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Doug Putman, the owner of Sunrise Records, a Canadian record retailer, has stepped in to rescue the HMV chain of stores after the company went into administration before Christmas…

Square Enix announced via the official Kingdom Hearts Twitter account that just over a week after launch Kingdom Hearts 3 has shipped more than 5 million copies around the…

Yesterday after a number of teases, Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment revealed and released their brand new free to play title, Apex Legends.

Thanks to strong sales of their core properties Capcom have reported record profits with their latest financial earnings reports.

UK Charts. Week of February 2, 2019:
1. Kingdom Hearts III – Square Enix
2. Resident Evil 2 Remake – Capcom
3. Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar

Last year it was reported that Nintendo would be releasing a new Nintendo Switch model in 2019. Now a Japanese report has backed this up,

Despite there having been a 14-year gap between the release of Kingdom Hearts 2 and 3, the franchise’s reputation seems to not have suffered at all.

Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, today announced that Microsoft’s games revenue for the second fiscal quarter increased by 8 percent. This is said to be the company’s largest gaming revenue…

The NPD Group reported that retail toys sales in the US are down by 2 percent year-on-year, falling from $22.0 billion in 2017 to $21.6 billion in 2018.

Nintendo have announced that they’ve revised their target for total Nintendo Switch sales, but are confident that revenues won’t suffer as a result.