Retail

Physical game sales have fallen 20 per cent year-on-year, according to Kantar Worldpanel’s latest quarterly entertainment barometer report, with the limited number of new releases also affecting GAME’s share of the overall physical entertainment market. GAME’s market share fell by 2.5 per cent year-on-year, according to Kantar’s figures, which is …

SuperData just released a new report giving insights on the year so far, and predicted the global games market will be up 12 per cent worldwide compared to 2016. This growth include revenue for digital games and what SuperData calls ‘Interactive Media’, which includes virtual, augmented and mixed reality software, …

Games retailer GameSeek has launched its new online marketplace. The news comes justtwo months after the retailer confirmed plans to relaunch its entire website from the ground up, and two weeks after plans to launch the UK’s first specialist marketplace for toys. The online marketplace, which is powered by Mirakl, …

Studio Wildcard has announced that the retail release of its dino-hunting title Ark: Survival Evolved has been delayed until August 29th. Originally set to launch next week on August 8th, the news of its delay was announced over the weekend. Studio Wildcard said the game had gone gold and had …

Only a handful of copies prevented Splatoon 2 from debuting at the top of the UK charts this week. Renewed stock for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy allowed Activision’s title to be back at No.1 this week, with sales increasing 59 per cent. With three weeks at the top of …

Nintendo’s New 2DS XL sold over 36,000 units in its first week on sale in Japan, making it the best-selling piece of hardware in last week’s charts, according to the latest figures from Famitsu. Sales were bolstered by the release of Hey! Pikmin, which debuted at No.2 with over 79,000 …

Total video game spending in the US in June 2017 rose seven per cent year-on-year to $765m, according to the latest data from NPD, with accessories being the only category to show a decline. Hardware spending showed the highest amount of growth, rising 27 per cent compared to June 2016 …

Square Enix’s latest Final Fantasy remaster has gone straight in at No.1 in the UK weekly charts, finally dethroning Activision’s Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is Square Enix’s first No.1 since Deus Ex: Mankind Divided topped the UK charts last summer, and together with …

Serbian games distributor Iris-Mega just announced the acquisition of Slovenian distributor Colby, headquartered in Ljubljana, for an undisclosed sum. This announcement comes just a month after Iris-Mega acquired another Slovenian distribution company, Videotop Skupina, making it the market leader across the Adria region, with a distinct focus in Serbia, Slovenia …

Nintendo Switch sales rose 46 per cent in Japan last week, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, suggesting Nintendo’s boost to production is finally coming into effect at Japanese retail. The console shifted over 36,000 units last week, allowing it to take a 44.7 per cent market share of …