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Microsoft has announced that Game Pass subscribers will be able to play their video game libraries with Xbox Cloud Gaming by the end of the year
Read More »Game Pass subscribers will soon be able to use their digital libraries on Xbox Cloud Gaming
NPD charts for May – sales up and Resident Evil: Village takes top spot
NPD’s sales figures are in for the US in the month of May. And the industry continues to boom as next-gen console buzz managed to build on the huge gains from the pandemic and Switch in 2020. Total video game sales were up three per cent on last May, an …
Read More »What’s next for Xbox – ‘The bottom line is that we simply put out more top quality games in front of more people than other companies’
Microsoft refines its strategy and releases engagement figures to back up its direction to date
Read More »[From the industry] World of Tanks launches on Steam
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With over 160m registered players, the legendary free-to-play shooter is ready for new recruits
Read More »£70/€80 for Returnal is the canary in the coalmine of game pricing strategy
Can a high-quality AA title sell at the 'new normal' full price?
Read More »Sony admits ‘we made the wrong decision’ on PS3 and Vita stores
"We see now that many of you are incredibly passionate about being able to continue purchasing classic games on PS3 and PS Vita for the foreseeable future"
Read More »Nintendo Switch, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and PS5 DualSense, lead another record-breaking month at US retail
And the PS5 is the fastest selling console in US history in both unit and dollar sales
Read More »Warner rebrands LEGO titles from Easter
Eleven Lego titles get cohesive, refreshed look
Read More »Razer revenues top $1bn as hardware also profits from year at home
Gaming hardware company Razer recorded a huge year on year growth of 48 per cent yesterday as its revenues for the full year 2020 soared to $1.2bn. Showing that it’s more than just digital games that have benefitted from the lockdown. The growth in sales drove gross profits up by …
Read More »The Nacon Life – publisher talks on new five-title LIFE label, pillar strategy and upcoming big titles
We ask Nacon’s Benoit Clerc about it's new LIFE label, its most anticipated titles, and his take on the Frogware situation
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