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EA’s latest FIFA title has held onto the top spot in the UK charts for its second week on shelves. That’s according to GfK’s software ranks, which say that the football title saw a sales decline of 79 per cent week-on-week. Meanwhile, 2K Games’ latest new release, Mafia III, debuted …
Read More »Milestone talks Ride 2, the state of the racing genre and the studio’s future plans
The CEO of developer Milestone, Luisa Bixio, talks to MCV about the Ride series’ performance so far, what the current racing market looks like and the studio’s growth How would you assess the performance of the original Ride? The game did well commercially. As with every new IP we faced …
Read More »Amazon: ‘It’s been a challenging year for games retail’
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 …
Read More »FIFA 17 takes No.1 spot in Japan
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 …
Read More »PS4 sales up 380% on back of £149 bundles
Sony’s PlayStation 4 has returned to the top of the weekly UK hardware race following a number of cut-price bundles. Sales of the console climbed 380 per cent week-on-week, thanks to a 359 per cent boost to original PS4 sales, according to GfK hardware figures for the week ending October …
Read More »Curve Digital opens US office
UK indie publisher Curve Digital is making moves into America. The company has just opened a brand new US office in San Francisco in attempt to improve its presence on that side of the pond. Curve’s American arm is hiring for marketing and developer relations staff. I am delighted to …
Read More »Is PlayStation going to dominate VR?
After years of hype and promise, VR finally became a reality for consumers in 2016. The year kicked off with the PC-based and expensive Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets rolling out. And in just a few weeks virtual reality is coming to the console space in the form of …
Read More »GAME apologises to customers following unfulfilled PS4 orders
High Street retailer GAME has issued an apology after it was unable to execute some orders for a cheap PS4 bundle. As reported by Eurogamer, the deal in question – an original PlayStation 4, FIFA 17 and a three-month Now TV pass – set consumers back 150 on its website. …
Read More »Updated: FIFA 17 shoots to No.1 in the UK
Update:GfK has been in touch to set the record straight about FIFA 17’s sales performance. Due to the fact the research firm increased its market coverage in 2014,from 90 per cent to 95 per cent,in terms of extrapolated sales FIFA 13 still has the best-selling Week One for the series. …
Read More »Persona 5 falls to second place in Japan
The latest entry in Atlus’ Persona RPG series has fallen to the No.2 spot in Japan according to date provided by Famitsu. The PS4 SKU of the release – last week’s top dog – saw a sales decrease of 85 per cent week-on-week. The PS3 version, which debuted at No.2 …
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