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EA’s digital unit sales are tracking ahead of the publisher’s own expectations. That’s according to an investor call with the publisher last night, in which CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that that 32 per cent of its unit sales were digital. The exec said that is just on PlayStation 4 and …
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With Sniper Elite 4 and Yooka-Laylee, is 2017 going to be Sold Out’s biggest year yet?
Despite the narrative of digital sales becoming a bigger part of today’s games market, 80 per cent of new releases are bought in a box. This is a sector within which publisher Sold Out has built its business, and it’s done it rather successfully, too. The current version of …
Read More »Remedy alumni come together to form VR developer 3rd Eye Studios
First title is a VR anthology series with co-op
Read More »"There was a lot of skepticism, as we were doing something new": IO on Hitman’s episodic move
At E3 2015, IO and Square Enix revealed a new entry in its Hitman series. Simply called Hitman, this was a departure for the franchise, being released in an episodic fashion. Square had seen success with this model the year before with Dontnod’s episodic surprise smash hit, Life is Strange. …
Read More »EA community manager hints at Skate 4
Skate 3’s highly-awaited sequel might finally happen – or at least that’s what we can interpret from a single random tweet. Senior manager at EA’s community engagement team Daniel Lingen simply tweeted #skate4” (see below) on Friday and everyone lost it. At the time of writing, this single tweet has …
Read More »Nintendo Switch pre-orders already account for 80% of the console’s shipment in Japan
Data firm Media Create has revealed pre-order figures for the Nintendo Switch in Japan, so players who haven’t secured Nintendo’s new console yet should do it quickly if they want to enjoy it at launch. The sales-tracking company reports that over 80 per cent of the country’s initial shipment has …
Read More »MCV Awards Update: Who’s judging the awards?
The MCV awards are now only six weeks away, which means I really should get on with working out what I’m going to say to greet the great-and-good of the industry come the 9th of March (suggestions welcome!). Suffice to say that besides my own small input, the event is …
Read More »Playwire signs exclusive ad deal with US gaming giant Game Informer
Playwire media has signed a deal with the GameStop-owned Gameinformer.com to become the sole representative for all advertising inventory for the digital edition of the magazine and its associated website. Game Informer claims to be the largest digital publication in the world and with a total circulation of over 6.3m …
Read More »This week’s MCV: Everything you need to know about the Nintendo Switch
This week, we talk to UK retailers about Nintendo’s new console, take a look at the hardware, discuss the Switch’s games both at launch and beyond, and share what the games industry thinks about what could be one of the most disruptive consoles the industry’s ever seen. We also speak …
Read More »Microsoft’s hardware revenue falls 22%, but software sales and services are on the up
The ever-decreasing cost of Xbox One consoles has caused Microsoft’s gaming revenue to fall by 3 per cent year-on-year, the company revealed in its Fiscal Q2 2017 report. Xbox revenue reached $3.595bn in Microsoft’s fiscal Q2 2017 report, with the company stating that lower Xbox console pricing was the main …
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