chasing a red dot, which is everything we could hope for in a trailer for an open world drug cartel …
Read More »Report: 2016 revenue flat on Steam despite 75% rise in new games
Thanks to analytics site Steam Spy we now have an idea of how Valve’s online store performed in 2016. According to the outlet, $3.5bn was generated in revenue by software sales on Steam, in line with revenue figures seen in 2015. That’s in spite of new releases spiking by 75 …
Read More »Pokémon Go most downloaded app on iOS in 2016
Pokmon Go was the most downloaded app on the iOS App Store in 2016, Apple has announced. Super Mario Run, which was also one of the top ten most downloaded apps of 2016, was the most downloaded app worldwide on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Other apps that made …
Read More »Erotic visual novel Ladykiller in a Bind to launch on steam
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Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild now pegged for Switch launch title, but not in Europe, says new report
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the most hotly anticipated Nintendo titles coming out this year, but so far Nintendo has only given a vague launch window of 2017”. However, a new report from Eurogamer suggests that consumers in Japan and the US might see …
Read More »Resident Evil 7: The Experience coming to London on January 20th
Capcom will be holding a four-day interactive experience to celebrate the launch of Resident Evil 7, the company announced today. Taking place between January 20th – 23rd in a haunted and dilapidated venue in East London, Resident Evil 7: The Experience will see members of the public take part in …
Read More »Project CARS 2 eyes September release
The sequel to crowdfunded racing title Project CARS is aiming for a September launch. That’s according to a post on Project CARS 2’s forum by developer Slightly Mad Studio’s CEO Ian Bell, in which he says that the current guess for a release date is ‘Septemberish’. However, the exec is …
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