Destiny 2 has claimed its third UK No.1 in the weekly charts, beating new entries Project CARS 2 and Pokken Tournament DX to the punch. Sales were down 47 per cent week-on-week for Activision’s online shooter, but it was still enough for the publisher to claim itseleventh No.1 this year, …

Gaming merchandise is nothing new. As our regular Margin Makers section in the magazine shows, there’s already something to complement almost every game under the sun, so much so that merchandise has now become a key element of modern games retail, be that online, on the high street, or increasingly …

Wired Productions has acquired the global distribution rights to Vision Games Publishing and Climax Studio’s arcade surfing game, Surf World Series. Wired will also be publishing the PlayStation 4 version of the game at retail. The game is available to buy now digitally on Steam, PS4 and Xbox One, and …

With development costs getting higher and higher each passing year, games have now become too expensive, according to Mercurysteam’s senior producer Dave Cox. That’s why the developer is releasing its upcoming online 4v1 shooter-brawler title Raiders of the Broken Planet, which comes out this Friday (September 22nd) with a free …

Xbox One X pre-orders are back on, Microsoft has announced. After the limited edition Project Scorpio edition of the console became the platform holder’s fastest-selling Xbox pre-order in the company’s history over Gamescom, Microsoft has now re-opened pre-orders for the standard edition of its upcoming 4K powerhouse. The standard edition …

As always, Q4 will be a blockbuster season for EA. Kicking off this year’s festivities this Friday is FIFA 18, which will then be followed by Need for Speed Payback on November 10th and Star Wars: Battlefront II a week later on November 17th. However, even though these triple-A physical …

Capcom’s Monster Hunter World will release worldwide on PS4 and Xbox One on January 26th 2018, the publisher has announced, with the PC release to follow at a later date. The news comes straight out of Tokyo Games Show, which kicked off this morning with a press conference from Sony. …

Skipping the top spot for a minute, there was an incredibly close battle for second place this week between two key sports titles, both eager to make a mark before FIFA 18 launches next week. And it was NBA 2K18 that just edged out Pro Evolution Soccer 2018. That’s impressive …

The Destiny 2 developer answer the questions everyone's asking via it's blog - how did this happen?

Destiny 2’s Week One figures may not have reached the same heights as its predecessor when it launched last week, but it’s still the biggest UK launch of the year so far – a feat it’s now managed to mirror on a worldwide scale, publisher Activision Blizzard has announced, delivering …