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Casual games studio Gameloft has reported positive financial results for its second quarter and first half of 2015. The French company posted a year-on-year sales increase of 15 per cent for the first half of its fiscal year, reaching €127.4m. North America accounted for 24 per cent of sales, while …
Read More »Xiaomi recaptures Chinese smartphone leadership from Apple
Apple’s newfound dominance of the Chinese smartphone market may already be a thing of the past. Recent successes in the region have helped Apple to some record results, with the larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus proving a big hit in the highly lucrative Asian market. However, analyst Canalys …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: July 26 – August 1
Rocket League continues to dominate Steam’s best sellers list heading into August. The title outsold Ark: Survival Evolved and Grand Theft Auto V again for the top spot on Valve’s chart. The trio have been rooted in their respective top three spots since Rocket League’s arrival early last month. Counter-Strike: …
Read More »LEGO Jurassic Park retakes No.1 spot, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour falls to fourth place
Four weeks after it first claimed the top spot, LEGO Jurassic Park is back to No.1 in the UK All Formats Top 40. It manages this thanks in spite of a 14 per cent dip in sales week-on-week. Last week’s top dog, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour falls to fourth place …
Read More »Yokai Watch Busters retains Japanese charts top spot for a third week as Batman falls
Four new releases in the Japanese software Top Ten last week wasn’t enough to dethrone continued phenomenon and chart success Yokai Watch. The Busters spin-off of the massively popular franchise was number one for a third consecutive week, shifting over 118,500 units. That was despite new competition from Capcom’s Sengoku …
Read More »Steam top nine sellers: July 19-25
Rocket League is at the peak of Steam’s best sellers chart again this week, beating out Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved for the top spot. Grand Theft Auto V continues to do its thing in third, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and The Elder Scrolls Online rounding out the top …
Read More »Rory McIlory PGA Tour becomes first-ever golf game to score consecutive No.1s in the UK
Rory McIlroy has done the double, staying at the top of the charts for a second week – making it the very first golf game to do so in the UK. Rory McIlory PGA Tour – the first title in the franchise without the name of former box star Tiger …
Read More »PlayStation 4 tops Japanese hardware charts as Batman swoops into stores
Japanese PlayStation 4 sales shot up this week as Batman: Arkham Knight launched in the country. That’s according to Famitsu market data that shows that sales of Sony’s latest hardware rose 73 per cent week-on-week. Batman: Arkham Knight debuted in second place, shifting 48,330 units in its first week on …
Read More »Hearthstone mobile revenue overtakes PC
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft inspired card battler Hearthstone is for the first time making more on smartphones than it is on PC. SuperData Arcade data reveals that the game’s mobile revenue had remained fairly low since it was launched on iPad in April 2014. However, following the release of the …
Read More »Rory McIlroy PGA Tour scores a UK chart hole in one, first PGA game No.1 since 2008
After seven years of bogies, Rory McIlroy has helped 2015’s instalment in the PGA Tour series straight to the UK retail chart top spot. Rory McIlroy PGA Tour is a big shake-up for the golfing franchise – it’s both the first PGA Tour to drop a year from its title …
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