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Developer Ninja Theory has confirmed that Hellblade will now not be released until 2017. While a 2016 release had already started to look unlikely, this is the first official confirmation of the slip. In the video below the developer reveals that an unspecified project cancellation let to some set backs, …
Read More »Pokémon Sun and Moon hit 2.3m units in Japan
The latest entries in the Pokmon franchise, Sun and Moon are once again the best-selling games in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. The duo sold 442,346 copies in their second week on shelves, a drop of 78 per cent week-on-week. Combined with its launch sales of 1.9m, that brings …
Read More »38% of all Steam games were released this year
That’s right – on the biggest digital PC games store front in the world, over a third of its total catalogue was only released on the service in 2016. Steam Spy has revealed that so far in 2016 there have been an incredible 4,207 games released on Steam. That’s 38 …
Read More »Pokemon Sun and Moon sell 7.2m in first week
Nintendo’s latest Pokemon game has broken an American sales record. Combined sales of Pokemon Sun and Moon reached 3.7m units in the Americas. That’s an 85 per cent increase over Pokemon X and Y and makes it the fastest selling Nintendo game ever in the region. It was revealed yesterday …
Read More »Pokémon Sun and Moon sold 1.5m units in first week in Europe
The latest entries in the Pokmon franchise have had big starts in Europe, with Nintendo saying they are its most successful launch in the region to date. The publisher has revealed that Pokmon Sun and Moon have shifted a whopping 1.5m units in their first week; 368,000 copies of this …
Read More »Splyce re-signs its entire LoL roster
Splyce has announced that it has signed every one of its players from the 2016 season, meaning the team will be sticking together for 2017. After contracts expired Martin “Wunder” Hansen, Chres “Sencux” Laursen, Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle and Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup all left the organisation, looking to explore other offers. …
Read More »Big Viking reveals $10m publishing fund for Facebook’s Instant Games
Company redouble efforts to support HTML5 efforts
Read More »Pac-Man and Space Invaders are heading to Facebook Messenger
Users of Facebook Messenger will soon be able to play a number of arcade hits within the app itself. 17 games have been confirmed for Facebook’s new Instant Games service, which will offer quick access to arcade titles within both Messenger and the site’s news feed, across both web and …
Read More »Stardew Valley coming to consoles, swaps Wii U for Switch
Developer Eric Barone has confirmed that his indie hit Stardew Valley will make its long-awaited console debut before the end of the year. The game will be released on PS4 and Xbox One on December 13th in the US and on December 14th in Europe. Pre-orders are due to kick …
Read More »Amazon boasts of record Black Friday sales for its Fire and Echo devices
The own-brand devices of the internet’s largest retailer had a bumper Black Friday weekend. Amazon has said that sales of the Amazon Fire TV were two and a half times larger than they were last year, helped in part no doubt by the big discounts. The device is still the …
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