Retail

Open marketplace Itch.io has admitted that some users have been using its platform to sell fraudulent copies of popular indie games. A Kotaku UKreport revealed that two big indie hits – Rimworld and Dead Cells – were put up for sale on the Itch.io marketplace at big discounts. Neither were …

Originally released back in 2001, South Korean horror title White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is finally heading to European retail on August 4th courtesy of PQube. We talk to product manager Matthew Pellett about this cult-classic and why more publishers should be looking to South Korea for new business …

Atlus’ time-travelling RPG Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology for the 3DS has gone straight in at No.1 in the Japanese weekly chart, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, ending the reign of Nintendo’s ARMS after its two week run at the top. The 3DS remake of the DS original shifted …

Gamers are facing a bit of a struggle to secure pre-orders for Nintendo’s recently announced SNES Classic Mini. The device earlier this week went up for pre-order with retailers such as GAME and Amazon before almost instantly going out of stock. Nintendo itself then made pre-orders available directly through its …

The worldwide games market grew by 9 per cent year-on-year in May, according to the latest report from SuperData,reaching $7.8bn. Once again, mobile was the strongest driver last month, with the sector growing by 16 per cent year-on-year. Free to play also grew by 17 per cent, while pay to …

Activision started talking about the return of Crash Bandicoot as far back as 2011, and six years later it’s finally here, in the form of a remaster of 1996’s original Crash Bandicoot, 1997’s Cortex Strikes Back and 1998’s Warped, entitled the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. These new versions support 4K and …

The accusation that Nintendo deliberately undersupplies its products is one the company has faced for years. However, like the majority of ‘false scarcity’ claims, it’s all very unlikely. And indeed, Nintendo of America’s senior director of corporate communications Charlie Scibetta has insisted to Ars Technica that there is nothing deliberate …

After two successive months as the best selling console hardware in the US, Nintendo Switch has slipped back behind the PS4. NPD hasn’t released any numbers, so we don’t know by how much Switch sales fell or PS4 grew. By the same token, the Switch stock situation seemingly remains a …

GAME has announced a second season for its Belong centres’ Arena Clash tournaments. Taking place in stores nationwide this summer, gamers will compete for a range of prizes in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Overwatch and League of Legends. Registrations for the second round of Arena Clash open this Friday, …

Boxed specialist Sold Out is partnering with Team17 to bring The Escapists 2 to retail, the publisher has announced. Arriving on shop shelves this summer, The Escapists 2 will receive a boxed release for PS4 and Xbox One, but not for Nintendo Switch (at least at time of writing). This …