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Defining your audience around the pereceived ‘core gamer’ is illogical, one report has concluded. Sergey Galyonkin, who runs the Steam data mining service, said the playing and buying habits of people who are put in such a category are vastly different. He said while DOTA 2 players only play Valve’s …
Read More »Animal Crossing stays strong at top of Japanese charts, sells over 170,000 units in third week
Zoological lifestyle simulator Animal Crossing has held strong at the top of the Japanese charts in a week dominated by Nintendo. The latest entry in the casual franchise, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, sold more than 172,000 units in its third week on sale – nearly triple the 60,832total of …
Read More »Rocket League, Life Is Strange top Youtube’s ‘trending’ games in July
A trio of indie titles lead Youtube’s top trending games for the past month, with Rocket League out in front. Kotakureports on the latest monthly list from the video network, showing Rocket League, Life is Strange and Terraria Rocket League alsofinished fifth on Twitch’s most watched chartfor July. Behind those …
Read More »Rocket League catapults up the Twitch rankings
The surprise hit of the summer has also proved a big hit with game streamers. Twitch’s July report shows Rocket League was the fifth most streamed game of the month, following its release on PS4 and PC on July 7th. Aware of the trends, the game’s developer Psyonix added a …
Read More »LEGO Jurassic World back on top as Rare Replay slips to sixth place
Warner Bros’ plastic dinosaur title LEGO Jurassic World is No.1 for the third time. It manages this in spite of an eight per cent dip in sales, while Grand Theft Auto V climbs to second place. Meanwhile The Elder Scrolls Online jumps up to No.3 as Batman: Arkham Knight fell …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: August 9-15
Rocket League remains ahead of the pack on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers, while its DLC release Supersonic Fury made its chart debut in eighth. Like clockwork, Ark: Survival Evolved and Grand Theft Auto V finished behind the popular ‘cars playing soccer’ affair in the runner-up and third spots. …
Read More »League of Legends tops most-watched games on Twitch for July
League of Legends finished on top of Twitch’s latest monthly most-watched games list, the streaming network has announced. Kotaku reports LoL finished ahead of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2, with Hearthstone and Rocket League rounding out the top five. Folks are also still tuning into titles such as Starcraft …
Read More »Rare gets first UK No.1 in 17 years with Rare Replay
Rare Replay has debuted at the top of the UK All Formats UK Top 40. It’s the first No.1 the developer has had since 1998’s Banjo-Kazooie on the Nintendo 64, and the first budget-priced title to reach the top spot since Wii Fit Plus in 2009. No other new releases …
Read More »Games outpace films and music as decline in UK physical entertainment market slows to 3%
The ensuing popularity of boxed video games has helped to slow the retraction of the UK’s physical goods market. The physical entertainment business (that’s games, films and music) shrank by three per cent during Q2 of 2015, ending July 5th, according to market tracker Kantar Worldpanel. That’s quite a significant …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: August 2-8
Rocket League has again came out ahead on Steam’s latest top ten sellers chart for yet another consecutive week. Like the past several weeks, Ark: Survival Evolved and GTA V finished in order right behind the hit mulitplayer game. The trio have been unmovable from the top three spots for …
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