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GfK Chart-Track has warned the games industry that it might lose its best PR tool if it fails to share digital data. The firm, which operates the UK Top 40, says it is ready to support downloads in its chart, but that it’s up to the games industry to want …

The world’s biggest games publishers refused to comment on whether they would be willing to share download data. MCV contacted every major games publisher to ask if they would like a digital chart. And although two firms admitted that including download data in an overall chart is something they would …

Two major British indie releases would have entered the All-Formats charts this week if digital figures had been counted. Volume, the new game from Mike Bithell, would have at least made the Top Ten, according to MCV sources. It comes a week after Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, the PS4 …

Minecraft is finally coming to a Nintendo console. Sort of. Despite seeming on the face of it to be a perfect fit for Nintendo’s often younger and certainly more family-friendly demographic, Minecraft remains MIA on all Nintendo systems. That’s despite appearances on a vast array on platforms, from last-gen to …

This week, MCV is launching its Digital Counts campaign in an effort to get publishers to share their digital sales data. While major publishers remain silent on the matter, indie developers The Chinese Room and Mike Bithell have missed out on chart positions in digital charts farce And Chart-Track warns …

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Sales of pre-owned Dreamcast consoles have ‘gone through the roof’ since Shenmue III was announced at E3. Indie retailers have told MCV that sales of Sega’s last console have skyrocketed since the LA-based trade show. That’s in addition to software sales of the original two Shenmue games, as well as …

Remastered versions of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil are heading to PC, courtesy of Night Dive Studios. According to the developer, both games will be re-released with enhanced graphics and other improvements. No word on a release or pricing info yet, but the titles have been …

Cliff Bleszkinski’s studio Boss Key has unveiled LawBreakers, an upcoming free-to-play multiplayer FPS to be published by Nexon. Boss Key revealed the title – formerly known as Project Bluestreak – earlier today on Twitch with the debut of a live-action trailer to set up the game’s backstory: Warring factions battling …

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has sold 6m copies worldwide, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. The company’s latest financial results show Wild Hunt has sold a total of 6,014,576 units – roughly 1m a week on average since the game’s launch. The studio adds 1m copies of the game …