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November digital games sales surpassed $1bn in November, according to new research from Superdata. Games Industry reports the total for the period is a year-on-year increase of 23 per cent, and Superdata points to a spike in digital deals during Black Monday and Cyber Monday as a major driving force. …

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is back on top of Steam’s weekly top ten sellers list, beating out Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for first on the chart. Dungeon Defenders II, Far Cry 4 and Metro Redux round out the top five, while chart regular DayZ finished right behind in …

Last year on 3DS, Nintendo breathed new life into its hit Pokmon IP with X and Y. With new visuals, new monsters and a compelling story, the game managed to attract young fans whilst also delighting older ones with a series of nostalgic elements, including returning monsters from the very …

The world’s biggest kids franchise has included a new innovation this year in the form of ‘traps’. In a role reversal to bringing the ‘toys to life’, players of Trap Team can now capture in-game villains and transfer them to the little plastic traps that can sit on the portal …

The Steam Holiday Auction has been suspended just hours after it began. The scheme allowed Steam users to trade digital items such as trading cards for Steam Gems, which in turn can be used to bid on games. However, as noted by Reddit some users quickly acquired a huge number …

Having reached its Kickstarter targets last summer, Satellite Reign is now available on Steam. The 20.69 download (temporarily down from its full price of 22.99) is quite limited in scope for the time being, hence its release as an Early Access title. It includes four player agent classes, some upgrades …

The latest news to stem from the ongoing storm surrounding the Sony Pictures hack involves a possible new Mario film – made by Sony. Buzzfeed unearthed evidence that Sony producer Avi Arad secured the rights to an animated Mario film and sending a picture of himself with Mario creator Shigeru …

Nintendo has said that unit sales of its Amiibo figures are nearing 710,000 in the US. IGN reports that the platform holder added that Amiibo sales are roughly the same as unit sales of recent Wii U release Super Smash Bros. Link has proved to be the most popular figures, …

Assassin’s Creed is Ubisoft’s flagship IP and has sold 73m units worldwide since its debut in 2007. Its popularity has seen the series turn into books and – coming in 2016 – a movie starring Michael Fassbender. There are toys of the characters and entire clothing ranges based on the …

6,800 – that was the return one punter saw on their 19.94 investment as the rush to get hold of Sony’s 20th Anniversary PS4 sweeps Ebay. Sony revealed the machine last week, saying that it would be limited to 12,300 units worldwide. The console quickly sold out in the US …