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The biggest selling games of last year have been revealed by GfK – and unsurprising it’s FIFA 18 that comes out on top once again. We did our own pre-emptive tally back in mid-December, which came to the same conclusion, though there has been some movement further down the Top …
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe topped last Japanese charts of 2017
Nintendo unsurprisingly won Christmas in Japan. What’s more surprising is that it topped the last weekly charts of the year with a title that released back in April, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe charting at No.1 (according to sales data collected by Famitsu from December 25th to 31st 2017). With …
Read More »Super Mario Odyssey sells 1m physical copies in Japan
Super Mario Odyssey has sold over 1m physical copies in Japan since its October 27 launch. This data comes from Famitsu, and is translated by Gematsu, revealing that Super Mario Odyssey has sold 1,055,806 units in Japan at time of publication. They haven’t revealed the digital number, which will inflate …
Read More »Call of Duty: WWII is still No.1 as Star Wars Battlefront 2 charts at No.2
The controversial Star Wars: Battlefront 2 has debuted at No.2 in the UK Top 40. It’s not yet clear how sales compared to that of its predecessor, although note that the first Battlefield charted at No.1 in November 2015 and boasted the largest ever UK launch for a Star Wars …
Read More »GAME CEO talks Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption 2, and the trailing triple-A pack
Read our full interview with GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs. Although well aware of the need to diversify, UK games retail remains highly reliant upon the success of just a handful of the biggest franchises. And while last year’s big releases let down retailers, things are looking a bit rosier in …
Read More »3DClouds – Reinvigorating the kart racing genre
Jem Alexander speaks to Francesco Bruschi, founder of Milan-based studio 3DClouds, about the developer’s attempt to reinvigorate the kart racing genre and the state of the Italian games industry
Read More »Call of Duty: WWII knocks Mario Odyssey off the top of the Japanese charts
Activision’s Call of Duty: World War 2 (which is published by Sony on PS4 in Japan) has claimed the top spot in the Japanese charts. In doing so it knocks Nintendo’s Switch platformer, Super Mario Odyssey, from the top spot. Famitsu credits COD’s strong sell-though (89 per cent), and notes …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed doubles launch sales as Ubisoft posts gains
Ubisoft has seen sales climb 65.7 per cent year-on-year thanks to a string of successful launches across various platforms. Assassin’s Creed Origins is off to a strong start, selling twice as many units as its 2015 predecessor Syndicate did in its first 10 days. Company-wide digital sales were up 69.1 …
Read More »Super Mario Odyssey sells 500k+ in Japan in three days
Nintendo’s Switch platformer Super Mario Odyssey was the comfortable Japanese No.1 in its debut week, according to Famitsu data. The game sold 512k units in its first three days on sale, although unlike other territories this is not a record for the series – in fact, it’s the fourth highest …
Read More »Super Mario Odyssey sales hit 2m units
Nintendo has said that it estimates recent release Super Mario Odyssey has sold around 2m copies in its first two days on sale. That equates to a little more than one in every four Switch owners buying a copy. In the UK, Mario just missed out on the chart top …
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