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April 19th, 2020, 23:01 Posted By: wraggster
Konami and the developers of eFootball PES have said the upcoming DLC that ties in with the Euro 2020 tournament has been postponed.
In a statement released via Twitter, the publisher said the free update was "delayed until further notice" due to ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The most obvious factor is that the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament itself has also been postponed.
But Konami notes that with a state of emergency recently declared in Japan, "the original April 30 release date for the DLC is no longer possible."
The company has cancelled plans for a physical edition of eFootball PES 2020 that would release in time for the tournament. The new boxed edition would still have required a download to access the Euro 2020 content, but would have sported redesigned cover with the Euro cup featured prominently.
While this edition will no longer being released, Konami re-emphasised that anyone who purchases PES 2020 going forward, or already owns it, will receive the Euro 2020 content for free as and when it eventually releases.
There was also an update on the esports tournament Konami and UEFA planned to run alongside the Euros. This will continue as scheduled, with the final taking place from May 23 to 24.
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April 19th, 2020, 22:59 Posted By: wraggster
PUBG Corporation has decided to cancel its PUBG Global Series events for 2020 due to COVID-19, replacing them with a digital PUBG Continental Series instead.
The series will consist of the PUBG Continental Series Charity Showdown in May, and a series of events across Asia, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and North America in June and August.
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April 14th, 2020, 12:07 Posted By: wraggster
Reports have emerged that 2K Games will not be publishing its usual annual wrestling title this year.
Justin Leeper, who previously wrote narrative for earlier WWE games, sharing details of big changes to the series this year.
"I have heard from reliable sources and I truly believe that WWE 2K21 has been cancelled," he said. "There will be no game this year."
He also pointed to the fact that this year's WrestleMania event, historically used as a platform to announce or tease the next WWE game, featured no such news.
According to Ringside News, Leeper previously shared insight on why WWE 2K20 suffered so many issues.
GamesIndustry.biz has reached out to 2K Games for comment.
In his video, Leeper said these issues influenced the decision to scrap the game and suggested the series would benefit from a year off.
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April 13th, 2020, 16:30 Posted By: wraggster
Final Fantasy 7 Remake was the best-selling boxed game in the UK last week.
The anticipated RPG sold half of the last major game in the franchise, Final Fantasy 15, which arrived at the start of December in 2016. Final Fantasy 7 Remake has suffered from severe distribution challenges caused by the coronavirus crisis, with physical game stores closed throughout the UK due to a Government-imposed lockdown. It's also ill-advised to compare sales for a game released in April with one launched during the Christmas sales window.
The Square Enix title did manage to sell double the launch sales of last week's classic PlayStation remake, Capcom's Resident Evil 3.
Although High Street shops are closed, the number of boxed video games grew again last week by 2%. Since the start of the lockdown in the UK, over one million boxed games have been sold, and if you include the week before -- which featured the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizon on Nintendo Switch -- that number jumps to 1.5 million. These are the sort of sales figures you would typically expect to see in the build-up to Christmas.
The number of physical games sold in the UK so far this year is up by just over 3% year-on-year -- a drastic change from just a few weeks ago when the market was down by more than 20%.
But it's not been new games that has driven this year-on-year increase, but older titles such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, FIFA 20 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, alongside console bundled games such as Forza Horizon 4, The Last of Us Remastered and Horizon Zero Dawn. Console hardware sales have spiked considerably over the past few weeks as consumers look for entertainment during the coronavirus lockdown, and it appears this has resulted in new console customers entering the market.
After a few weeks of decline, Nintendo Switch games have sold strongly this week as more consoles were made available -- although they have since sold out. As a result, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe rose 317% in sales week-on-week and jumped from No.25 to No.5. Animal Crossing: New Horizons also saw a 14% sales bump, and rose up one place to No.3.
There was also a very small number of Ring Fit Adventure games released into the market last week, which saw the Switch game re-enter the charts at No.25 with an 192% sales increase.
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April 11th, 2020, 22:15 Posted By: wraggster
The number of physical video games sold in the UK has increased, despite a nationwide lockdown that has seen most High Street games retailers closed.
Over 350,000 games were sold last week, a rise of 3% week-on-week. That means more than one million physical games have been sold in the UK over the last three weeks. Prior to any lockdown or social distancing measures, game sales were tracking at around 150,000 units a week.
Despite the result, the big new release of the week did underperform compared to its predecessor. Resident Evil 3 sold fewer than half the number of units of last year's Resident Evil 2. Of course, with so many stores closed and people told to stay at home, it's entirely possible that the game performed much better as a download. Digital download data is not available.
The other new release of the week was the PlayStation 4 exclusive Persona 4 Royal, which makes No.5.
Games bundled with PS4 and Xbox One hardware continues to perform well, due to another strong week of sales of games consoles over the past week. Titles such Uncharted 4, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Forza Horizon 4, Sea of Thieves and The Last of Us Remastered continue to have a presence in the Top 20.
The same cannot be said for Nintendo Switch games. With standard Switch hardware almost entirely sold out, games such as Mario Kart 8: Deluxe have fallen sharply down the charts. Mario Kart 8 is currently down at No.25, the first time it has fallen out of the Top 20 in over three years.
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April 11th, 2020, 22:06 Posted By: wraggster
League of Legends players have raised a total of $6 million for Riot Games' Social Impact Fund, with the money to go to multiple charities that the players will vote on.
From April 10 through 23, League of Legends players will be able to vote for one of three nonprofits specific to their region, with those receiving the most votes getting 50% of the regional charity pool, and the others receiving 25%.
Each nonprofit (there are 46 in total) will receive a minimum of $10,000.
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April 11th, 2020, 21:58 Posted By: wraggster
Everything old is new again.
As with millions of people around the world, this time in self-isolation has come at a perfect moment for an indulgent binge in the games of my youth. This week I've been whiling away the evenings on Resident Evil 3 (original release, 1999, just as I was finishing high school), but I'm concerned I won't get a chance to finish it before Final Fantasy 7 (original release, 1997, and the first game I ever bought on the first games console I ever bought -- my parents had strong views on computing devices without an overtly educational value).
It's largely coincidence that these remakes of two behemoths of the late '90s have turned up at exactly this point, of course; but what isn't coincidence is the fact that the games of the PlayStation era are the focus of such intense commercial interest right now.In no sense has the development of the Final Fantasy 7 remake been any cheaper than any other modern AAA title
These games exist at the confluence of a few factors which make them into perfect candidates for the kind of high-budget remake that Square Enix and Capcom have committed to. Their age is more or less ideal, for a start -- the generation who grew up with them is in their mid-thirties through to their early forties, which is prime territory for a first wave of middle-aged nostalgia, as I realised (somewhat uncomfortably) as I caught myself last week buying figurines of the original low-polygon Final Fantasy 7 character models to put on my desk at work.
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April 7th, 2020, 22:20 Posted By: wraggster
With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today declaring a month-long state of emergency in various parts of the country, the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO) today announced a temporary halt to the ratings process.
The state of emergency includes requests for people to stay at home and nonessential businesses to close in Tokyo -- where CERO's offices are located -- and six other prefectures.
"Since reviewers visit our office to conduct review, it is not possible for our staff and reviewer to work from home," the group said. "For this reason, all operations, including review (including those under review), will be suspended from today until May 6."
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April 7th, 2020, 12:18 Posted By: wraggster
As more and more people are stuck inside due to the spread of COVID-19, those who already play video games actively are increasing their playing time, social play, and spend.
Nielsen has shared data from a survey of 3,000 active gamers, defined as those who had owned at least a PC, PS4, Xbox One, and/or Nintendo Switch, play games at least one hour per week on average, and had purchased at least one game in the last six months. The survey covered the US, France, the UK, and Germany.
Of those, at least 20% of active regular game players in each country are now playing games even more often specifically because of COVID-19.
This is especially true in the US, where 45% are playing more frequently, with 38% of gamers in France saying they were playing more, and the UK with 29%.
Understandably, there have also been increases in playing with friends online rather than in-person. 29% of those surveyed in the US are playing online with others more often because of COVID-19.
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April 7th, 2020, 12:18 Posted By: wraggster
Electronic Arts has committed up to $2 million to support COVID-19 relief efforts around the world.
Until June 30, the publisher will match-fund employee contributions made through the EA YourCause programme, which allows staff to choose local organisations to support.
Meanwhile, employees have been leading relief efforts at a grassroots level: in Canada, teams have donated cleaning supplies to local hospitals and provided support to food banks; in Sweden, there have been donations of hand sanitiser and face masks to local hospitals; and in the US, there has been a virtual food drive and over $8,000 worth of food donated to local support groups.
Additionally, the publisher has partnered with esport leagues and other organisations to support relief efforts, including FIFA, Madden, and the Apex team which hosted a $250,000 charity tournament in support of the International Federation Red Cross and Red Crescent COVID-19 Response fund.
"There has never been a more important moment for us to lend strength to our local communities," said CEO Andrew Wilson in an internal communication.
"Thanks to everyone that shared their support of local organisations -- your ideas were an inspiration. We look forward to expanding the impact we can have as the people of Electronic Arts, helping communities around the world during this most challenging time."
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April 7th, 2020, 12:17 Posted By: wraggster
Disruption is what moves the needle forward. This is something that applies to business and it teaches us that we cannot deny the evolution of tomorrow. This is rightfully applicable to esports as well and the lessons it has taught us over the course of the COVID-19 outbreak. What esports made evident is that in a crisis, it is able to quickly adapt and thrive, while the platforms of old fall behind.
Throughout the world of professional sports, many traditional leagues such as the NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, and NASCAR shocked the world when they decided to suspend their practices and, in some cases, their leagues. As for esports, the impact hit just as hard -- especially on those with a physical presence. Numerous events have either been cancelled or postponed due to the pandemic, including events for DOTA 2, League of Legends, Overwatch, and many more. For a brief time, it seemed esports would follow the full suspension model being laid out by the traditional sports.
One article even assumed the cancellation for Apex Legends would be a "final blow" to the game's pro scene. Some have pondered that a dive in revenue and tournaments with no audiences would likely destroy the industry's footprint and any chance at legitimizing itself in the big leagues. While one can appreciate the sentiment, it turns out that esports is proving much more resilient to this crisis than other professional sports, and may be demonstrating the model for weathering a pandemic crisis such as this.
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April 6th, 2020, 19:04 Posted By: wraggster
GameStop was ordered by the city of Boston to close a store that had still been serving customers, despite a state-wide lockdown.
The city's inspectional services department issued the order last Tuesday after finding the Dorchester store had been operating for several days, The Boston Globe reports.
Staff had been selling games through a gap in the door wearing gloves or GameStop plastic bags taped around their hands, as advised by an internal email.
The state of Massachusetts ordered all non-essential businesses to close down on March 24 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Despite a previous attempt to position itself as "essential retail," GameStop does not qualify for offering curbside pickup services.
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April 6th, 2020, 19:01 Posted By: wraggster
The UK government is working with leading game companies to spread its "Stay At Home, Save Lives" message amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, UK-based developers King, Rebellion, and Codemasters have agreed to feature the government guidance in their most popular games.
Now entering its third week of lockdown -- and with prime minister Boris Johnson having been admitted to hospital as a "precautionary measure" after he was diagnosed with the virus -- the UK is seeing the number of deaths doubling every three-and-a-half days according to the BBC.
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April 3rd, 2020, 20:51 Posted By: wraggster
Amazon's entry into the game streaming service could be pushed back to next year due to the disruption caused by COVID-19.
That's according to sources speaking to The New York Times, which reports the cloud game service is now referred to internally as Project Tempo.
It is designed to rival Google's Stadia, Microsoft's Project xCloud and Nvidia's GeForce Now. Amazon had hoped to introduce an early version this year, but coronavirus has caused complications that may delay the release.
The report follows ongoing rumours that Amazon is working on its own game streaming service.
Project Tempo is just one pillar of a major push into video games, for which Amazon has reportedly invested "hundreds of millions of dollars."
The first sign of this investment -- beyond the ongoing work on the Lumberyard engine -- will be Crucible, a multiplayer sci-fi shooter and the first original IP to come from Amazon's internal games studio.
This has also been delayed due to coronavirus-related concerns, originally due to be revealed in early March and launched on March 31. After travel restrictions disrupted Amazon's marketing plans -- likely an allusion to the postponement of GDC -- the game's launch was pushed back to April 14, and has since been delayed to a vague May.
Crucible will be a team-based game in the spirit of League of Legends and Dota 2, and has been developed by Amazon's studio in Seattle, now named Relentless -- a nod to the original name founder Jeff Bezos had planned for Amazon.
New World, an MMO developed by Amazon's team in Irvine, California, will also be released in May. The same studio is also working on a Lord of the Rings MMO, with a third unannounced project in the works at a San Diego studio under the leadership of former Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley.
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April 2nd, 2020, 14:22 Posted By: wraggster
UK retailer Game has put its entire staff on furlough with full pay through the end of April, following the temporary closure of all its retail locations due to COVID-19.
As confirmed by Eurogamer, its parent Frasers Group told staff last night via email it could pay them from March 26 through April 30, but it could guarantee neither full pay nor jobs beyond that point.
After April 30, staff will get paid 80% of their normal wage if their jobs still exist, capped at Ł2500 per month.
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March 31st, 2020, 19:19 Posted By: wraggster
Folding@home is running on over one million devices, according to organisation director Greg Bowman.
This includes over 356,000 on Nvidia GPUs, over 79,000 AMD GPUs, and over 593,000 CPUs.
"Thanks to all our volunteers," said Bowman on Twitter. "We're planning more blog posts on our #COVID19 work/results this week, please stay tuned."
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March 31st, 2020, 19:18 Posted By: wraggster
Gamescom is "significantly expanding" its digital presence for 2020, ahead of a crucial review in May that will determine whether the physical show can go ahead in August.
In a joint statement released today, the venue Koelnmesse and German industry association Game gave their clearest indication so far that the physical Gamescom event is in doubt due to the spread of COVID-19.
The two entities said that "an evaluation will be made in mid-May" about whether Gamescom will take place "onsite in Cologne" in August.
"If an on-site event is possible, there will also be more information at that stage with regard to which changes need to be made in order to fully ensure the health of all visitors," the statement read.
"This has been arranged with the largest exhibitors, therefore all Gamescom plans are continuing at full speed."
However, a larger amount of attention is now being paid to the digital aspects of Gamescom, such as the Opening Night Live format introduced last year. Koelnmesse and Game said that the show's digital footprint will be "significantly expanded and new modules added" as doubts linger about the validity of public events in 2020.
As such, Gamescom will be held "at least in a digital format" from August 25 to 29, even if a physical show is not deemed possible in mid-May. The same is true for the Devcom developer conference, which is held between August 22 and 24.
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March 30th, 2020, 22:32 Posted By: wraggster
Marvel originally hired Patty Jenkins to direct Thor: The Dark World, following her Oscar-winning movie Monster starring Charlize Theron. However, Jenkins dropped out just three months after joining the project, citing "creative differences." But now, years later, Jenkins is speaking more about why she quit the movie, and it's now plain to see why did not want to be a part of it.
She told Vanity Fair that she was wary to direct the movie because the script wasn't good enough. She feared that, if the movie was a dud, people would blame her.
"I did not believe that I could make a good movie out of the script that they were planning on doing. I think it would have been a huge deal--it would have looked like it was my fault," Jenkins said. "It would’ve looked like, 'Oh my God, this woman directed it and she missed all these things.' That was the one time in my career where I really felt like, 'Do this with [another director] and it's not going to be a big deal. And maybe they'll understand it and love it more than I do."
Jenkins added: "You can't do movies you don't believe in."
After parting ways with Jenkins, Marvel hired Game of Thrones and The Sopranos veteran Alan Taylor to direct Thor: The Dark World. The movie was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who also wrote the final Avengers films, alongside Christopher Yost, who would go on to write Thor: Ragnarok.
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March 30th, 2020, 22:31 Posted By: wraggster
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March 30th, 2020, 22:04 Posted By: wraggster
Over 340,000 boxed video games were sold in the UK last week, according to GfK figures.
It is a drop of 28% compared to the previous week, but that was the release window of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is the biggest game launch of the year so far. Compared to the week before, which is a fairer comparison, boxed game sales are up 124%.
It's a strong performance for the physical games market, which has had to endure the closure of numerous stores (including GAME and Argos) as a result of a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus.
The No.1 game of the week was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which jumped 78% in sales week-on-week. That's followed by FIFA 20, which increased by 53% in sales.
Last week's top performer was Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but the Switch game has plunged 81% in sales week-on-week and is now down at No.3, impacted by stock shortages following an impressive first week. Nintendo Switch games fell across the board this week, which is likely due to a lack of available stock of the console in the UK.
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