Retail
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PC games retailer Robot Cache allows players to start games 200x faster than any other games store
The digital outlet has adopted DACS Laboratories' ROCKITPLAY FastStart Technology for over 50 games
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2024 game spending down 2% is Circana analyst's "most optimistic" outlook
Mat Piscatella talks about unprecedented uncertainty in the year ahead and why we'll need more overachievers like Helldivers 2 and Palworld
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Monster Hunter World tops 25m sales | News-in-brief
Capcom's hit reaches milestone after six years of shelves as Monster Hunter series cumulative sales reach 97 million units as of December 31, 2023
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Balatro sells 500,000 copies in ten days | News-in-brief
LocalThunk's deck-building roguelike launched on February 20, 2024
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Nintendo eShop delisting of Octopath Traveler is temporary
Publisher says the 2018 Square Enix title will be "available to purchase again soon"
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Tales of Arise sells 3m units | News-in-brief
Bandai Namco's action RPG released in September 2021
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Phil Spencer says Xbox is not dropping physical media
Xbox boss clarifies that the firm's strategy "does not hinge on people moving all-digital"
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Alan Wake 2 sells 1.3m units | News-in-brief
The long-awaited sequel is Remedy's fastest-selling game to date, sold 50% more copies in two months than Control did in four
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Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth fails to dethrone Momotaro Dentetsu World | Japan Monthly Charts
Sega's latest title settles for No.3 as Konami's digital board game reclaims top spot
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Persona 3 Reload is fastest-selling Atlus game ever | News-in-brief
The title, which launched on February 2, sold one million copies in its first week
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Japanese physical sales neared $3bn in 2023 | Japan Annual Report
Tears of the Kingdom was the best-selling game at retail, with Switch OLED the best-selling console
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth becomes fastest selling game in the franchise | News-in-brief
Sega's title sold one million units during its first week, having launched on January 26
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Xbox announces Indie Selects program
A curation of indie games will be spotlighted weekly on the console's storefront
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Getting used to it | This Week in Business
GAME is ending its trade-in program, once denounced as a scourge of the industry. So why aren't we seeing more celebrating?
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UK chain GAME to exit pre-owned business
Update: Retailer's parent company Frasers Group confirms it will no longer accept trade-ins "over the coming months"
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Street Fighter 6 sells over 3 million worldwide | News-in-brief
Capcom's latest fighting game surpasses milestone after half a year on shelves
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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince at No.1 | Japan Monthly Charts
Super Mario Bros Wonder and Momotaro Dentetsu World rounded out the Top Three
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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty sells over 5m units | News-in-brief
CD Projekt Red's spy-thriller expansion launched in September 2023
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Dave the Diver sells 3m | News-in-brief
Mintrocket's breakout hit launched in June 2023
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EA Sports FC 24 is Christmas No.1 | UK Boxed Charts
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora falls out of Top 10 following its debut last week
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Newzoo maintains 2023 market value prediction at $184bn
The data firm also revealed that NBA 2K24 was the highest revenue earner on PC and console in the US and UK
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GamesIndustry.biz presents... The Year In Numbers 2023
Our annual infographic returns to reveal the best-selling games, biggest mobile markets, global revenue and more
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Nintendo continues run as top publisher | Japan Monthly Charts
Momotaro Dentetsu World: The Earth Spins with Hope debuts as the number-one-selling title for the month
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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora debuts at No.5 | UK Boxed Charts
Two more titles launched this week, including a new expansion for The Sims 4
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GameStop posts lower sales, reduced losses
Retailer sees sales slump across the board, but narrows losses from $92.6 million in the year-ago quarter to $3.1 million