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April 12th, 2019, 16:38 Posted By: wraggster
UK trade body UKIE, as part of its 30 Years of Play campaign, handed out numerous awards to games that have sold over 1m copies in the UK.
This is according to boxed sales information provided by data specialist GfK. No digital data is tracked.
The list only contains games to have sold 1m copies on an individual platform. This means that games that have sold over 1m copies across multiple formats (like Fallout 4, for instance) do not make the cut. Whereas Grand Theft Auto V, which has sold 1m copies on four different formats, makes the list four times.
Unsurprisingly, Nintendo, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and FIFA titles make up the bulk of the list. Notable exceptions are the first two Just Dance games, Zumba Fitness, The Simpson: Hit and Run and Red Dead Redemption 2. Two big Microsoft exclusives - Minecraft and Halo 3 - also make the list.
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April 11th, 2019, 19:14 Posted By: wraggster
A long time in the making as this issue needed extensive restoration before I felt happy with how to present it, this time we jump to November of 1996 with issue 180 of Computer & Video Games.
We start of with a bang as we look at the 5/5 review for one of my favourite racing games of all time: WipEout 2097 by by Psygnosis for the PSone. Then we look at the incredible Sega Saturn fighter by AM#2: Fighting Vipers. Afterwards we look at the cover story: the review for Crash Bandicoot on the PSone. And finally we look at another 5/5 review for the Sega Saturn Worldwide Soccer '97.
But that's not all. We also take a journey to Japan. Tokyo to be more precise. To visit the 1996 Tokyo Game Show.
Enjoy!
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April 11th, 2019, 18:41 Posted By: wraggster
The winners of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) annual Games Awards were announced at the ceremony last night, seeing God of War take home five honors.
A number of indie titles also received awards, including Return of the Obra Dinn (taking home two), Florence, Into the Breach, Yoku's Island Express, My Child Lebensborn, and Yoku's Island Express. A full write-up of the nominees can be found here.
All the winners of the British Academy Games Awards for 2019 are as listed below:
- Artistic Achievement: Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope/3909)
- Audio Achievement: God of War (Mike Niederquell, Todd Piperi, Leilani Ramirez/Sony Santa Monica)
- Best Game: God of War (Cory Barlog, Yumi Yang, Shannon Studstill/Sony Santa Monica)
- British Game: Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
- Debut Game: Yoku's Island Express (Villa Gorilla/Team 17)
- Evolving Game: Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Family: Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD)
- Game Beyond Entertainment: My Child Lebensborn (Sarepta Studio AS/Teknopilot AS)
- Game Design: Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope/3909)
- Game Innovation: Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD)
- Mobile Game: Florence (Mountains/Annapurna Interactive)
- Multiplayer: A Way Out (Hazelight/EA Originals)
- Music: God of War (Bear McCreary, Keith Leary, Peter Scaturro/Sony Santa Monica)
- Narrative: God of War (Cory Barlog, Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert/Sony Santa Monica)
- Original Property: Into the Breach (Subset Games)
- Performer: Jeremy Davies as The Stranger in God of War
- EE Mobile Game of the Year: Old School Runescape (Jagex)
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April 11th, 2019, 18:39 Posted By: wraggster
This week's policy change by Sony to allow people who have purchased pre-orders to get a refund any time up to two weeks after launch (as long as they haven't downloaded or streamed the game) seems like a pretty minor, common-sense sort of change. It's what might get called a "quality of life" fix in a set of patch notes. It's a small thing, but it's nice to know you can cancel your pre-order if someone gifts you the game or it turns out you won't be able to play it at launch for some reason anyway, right? Hardly worth discussing.
If this is a small thing, though, why did it take national authorities in Europe threatening enforcement of EU consumer law to get Sony (and previously Valve) to come in line? Why is Nintendo actually fighting a court battle over this in Germany? If refunding pre-orders is the minor issue it appears on the surface, why has the industry had to be dragged kicking and screaming to this point?
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April 11th, 2019, 18:38 Posted By: wraggster
The European Union Commission has informed six major video game companies that they may be in violation of EU competition rules.
It is the Commission's "preliminary view" that Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media, and ZeniMax prevented consumers from purchasing games cross-border from other EU member states.
In a statement released today, the Commission suggested that Valve entered bilateral agreements with the publishers to geo-block their games.
If the companies are found in violation, the Commission can issue a fine worth up to 10% of their annual worldwide turnover.
However, the Statement of Objections is just the Commission's first step to investing suspected violations.
Once the concerned parties have been informed, they are able to examine the Commission's investigation file, reply in writing, and request an oral hearing to present their comments on the case before the Commission and national competition authorities.
"In a true digital single market, European consumers should have the right to buy and play video games of their choice regardless of where they live in the EU," said commissioner in charge of competition policy, Margrethe Vestager.
"Consumers should not be prevented from shopping around between member states to find the best available deal. Valve and the five PC video game publishers now have the chance to respond to our concerns."
In a public statement, Koch Media claimed the proceedings date back to business performed before 2015.
"Koch Media will monitor the process closely and is fully committed to comply with all rules and regulations," it added.
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April 11th, 2019, 18:29 Posted By: wraggster
A lack of major new releases means that Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is back at the top of the UK retail charts.
In fact, the only new entry in the Top 40 this week was Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission at No.26.
Despite a 30% drop in sales week-on-week, The Division 2 took the No.1 spot for the second time -- the first being its debut week back in March.
Yoshi's Crafted World, which debuted at No.1 last week, is knocked down three places after a 61% drop in sales. It was denied No.2 by FIFA 19, which climbs two places this week (although sales dropped 23% week-on-week).
Yoshi's Switch outing is one of four exclusives for Nintendo's console in the Top Ten (albeit two of them are Wii U ports). It's followed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at No.4, New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe at No.9, and Super Smash Bros Ultimate at No.10.
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April 2nd, 2019, 17:51 Posted By: wraggster
Today, a mistakenly-published post to the Steam Store revealed a number of additional details about Valve's upcoming VR headset, the Valve Index, including a release date of June 15.
The headset was first revealed on Friday of last week with nothing more than a website teaser image and the name Valve Index. Today, multiple Steam Store pages went live for several minutes showing more details, though the pages also had placeholder text and were missing important info such as pricing. Valve has since confirmed to Engadget that the information on these pages was accurate, though the pages themselves were unfinished and not intended to be posted when they were.
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April 2nd, 2019, 17:48 Posted By: wraggster
The UK spent more on video games and related products and events in 2018 than ever before, with the nation's games market now valued at £5.7 billion.
The figure was revealed today by trade body UKIE, which has been working with various data providers and analysts to create a comprehensive picture of spending on games in the UK over the past year.
Their research shows the UK games market has grown by 10% over the past year, already improving on a record year in 2017, which saw spending reach £5.11 billion. And UKIE expects this to continue in 2019 and beyond.
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April 1st, 2019, 17:34 Posted By: wraggster
Yoshi's Crafted World is the second Nintendo UK No.1 of 2019 (physical sales only).
It follows New Super Mario Bros U in January. Nintendo joins Capcom (Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry), Ubisoft (Far Cry New Dawn and The Division 2) and EA (Anthem and FIFA 19) as a publisher with two No.1s in 2019.
But it could have easily not been the case. The Nintendo Switch game sold 63 copies more than The Division 2 this week, making it one of the closest battles for No.1 yet seen in the UK.
It is also the eighth new game to top the charts this year.
The Division 2 dropped 51 per cent week-on-week, which is another decent performance for the game. Although it has still a long distance to go before it can make up for its initial disappointing launch.
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March 28th, 2019, 18:37 Posted By: wraggster
For all the online backlash publishers face for including inclusive features in their games, it's a relatively small portion of the audience making all the noise, according to a recent research study conducted by Electronic Arts.
In a post on EA's official Medium account this month, Jenny Shi of EA's Global Consumer Insights team wrote about the results of an online survey of 2,252 US gamers between the ages of 13 and 54 last May. She identified four main takeaways from the survey results, first and foremost being that most players want to see inclusion in their games.
As examples of what inclusion looks like, the survey suggested character customization options for a variety of skin colors and body sizes, narratives featuring culturally diverse characters, features for people with special needs, and healthy and friendly in-game chat experiences."While backlash against efforts to be inclusive in gaming can seem loud at times, it comes from a minority of players"
When asked how important it was to make games more inclusive, 56% said it was important, 31% were neutral on the topic, and 13% said it was not important. The numbers shifted a little when the survey asked how such features affected players' decisions, with 45% saying it made them more likely to play a game, 48% saying it had no impact, and just 7% saying it made them less likely to play a game.
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March 28th, 2019, 18:37 Posted By: wraggster
Anthem was the best-selling game in the United States in February 2019, according to the latest report from NPD, and it is behind only Kingdom Hearts III in the list of best-selling games of the year so far.
The only EA BioWare game to sell more than Anthem in its launch month was Mass Effect 3; the latter divided critics due to its ending, but it's fair to say that Anthem has received a cooler reception overall.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the month is that Bandai Namco's Jump Force was right behind Anthem in NPD's best-seller chart. Indeed, its launch month is the third highest ever achieved by a game from the Japanese publisher.
4A Games' Metro: Exodus didn't even reach the top five, despite launching at the very start of the month. The Deep Silver published title finished the month in eighth position, although it did set a franchise record, surpassing the launch month sales of Metro: Last Light by almost 50%.
Overall, dollar sales of tracked console, portable and PC software reached $457 million in February 2019, according to NPD, up 15% compared to the same month last year. The hardware market declined, dropping 12% year-on-year to $277 million.
However, while Sony and Microsoft's platforms are fully mature, Nintendo continued to see great returns from the Switch; it was Nintendo's best February for hardware dollar sales since 2011, the heyday of the Wii, and the Switch was the best-selling platform of the month overall.
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March 28th, 2019, 18:28 Posted By: wraggster
On the corner of 4th and Howard, on the doorstep of San Francisco's Moscone Center, stands a small exhibition exploring the history of games consoles.
It showcases some of the most influential devices in our industry's history, from the NES to the original PlayStation, from the Dreamcast and, er, the Power Glove. Until yesterday, the final display case was empty, with a 'Coming Soon' placeholder card. It suggested that Google was about to announce a new games console this week.
But Stadia, as we learned yesterday, is not a console. It's not even a single device, it's a cloud-driven streaming service that lets players enjoy a variety of titles, hopping from smartphone to tablet to TV and back again as they see fit.
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March 28th, 2019, 18:25 Posted By: wraggster
The list of big players interested in the game streaming space is getting longer, as USgamer reported yesterday that Walmart is considering entering the on-demand fray.
Citing a number of sources familiar with Walmart's plans, USgamer said that the big box retailer has been talking with developers and publishers about a game streaming service since at least earlier this year, and is continuing those talks at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week.
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March 28th, 2019, 18:18 Posted By: wraggster
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - the new IP by Activision and From Software - is this week's UK No.1.
It is the seventh new game to the top the charts this year, after New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Far Cry New Dawn, Anthem, Devil May Cry V and The Division 2.
The game just narrowly edged Tom Clancy's The Division 2 from the top spot by fewer than 800 copies. Once again, this data only includes physical games sold.
Sekrio sold best on PS4, which accounted for 80 per cent of the sales, with 20 per cent on Xbox One and one per cent on PC.
The action game is From Software's first No.1 since Dark Souls III in 2016. This game sold roughly half as many units as that one - although, of course, Dark Souls is a far more established brand. Sekiro's launch sales are also 30 per cent lower than From Software's 2015 PS4 exclusive Bloodborne. However, these titles are very different, and the market has changed significantly in the last three years. Considering recent performances in the UK physical market place, Sekiro appears to have done quite well.
Outside of that, it's a pretty familiar Top Ten. The Division 2 is at No.2 after slipping 46 per cent in sales week-on-week. The Ubisoft game is still far off the pace of its predecessor, although it's a relatively small drop for a second week on sale, which bodes well.
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March 19th, 2019, 18:24 Posted By: wraggster
Supermarkets such as Tesco and Asda accounted for less than 20 per cent of the UK physical games market last year.
19.6 per cent of the boxed games sold in 2018 came via grocery stores, a drop of 1.4 per cent compared with 2017.
This is according to the latest data published in the ERA yearbook, and supplied by data firm GfK.
Online stores (specifically home delivery, not digital) were the biggest players, accounting for 42.4 per cent of physical games sold in 2018 (a rise of 0.9 per cent). While traditional over-the-counter retailers like GAME accounted for 38 per cent of boxed sales (up 0.6 per cent).
This continues the trend of the last three years, which has seen online retailers like Amazon continue to take the majority of sales, while supermarkets scale back their support for video games.
Supermarkets remain the most expensive place to buy games, with an average selling price of £36.58. Although this is because supermarkets tend to primarily sell chart games, and not cheaper legacy titles. Even so, that average price is 6.3 per cent higher than the year before.
The cheapest place to buy games is online, which sells games for a average of £34.52 (up 5.7 per cent). While specialist, generalist and independent stores sell games for an average of £34.74, which is up 2.5 per cent year-on-year.
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March 19th, 2019, 18:22 Posted By: wraggster
The advocacy group Games for Change is launching an accelerator that will provide funding, support and guidance for developers making games and mixed reality products for social impact.
The Games for Change Accelerator is the result of a collaboration with two investors: i(x) Investments, which specialises in social impact, and the VC firm Quake Capital.
The Accelerator will admit two "cohorts" of developers each year, who will work out of Quake Capital's New York offices for a period of five months. The support those developers receive will include initial funding, but also help with finding partners, help with marketing strategy, and assistance with future funding opportunities.
"Over the past 15 years, Games for Change has helped develop a community of practice around the belief that games can be a driver of social impact," said Susanna Pollack, president of Games for Change, in a statement.
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March 18th, 2019, 18:01 Posted By: wraggster
That streaming services will play some kind of role in the next generation of video games is already a given. The industry's biggest players have made that decision and stepped up the enormous investment in technology and infrastructure required to make it into a reality. Sony's PlayStation Now has been slowly evolving in the background with fairly little fanfare; now Microsoft's xCloud has taken an important step forward with a live demo, supposedly a lead-in to public trials later this year.
The other shoe whose dropping many pundits are eagerly anticipating belongs to Google, and that will hit the floor at GDC next week. The company has hinted at a gaming announcement more significant than anything it's done in the space so far -- hardware may be on the table but it's widely expected that a streaming service will be the main dish, with anything physical being in the form of controllers or streaming boxes to support the service. As the notion of a "Netflix for Games" service takes root, all of the major players are positioning themselves to make sure they get their slice of the pie.
On the surface, this puts Sony and Microsoft right onto a collision course with Google -- and it also raises big questions about what other market players will do to ensure they're not left out.
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March 18th, 2019, 18:00 Posted By: wraggster
Ubisoft has topped the UK charts once again with Tom Clancy's The Division 2.
However, the game doesn't come close to matching the launch sales of the original The Division. Indeed, The Division 2's launch week sales are only 20 per cent of what its predecessor managed in the UK.
Of course there's the usual caveat here that this only includes physical retail sales. The Division is an online game, and it's quite easy to expect that the title's audience has become increasingly digital-focused since the original launched in 2016 (indeed, a bit like what happened between Destiny and Destiny 2, where the sequel had a far stronger digital share than its predecessor). Nevertheless, without concrete market figures, for now all we can conclude is that it's not been an especially strong start for the game.
Of course, there's plenty of time for that to change. The early buzz is that The Division 2 is a decent game, and good word-of-mouth can quickly change things for games looking to build a strong online audience.
60 per cent of The Division 2's sales came on PS4, with the remainder coming on Xbox One.
The game's No.1 position means that Devil May Cry 5 had to make way. In fact, Capcom's game slips five places to No.6 with a 76 per cent week-on-week sales drop.
Instead, No.2 for a second week in a row is Red Dead Redemption 2, which actually enjoyed a week-on-week sales improvement of 22 per cent thanks to some retail discounting. In fact, both Rockstar games in the charts received some price activity, which is why Grand Theft Auto V has jumped up seven places to No.3 with a 121 per cent sales leap.
FIFA 19 also saw a sales rise of 31 per cent, taking the game from No.4 to No.5, whereas The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame jumps back up to No.5 following the launch of the game on Nintendo Switch.
The biggest Switch game of the week, however, remains Mario Kart 8: Deluxe. The Switch exclusive is at No.7 this week, dropping four places with a 12 per cent week-on-week sales fall (which just goes to highlight how close things are among the games in this week's chart).
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March 14th, 2019, 17:18 Posted By: wraggster
The British Academy for Film and and Television Arts has revealed the nominations for this year's Games Awards, with the acclaimed God of War potentially set to clean up on the night.
The PlayStation adventure scored ten nominations, including for the coveted Best Game Award. Other nominations include for Artisitic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Game Design, Music and Narrative.
There are also four nominations for God of War in the Performer category, with Christopher Judge's Kratos, Danielle Bisuitti's Freya, Jeremy Davies' The Stranger and Sunny Suljic's Atreus in the running.
The only two non-God of War contenders in that category were Melissanthi Mahut -- for her performance as Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Kassandra -- and Red Dead Redemption 2's Roger Clark, who played protagonist Arthur Morgan.
Red Dead Redemption fares well in the nominations with six potential awards, as do celebrated indie hits Return of the Obra Dinn and Florence.
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March 13th, 2019, 17:35 Posted By: wraggster
The UK arm of charity War Child has revealed the total for its latest games-driven Armistice fundraiser.
Last year's event -- which coincided with the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice that ended World War I -- raised $380,000 for both War Child and its US partner Children in Conflict.
The initiative saw 20 games studios selling exclusive peace-themed content in war-themed games to help promote the message of peace and raise awareness of the charities' work helping children in conflict zones.
Participants included: Bandai Namco, Wargaming, PlayStack, Game Insight, Imperia Online, IGG.com, Gameloft, Introversion, Digital Legends, Madfinger Games, Tencent/Miniclip, Studio Diva, Social Point, Positech Games, Amanita Design, Six Foot Europe, Fireproof Games, Devolver Digital, Dinosaur Polo Club, Revolution Software and 505 Games.
The charity highlighted 11-11: Memories Retold's narrative add-on inspired by real children's stories, Prison Architect's Peace Stand, and a virtual reality collaboration with PlayStack title Dick Wilde as particular successes.
2018's donations means that Armistice has raised $759,695 since it first started in 2016. In total, War Child has raised $4.3 million through partnerships with the games industry.
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