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GAME has announced it’s to become an official games partner of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The partnership will see GAME support BAFTA’s upcoming Games Awards evening, which is due to be held on April 6th at Tobacco Dock during the London Games Festival, as well as …
Read More »Ghost Recon Wildlands claims Japanese No.1, while Switch sales fall 81%
Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Wildlands has displaced The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the Japanese Top Ten to claim last week’s No.1 spot, according to the latest data from Famitsu. Ubisoft’s open world title sold 94,017 copies in its first week on shelves, while Breath of the Wild …
Read More »THQ Nordic and Wired Productions sign retail agreement for Victor Vran:Overkill Edition and The Town of Light
THQ Nordic and Wired Productions have announced a retail partnership for two upcoming titles: Heamimont Games’ action RPG Victor Vran: Overkill Edition and LKA’s first-person psychological thriller The Town of Light. Both titles will feature numerous enhancements over their digital PC counterparts, and the partnership will also see both titles …
Read More »UK games industry worth a record £4.33bn in 2016
UK games trade body Ukie has announced that the value of the UK consumer games market reached a record 4.33bn in 2016, showing a growth of 1.2 per cent from 2015. You can read MCV’s full analysis of all the figures right here, but key headlines to take away from …
Read More »Starbreeze to publish System Shock 3
Swedish publisher and distributor Starbreeze has signed an agreement with Otherside Entertainment to publish System Shock 3 on PC and other platforms. Starbreeze will pour $12m into the title, and it says it will be able to recoup 120 per cent of its full investment including marketing costs. Under the …
Read More »Soedesco announces new action RPG IP AereA to be published this summer
Soedesco has announced that its second new original IP will be published on PS4, Xbox One and PC later this year. Entitled AereA, the music-themed action RPG is being developed by the Netherlands-based Triangle Studios and it’s also the first game in the planned AereA series. The title will be …
Read More »Strong launch for Switch, but stock must continue to flow, says retail
The Nintendo Switch is finally out in the wild and retailers are reporting an excellent first weekend for the platform holder’s new console despite some stores experiencing delivery issues and low stock levels. Speaking to MCV, execs at UK stores said their stock was quickly diminished during the Switch’s first …
Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild beats Horizon Zero Dawn to No.1 in Japan, sells almost double
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has gone straight in at No.1 in the Japanese charts, selling 193,060 units in its first weekend, according to the latest data from Famitsu. Unlike the UK charts this week, Breath of the Wild beat Sony’s Horizon Zero Dawn to the top …
Read More »Nier: Automata is ‘an incredible marriage between PlatinumGames action and Square Enix RPG’
When Square Enix published the original Nier back in 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, both its reviews and sales figures made for pretty grim reading. Instead of becoming a new, best-selling franchise – based off developer Cavia’s popular Drakengard RPG series – it ended up being the last …
Read More »Wales Interactive open to limited retail release of new FMV title Late Shift
Wales Interactive has announced it’s bringing new cinematic FMV adventure game Late Shift to PS4, Xbox One and Steam next month, with the possibility of a limited retail version coming further down the line, MCV has learned. Developed by CtrlMovie and co-written by Michael R Jackson of the 2009 Sherlock …
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