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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick and Superdata's Joost van Dreunen on why we shouldn't expect any top-end publisher mergers
Read More »Take-Two: the industry is strong and any consolidation will come from outside
[UPDATE] Spyro Trilogy Remaster coming this year
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Remastered versions of the Spyro Trilogy could be released as soon as Q3 2018 by Activision
Read More »Ubisoft doubles up on Assassin’s Creed in terms of sales and play time
Company has strong third quarter, with sales up 36.8% year-on-year
Read More »Interview: Failbetter Games on whether Early Access ‘curiosity’ is dwindling
We talk to studio about why Sunless Skies underperformed at launch
Read More »Monster Hunter World ships 5m units in its opening weekend
MHW now the best selling game in the Monster Hunter Franchise
Read More »God of War follows Horizon Zero Dawn with no season pass
The upcoming God of War will not be sold with a season pass, according to Cory Barlog, creative director Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Santa Monica studio. The creative lead on the project made this clear via Twitter late last week. That means the game will likely follow in the footsteps of …
Read More »Jim Ryan named as deputy president at Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced that Jim Ryan has been named the deputy president of SIE, with immediate effect. Ryan is currently the head of global sales and marketing of SIE, and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE), and will be retaining those roles and responsibilities in addition …
Read More »Xbox outsells PS4 in December – Is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to thank?
A tweet from Aaron Greenberg, head of xbox marketing at Microsoft, has revealed an unexpected ordering of console hardware sales in the US in December. According to data that he had seen from NPD – but which is yet to be released. December is a big month for console sales …
Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn snags 10 nominations as DICE awards release shortlist
Ceremony takes place in Las Vegas on February 22
Read More »FIFA 18 tops the 100 best-selling physical games – we dissect the list
The biggest selling games of last year have been revealed by GfK – and unsurprising it’s FIFA 18 that comes out on top once again. We did our own pre-emptive tally back in mid-December, which came to the same conclusion, though there has been some movement further down the Top …
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