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From Software and Sony’s PS4 exclusive action RPG Bloodborne was the best-selling PS4 game on PSN in March. That was the case is both Europe and the US. Miyazaki’s game achieved the crown despite only being available for eight days of the month in the US, seven days in Europe …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline narrowly beats FIFA 15 to No.1
Battlefield Hardline spent its fourth week in pole position of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It managed this in spite of a 56 per cent sales decline. EA’s shooter was nearly No.2 this week as FIFA 15 came extremely close to taking the top slot with less than …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: April 5-11
Pre-orders kept Grand Theft Auto V on top of Steam’s best selling products chart ahead of its PC release this week. Recent Steam arrival Elite: Dangerous was the closet to dethroning the chart’s recent champ, climbing up the charts from its fourth place debut last week to the runner-up spot …
Read More »Influence of whales over F2P mobile game revenue on the rise – report
A new study on free-to-play mobile game revenue shows that big spenders, known as whales,” still account for the majority of in-app sales. In fact, they’re taking up more of the pie than ever before. Gamasutra points to new research by mobile app analytics platform Swrve which shows the top …
Read More »UK PC games market hits £771m
PC gaming in the UK is experiencing a digital revolution. According to SuperData, the UK digital PC software market – comprising DLC, MMO titles and social games revenue – was worth 741m in 2014. This is a nine per cent increase on 2013’s total of 706m. Meanwhile, UKIE and GfK …
Read More »Bloodborne falls to fifth in Japanese charts as Xenoblade Chronicles 3D debuts in third
Sony’s latest PS4 exclusive has been unseated during its second week in Japan as another new Bandai Namco release shot to the top. According to the latest data from Famitsu, the week ending March 29th saw five new Bandai Namco entries in the software rankings, with Bloodborne crowned as the …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: March 29 – April 4
Grand Theft Auto V is on top of this week’s Steam best sellers, with pre-orders picking up ahead of its PC release next week. Pillars of Eternity finished in the runner-up position, ahead of Cities: Skylines and Elite: Dangerous – which just recenltly released on Steam and makes its debut …
Read More »Mobile company TV ad spend outpacing console games
Four of the biggest video game TV ad spenders in the US in Q1 were mobile game companies. VentureBeat reports that iSpot data shows that the four companies in question – King (Candy Crush Saga), Machine Zone (Game of War), Supercell (Clash of Clans) and uCool (Heroes Charge) – spent …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline holds No.1, Far Cry 4 sales increase thanks to Easter deals
EA’s Battlefield Hardline maintains its position at No.1 in the GfK Chart-Track Top 40. The shooter holds its position at the top of the charts in spite of a 40 per cent decline in sales. The title holds off competition from Grand Theft Auto V, sales of which rose 35 …
Read More »Bloodborne debuts at No.1 in a busy week of releases in Japan
This week was a busy period for the Japanese games market, with every single entry in the Top 10 for the region being a new release. From Software and Sony’s new hardcore RPG Bloodborne went straight to No.1 in Japan, shifting 150,245 units according to market data from Famitsu. This …
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