Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

Ubisoft expanded the listing of Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered to include Nintendo Switch among the platforms the game will be available on.

Activision recently announced that they will be issuing refunds to all those in the US who have purchased a copy of Guitar Hero Live.

UK Charts. Week of February 9, 2019:
1. Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar
2. FIFA 19 – EA Sports
3. Kingdom Hearts 3 – Square Enix

Nintendo have revealed that they plan to “boost the appeal” of Switch Online after the news that many subscribers only prepared to commit to short term contracts.

Monster Hunter: World has reached almost 12 million recorded sales, Capcom revealed today.

EA have already classed Apex Legends as a success, given that the game had more than 2.5 million users in the first 24 hours of being available.

Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered will launch on the 29th of March 2019.

European Charts. Week of January 27, 2019:
1. Resident Evil 2 Remake – Capcom
2. FIFA 19 – EA Sports
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Activizion

Andrew Wilson, EA CEO, said that Respawn Entertainment would be planning to launch a new premium game in 2019 with a twist on the Titanfall universe.

Matt Booty, Corporate VP of Microsoft Studios, has announced that the company is rebranding to be known as Xbox Game Studios.