Publishing

EA hasn’t announced any sales numbers for Star Wars Battlefront, but it has said the game has claimed a new record. In the same way that last month’s beta for the shooter broke internal publisher records by attracting 9m players, the full release has now become EA’s biggest ever digital …

Sony has confirmed that PS4 has hit a new sales milestone. As of November 22nd 2015 sales of the console have reached 30.2m units. It has reached this number almost exactly two years after it was launched – and two months quicker than the PS2 managed. That, of course, went …

The ignominious fall of the PlayStation TV has seen Sony’s streaming microconsole slashed to an all-time low in the US. American retailer Best Buy is currently offering the console for just $19.99, which represents a 75 per cent saving over its $80 RRP. Note that the SKU in question doesn’t …

Players of one of gaming’s more unusual titles have, years after the game was released, achieved what many thought would never happen. Noby Noby Boy was the second game from Keita Takahashi, who is best known for 2004’s quirky PS2 release Katamari Damacy. After begrudgingly coming on board for 2005 …

Disney and Google have teamed up to promote upcoming movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a virtual reality app designed for Google Cardboard. Google says it will feature the first-of-its-kind serialized Google Cardboard experience that combines a compelling story, which ties directly into the opening of Star Wars: The …

Strong sales for Call of Duty: Black Ops III makes Activision dev this month’s most successful studio

This week, Sony turns to the Dark Side with a Star Wars controller and Element Gaming brings a splash of colour to PC thanks to a new keyboard Darth Vader Edition DualShock 4 Wireless Controller Players who have just picked up Star Wars Battlefront can turn to the Dark Side …

Koei Tecmo has reported six-month financial results showing dips in both revenue and profit, though the company believes the strong performances of its collaboration titles” will lead to better-than-expected full year results. The firm brought in $20.45m in profit for the first six months of its fiscal year (ending March …

Iam the vice president of Fun House, which is probably the best job title a person can have.” Patrick Plourde sounds like the boss of a kids’ play park, or a classic 1990s children’s TV show, and, to the team at Ubisoft Montreal, what he actually does isn’t that far …

Acclaimed From Software developer Hidetaka Miyazaki has contradicted previous comments about the future of Dark Souls. In June Miyazaki said that Dark Souls 3, which is due out in April, "is not the final product for the Dark Souls series”, adding that it’ll be a turning point, but it’s not …