Publishing

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 …

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Five-year plan for Lucasfilm Story Group includes development of ‘full narrative story’ experiences based on sci-fi IP

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 …

13m copies of Star Wars Battlefront has been sold into stores, boosting EA’s revenue to 1.8bn. The company boasts it was the No.1 publisher on PS4 and Xbox One during the quarter as it exceeded its own expectations, although that 1.8bn is broadly in-line with what the market had predicted. …

2K Games is running a series of PR events in Windsor to support the upcoming XCOM 2. The PC strategy title arrives on February 5th and the firm has been inviting press, streamers, YouTube personalities, fans, retail communities and staff to the 2K Gaming Bar in Windsor to try the …

Digital retailer now stocks “games in development”, enables users to rollback to previous versions of games

2K has signed a new exclusive agreement with wrestling company WWE to keep developing and publishing the WWE video games franchise. This multi-year partnership grants 2K worldwide rights to publish WWE titles on all major platforms and distribution channels. 2K’sWWE games have been developed by the publisher’sVisual Concepts studio and …

The games buying manager at UK supermarket behemoth Tesco, Jon Hayes, has left the firm. He will be replaced by Alison Mair, who is buying manager of newspapers and magazines. She has been in the entertainment team for five years having previously worked with DVDs. Hayes has left Tesco to …

Worms creators Team17 has signed another interesting games project – this time from 16 year-old Anthony Tan. Team17’s transition into publishing big indie titles (or label, as they like to call themselves) has seen it sign some significant releases, including Yooka-Laylee, The Escapists and Allison Road. The new game is …