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MCV teamed up with UKIE last week to create an estimated value of the UK games market. But there are still big holes in the industry’s knowledge – particularly around digital. UKIE CEO Dr Jo Twist writes for MCV to discuss the need for a digital sales chart… As an …

The UK is the biggest market for digital games in Europe. The latest figures from IHS Screen Digest reveal that the digital and online spend on games grew 16 per cent in the UK to 819m last year. This is driven by increased spending on freemium PC game experiences, PC …

San Francisco firm aims to make further acquisitions and investments in games companies

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Virtual reality will have good appeal to core gamers but may struggle to break the mass-market, according to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick. "I think for a core gamer, it could be a wonderful experience; someone who really likes to be immersed," he told Bloomberg, as reported by GameSpot. "But a …

Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs has become the best-selling new IP ever in the UK. UKIE Gfk Chart-Track says that the game beat the previous week one sales record for a new IP held by Rockstar’s 2011 crime hit LA Noire by an amazing 58 per cent. It also becomes the 17th …

Square Enix has announced Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Remix will launch for PlayStation 3 this year in both Europe and North America. The compilation – unveiled on both US and Europe PlayStation Blogs – packs the Final Mix editions of Kingdom Hearts 2 and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, featuring new …

Both The Wolf Among Us and the first two seasons of The Walking Dead will arrive on the latest generation of consoles, developer Telltale Games has announced. A post on the studio’s blog confirms The Walking Dead: Season One GOTY Edition, The Walking Dead: Season Two and The Wolf Among …

Watch Dogs has grabbed the top spot on Steam’s top ten weekly sellers chart, with a pair of new Early Access titles also making significant marks on this week’s list. Alpha versions of both The Forest and The Stomping Land (pictured) are apparently selling like hotcakes, as the titles debuted …