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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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March 13th, 2019, 17:34 Posted By: wraggster
Anthem's reign at the top of the UK Charts has ended, with Devil May Cry 5 jumping straight to the summit.
It's Capcom's second No.1 of the year following the success of Resident Evil 2 and the game matches the No.1 achievement of DmC: Devil May Cry in 2013. The launch sales between the two DMC games are almost identical, although - as always - these charts do not include download data, and considering the rise of digital sales, we can assume this new game has outperformed the 2013 reboot.
Devil May Cry 5 has performed best on PS4, with Sony's console accounting for 80 per cent of the physical sales.
EA's Anthem therefore loses its No.1 position and actually slips to No.4 with a 62 per cent sales drop week-on-week. Red Dead Redemption 2 jumps three places back to No.2 with a three per cent sales increase, while Mario Kart 8: Deluxe races five places to No.3. Mario Kart 8 actually reached No.3 despite dropping four per cent in sales week-on-week, which just goes to highlight what a slow week it has been for UK games retail.
Last week's biggest new release, The LEGO Move 2 Videogame, slides from No.4 to No.7, although the game only dropped 32 per cent in sales week-on-week - a pretty good performance for a title in its second week on shelves.
Also new last week was Dirt Rally 2.0. The Codemasters title dropped 69 per cent in sales week-on-week and fell from No.6 to No.21.
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February 27th, 2019, 18:06 Posted By: wraggster
FIFA has today revealed today the latest addition to its growing roster of esports events with the FIFA eNations Cup.
Set to take place on April 13-14, the eNations Cup is a one of three events hosted by the football association within the FIFA 19 Global Series, which in-turn is operated by EA Sports.
The invite-only series will feature 16 "eFootball" teams consisting of two players, representing all of FIFA's confederations.
Competing nations have the option of hosting a championship to find their eFootball team. The selected players will then be invited to represent their country in the eNations Cup
The inaugural event will be an exhibition series designed to introduce a new format of national teams and member associations competing against each on the Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup.
As one of eight major events in the EA Sports FIFA 19 Global Series, the eNations Cup will offer points in addition to the prize money.
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February 27th, 2019, 18:02 Posted By: wraggster
Resident Evil 2 has shipped four million units worldwide since its launch, Capcom has announced.
The firm says positive sales momentum has been drive by strong reviews for the horror game, which is a complete remake of the 1998 classic.
It means the Resident Evil franchise has now surpassed 90 million sales in total since its 1996 debut.
The game is currently the fastest-selling game in the UK this year, ahead of the likes of Kingdom Hearts III, Far Cry New Dawn and Anthem.
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February 25th, 2019, 20:45 Posted By: wraggster
After a busy holiday, digital game earnings saw a significant drop-off in January as major PC and console franchises showed weaker performances than they did a year ago.
According to SuperData, digital games spending was down 6% year-over-year for January 2019 to $8.4 billion. Premium PC games saw the largest decline, dropping 29% year-over-year, while console revenue dropped 3% year-over-year.
SuperData attributes the declines to weaker showings from franchises such as Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, and Overwatch compared to last year. Looking at the chart, those names don't even appear on the PC listings, while they're overshadowed on console by FIFA 19, Fortnite, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
The usual suspects occupy the mobile side of the chart, though it's worth acknowledging the appearance of Brawl Stars just a month after its launch, beating out fellow Supercell hit Clash Royale for monthly revenue and creeping up on giant Clash of Clans.
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February 25th, 2019, 20:45 Posted By: wraggster
Anthem comfortably claimed No.1 in the UK boxed charts last week.
The EA game performed best on PS4, accounting for 54 per cent of sales. 40 per cent came on Xbox One, with the remainder on PC.
The game sold comfortably more than last week's big new games, including Far Cry: New Dawn and Metro Exodus. But it isn't the fastest-selling game of the year, that is a position currently held by Resident Evil 2 and then Kingdom Hearts III.
Of course, as an online-focused game, it's likely Anthem performed well as a download release. The charts data does not currently factor in digital sales, making any meaningful analysis impossible.
Last week's big games all slipped down the charts. Ubisoft's Far Cry: New Dawn suffered the smallest drop in sales - down 43 per cent week-on-week - and the game falls to No.2.
Metro: Exodus also suffered a relatively small week-on-week decline (down 55 per cent) and the game tumbles to No.5.
Jump Force dropped the furthest, from No.4 to No.17 with a 64 per cent sales drop. This isn't especially unusual for a game with a very specific audience.
While Crackdown 3's sales are down 51 per cent and drops to No.26.
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February 25th, 2019, 20:44 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has unveiled the successor to its mixed reality headset HoloLens.
HoloLens 2 took centre stage at a press event around Mobile World Congress Barcelona this weekend, demonstrated by Microsoft technical fellow Alex Kipman.
The new model more than doubles the field of view of the original, and has reworked the way users interact with holograms. The new time-of-flight depth sensor enables you to directly manipulate AR objects in the way you would their real-world counterparts.
Microsoft has also added eye-tracking sensors to make interactions feel even more natural, and iris recognition will enable users to log in without the need for passwords or other forms of security check.
The design of HoloLens itself has also been revamped, with a new mechanism for putting the device on that doesn't require it to be adjusted first. Microsoft claims it has "accounted for the wide physiological variability in the size and shape of human heads by designing HoloLens 2 to comfortably adjust and fit almost anyone."
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February 25th, 2019, 20:43 Posted By: wraggster
A group of Microsoft workers is campaigning for their employer to cancel a contract that would see the US Army using HoloLens on the battlefield.
We previously reported that Microsoft won the $479 million contract over competing bids from other firms such as Magic Leap to provide mixed reality headsets for the military.
Now Microsoft Workers 4 Good, a group that started back in January, has posted an open letter online to CEO Satya Nadella and president and chief legal officer Brad Smith, calling for the contact to be cancelled.
The group says it is "alarmed that Microsoft is working to provide weapons technology to the US Military, helping one country's government 'increase lethality' using tools we built."
The letter continues: "We did not sign up to develop weapons, and we demand a say in how our work is used."
Microsoft Workers 4 Good notes that many of the engineers who have helped develop HoloLens before this contract was won believed the device would be used for non-harmful means, including helping architects and other engineers design buildings and cars, teaching everything from complex surgery to playing the piano, and even hoping to "push the boundaries of gaming."
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February 21st, 2019, 16:15 Posted By: wraggster
Epic Games has removed all of its pre-roll ads from YouTube after it was discovered that ads for a number of companies and services were playing on videos being used by predators to exploit children.
The Verge reports that earlier this week, a YouTube channel run by creator Matt Watson published a video exposing "a wormhole into a soft-core pedophilia ring on YouTube." Watson points out that YouTube effectively has a collective of videos that include children in them that, while not explicit themselves, have comment sections populated by users time stamping moments or scenes that could be considered to sexualize the children involved, along with remarks to that effect. Many of these videos feature pre-roll ads (ads that play before the video) from companies such as Grammarly and Google.
In addition, Watson notes that these videos are easy to access via YouTube's algorithm from completely benign videos, even from a fresh account without existing video recommendations based on past viewing.
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February 21st, 2019, 16:14 Posted By: wraggster
It's no secret the esports scene has had issues appealing to women, but there are some indications the situation is at least improving. A brief released today by market research firm Interpret indicates that women and girls are making up a significantly larger share of the esports audience than they were just two years ago.
According to Interpret's latest quarterly online survey of around 9,000 US residents, 30.4% of people who watch esports on console or PC are female. That's up from 23.9% for the fourth quarter survey of 2016. Overall, girls and women account for 35% of people who play esports games on console or PC, and 20.3% of those who watch a specific esports league on those platforms.
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February 20th, 2019, 20:34 Posted By: wraggster
The US games industry saw declines in January despite a full slate of big new releases. The NPD Group today released its monthly US sales report, showing total game sales down 19% for the month to $893 million.
That decline came despite the January debuts of Kingdom Hearts III, the Resident Evil 2 remake, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, and Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. Some of that was dip was due to a tough comparison; last year's January haul of $1.1 billion was led by Monster Hunter World and Dragon Ball FighterZ, representing the industry's best opening sales month since 2011.
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February 19th, 2019, 18:14 Posted By: wraggster
Google is raising expectations for its Game Developers Conference showing, today sending out a round of invitations to a GDC keynote address at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on March 19.
The invitation includes a .gif image of a hallway with a white light at the end of it that becomes blinding before displaying the date of the keynote and the slogan "Gather around."
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February 18th, 2019, 20:17 Posted By: wraggster
In addition to topping UK charts and EMEAA region charts for its debut week, it should be little surprise that Kingdom Hearts III also won over Japan. The PS4 version of the game sits comfortably at the top of this week's Media Create sales charts, just above Resident Evil 2 on the same platform.
Though it's impossible to tell for certain, it appears that Kingdom Hearts III's debut (including the version bundled with a PS4 Pro) aided hardware sales for both the standard PS4 and especially the PS4 Pro this past week as well, as both numbers are notably higher than they've been in recent weeks.
The remainder of the top ten for Japan are mostly-unsurprising Nintendo contenders that have been hovering in the vicinity of the chart's upper regions for weeks now, though one stand-out is Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World, which debuted in Japan only last week. The game opened at No.6 on PS4 (its Switch version is at No.11) and is a testament to the popularity of such RPGs in the region.
The top 10 software sellers for the week of January 28, 2019 - February 3, 2019 are shown below, along with hardware sales. The remainder of the chart can be viewed through Media Create.
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February 18th, 2019, 20:12 Posted By: wraggster
PlayStation was the big winner at last night's DICE Awards, with God of War taking home nine awards alone.
In addition to the coveted Game of the Year award, Kratos' return also picked up going in game design, game direction, art direction, sound design, character, story, music and more.
Sony actually racked up a tenth win thanks to Insomniac's Spider-Man securing the prize for outstanding achievement in animation.
The only other title to win multiple awards was indie hit Celeste, which took best independent game of the year and best action game. However, Nintendo also enjoyed two wins, thanks to Mario Tennis Aces and Super Smash Bros Ultimate being crowned the best games in their respective genres.
As previously announced, head of 343 Industries and Microsoft corporate vice president Bonnie Ross was honoured with a place in the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame. We spoke to Ross earlier this year about the efforts improving industry diversity that helped earn her this award.
Here is the list of winners in full:
Game of the Year:
God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction:
God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design:
God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Portable Game of the Year:
Florence (Mountains)
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game:
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Immersive Reality Game of the Year:
Beat Saber (Beat Games)
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement:
Tónandi (Magic Leap)
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay:
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:
Into The Breach (Subset Games)
Sports Game of the Year:
Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo)
Role-Playing Game of the Year:
Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Racing Game of the Year:
Forza Horizon 4 (Microsoft)
Fighting Game of the Year:
Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Nintendo)
Family Game of the Year:
Unravel Two (Electronic Arts)
Adventure Game of the Year:
God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Action Game of the Year:
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Outstanding Technical Achievement:
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Outstanding Achievement in Story:
God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition:
God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
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February 18th, 2019, 20:09 Posted By: wraggster
A new study from the Oxford Internet Institute claims to have found no link between time spent playing violent video games, and increased aggressive behaviour teen teenagers.
Published in Royal Society Open Science, the study is "one of the most definitive to date" according to the University of Oxford.
While many studies have previously made similar and contrary claims, lead researcher professor Andrew Przybylski said the "idea that violent video games drive real-world aggression is a popular one, but it hasn't tested very well over time".
According to the university, this study is set apart from previous work by preregistration, where researchers publish their hypothesis, methods and analysis technique before beginning research.
"Part of the problem in technology research is that there are many ways to analyse the same data, which will produce different results," said Przybylski.
"A cherry-picked result can add undue weight to the moral panic surrounding video games. The registered study approach is a safeguard against this."
This was supported by co-author Dr Netta Weinstein from Cardiff University who said: "Our findings suggest that researcher biases might have influenced previous studies on this topic, and have distorted our understanding of the effects of video games."
A common criticism of previous research in this area is its over-reliance on self-reporting. However, this latest study used a combination of subjective and data and information from parents and carers.
Although there was no correlation found between playing video games and agressive behaviour in tennagers, researchers noted that games can provoke angry feelings or reactions.
"Anecdotally, you do see things such as trash-talking, competitiveness and trolling in gaming communities that could qualify as antisocial behaviour,' says Przybylski. 'This would be an interesting avenue for further research."
The study used representative sample of British 14 and 15-year olds and the same number of their careers, totalling 2,008 subjects.
The published research, titled 'Violent video game engagement is not associated with adolescents' aggressive behaviour: evidence from a registered report', can be found here.
This research comes at a crucial time for the industry as debate around the effect of violent video games has returned with renewed increased vigour over the last 12 months.
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February 18th, 2019, 20:08 Posted By: wraggster
In addition to rapidly gathering a large audience, Apex Legends is now making waves on Twitch.
The free-to-play battle royale title achieved the fourth highest single-day views in five years, thanks to the Twitch Rivals event arranged by developer Respawn and the streaming platform earlier this week.
On February 12th, Apex Legends fans watched 8.4 million hours of matches, according to Twitch tracker Gamoloco. The firm's study dates back to October 2014.
Most notably, that's more than a million higher that Fortnite's most successful single-day viewing, which was 7.2 million hours for the game's Season 5 launch last July.
Apex Legends' Twitch Rivals lost out on a place in the three most-viewed events, all of which were for Counter-Strike: GO. Two of the top three took place during the 2015 ESL One Cologne contest, with 8.4 million hours viewed on August 12 and 8.6 million on August 22nd.
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February 18th, 2019, 20:05 Posted By: wraggster
Far Cry: New Dawn is this week's No.1 game in the UK boxed retail charts.
It was the most competitive release week since before Christmas, with four big new games entering the Top 20.
Although Far Cry managed to top the charts, it isn't an especially impressive opening week. The game's launch week sales are 86.5 per cent down over last year's Far Cry 5. Of course, this is a spin-off Far Cry title, and so the comparison isn't overly fair. Yet even compared to 2016's Far Cry Primal (the previous spin-off), sales are a fraction of what we'd typically expect (Far Cry Primal sold almost four times as many units in its first week as New Dawn has).
60 per cent of Far Cry: New Dawn sales came on PS4, 39 per cent on Xbox One, with the rest on PC (physical sales only).
A company that will likely be feeling happier with the result this week is Deep Silver. Metro Exodus missed out on No.1 by just 2,000 units. Yet more significantly, the game has posted a better opening week than 2013's Metro Last Light (released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC). This result is even more impressive when you consider the growth of digital sales in the six years between the two titles (digital game sales are not counted in this data).
Launch physical sales for Metro Exodus are almost 50 per cent higher than Last Light. 57 per cent of Metro Exodus sales came on PS4.
Next up in terms of new releases is Bandai Namco's Jump Force at No.4. Its a strong opening performance for the fighting game, and continues an impressive few weeks for the publisher (following recent strong sales of Tales Of and Ace Combat). The game performed best on PS4, accounting for 76 per cent of the game's launch sales.
The most disappointing launch of the week belongs to Microsoft's Crackdown 3, which only made No.13. The game's launch sales are barely 10 per cent of what Crackdown 2 managed in 2010. Of course, the industry was very different back then. Xbox 360 was the market leading console, digital sales were not as significant as they are today (again, only physical is counted here) and Crackdown 3 will likely have picked up a fair few users via the Xbox Game Pass subscription service (which isn't included here).
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February 18th, 2019, 20:02 Posted By: wraggster
Electronic Arts has dropped Cristiano Ronaldo from the cover of FIFA 19, five months after the game launched.
The Juventus star and face of the FIFA games since 2017 has been the centre of controversy following historic rape allegations from 2009, and a more recent tax evasion conviction.
His place on the game's box art and menus has been taken by Paulo Dybala, Neymar da Silva Santos, and Kevin de Bruyne.
An EA spokesperson told Eurogamer the rebrand was in aid of the UEFA Champions League which kicked off on Wednesday last week.
"With the UEFA Champions League coming to EA Sports FIFA 19 this year, we have a unique opportunity to offer a range of new content to players that reflects the real-world excitement of football," reads the statement.
"We often celebrate different talent across our sports games, and with the UEFA Champions League knockout stages underway we are featuring some of the biggest stars in football and bringing new players a range of content to get excited about."
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February 6th, 2019, 17:39 Posted By: wraggster
The Entertainment Software Association has responded to the revival of a Pennsylvania state house bill attempting to collect an additional tax on video games rated mature and for adults, calling the bill a "violation of the US constitution."
The bill was initially introduced last year but died in committee, and has since been brought back as House Bill 109. If passed into law, the bill would apply a 10% additional sales tax on any mature or adult-rated games sold at retail in the state on top of existing taxes. Proceeds would then go to the Digital Protection for School Safety Account, which would be used for "enhancing school safety measures."
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