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Few retailers claim as large an audience as Amazon. In total, the UK arm of the retail giant generated a massive 6.3bn in 2015 with research outlet Kantar Worldpanel saying that Amazon has a 22 per cent share of the entertainment market – the largest for this sector. But, speaking …

Persona 5 has sold 437,929 copies in Japan, making it Atlus’ best selling game in the country. Having launched on September 15th Persona 5 has already sold more than 400,000 units across both PS4 and PS3 according to the Media Create sales numbers, which were helpfully translated by Persona Central.Earlier …

EA’s latest football title has shot to the top of the Japanese games charts, according to data provided by Famitsu. The PS4 SKU of FIFA 17 was the best-selling of the week, shifting 52,544 units, while the PS3 SKU debuted at No.5 with 12,343 copies sold. Rival PES 2017 is …

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Sean Cleaver replaces Matt Jarvis at Develop,Hutch strengthens its studios and Special Gun Productions launches. Develop hires new deputy editor Following the departure of deputy editor Matt Jarvis in September, Develop has hired Sean Cleaver to replace him. Cleaver has been a freelance games writer and editor for the past …

The Washington State Gambling Commission has told Valve that it must put an end to skin gambling otherwise it may face legal action. The commission initially started its investigation into skin gambling in February, but has now come to the conclusion that Valve must put a stop to skin gambling …

MCV reveals the most talented young minds working in the UK games industry in 2016 This year’s 30 Under 30 is sponsored by OPM Recruitment. Adam MasonVideo Producer, GameSpot UK Age: 28 Adam Mason has worked as a video producer in games for over five years. Starting out as the …

30 Under 30 is back, as MCV reveals the most talented young minds working in the UK games industry in 2016. This week, we also talk to Amazon UK’s games boss Russell Jones to take the pulse of the current games retail scene. Elswehere, Respawn COO Dusty Welch and art …

In his latest regular column, former Sony Studio London and indie virtual reality developer Dave Ranyard talks about the imminent launch of PlayStation VR. So, this is it. Next week, Sony launches PlayStation VR. This is the first real consumer test of VR. Yes, we have had Oculus and Vive …

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