Coming in hot to trot thanks to Batman: Arkham Asylum’s genre-breaking debut a few years earlier, Arkham City had plenty of hype behind it and giving it the necessary momentum to be a sales juggernaut at the time.
There’s nothing I love more lately, than taking some scenic photography in Ghost of Tsushima. Pity about all the samurai stuff and those pesky bandits trying to murder me, it really harshes with my shutterbug mellow. Sony’s final big first-party game for the PlayStation 4 has been a breath of fresh air, a revelatory swansong that has had no shortage of fans. How many? Well in the words of the People’s Champion, millions…and millions of fans.
In an annual shareholders meeting, Capcom confirmed that digital sales had pretty much taken over wit their various titles, and the company was looking to increase that number in the years to come.
Despite a torrent of abuse from a very small section of people, The Last of Us Part II has done well. Very very well indeed! With over four million units sold after a single week, The Last of Us Part II is now the fastest-selling PS4 exclusive ever.
We’ve seen the likes of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection and Into the Breach offered as freebies with which to entice consumers towards the Epic Games Store lifestyle, and it looks like there’s no current end to this delicious bait being thrown into the gaming waters currently. Those free games have been fantastic marketing for the EGS, and according to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, they’ve also been fantastic for driving home awareness of other games and increasing sales across long after the free giveaway promotion has ended.
You can’t keep a good witcher down, especially when they have an ultra successful Netflix series to help punt the games.
There’s some big money to be made in video games, but only a select few titles can rise to the top and be crowned as the king of the industry. Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V…isn’t one of those games. But it’s damn close to the top, and it occupies the position of prince currently! Take-Two Interactive recently updated the sales figures for several of its games, and the numbers were rather mental.
While Nintendo is banking on a weaker year ahead, the last quarter has been especially good for business. Here’s a quick rundown of those numbers.
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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