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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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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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