Wholesale Games Industry and Market News
GAME selling Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 early
Activision have given UK retailer GAME permission to provide Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, which is set to release on October 12, 2018, early to consumers.
Microsoft finalizing deal to buy Obsidian
Sources close to the negotiations have confirmed that Microsoft are close to finalising a deal to purchase Obsidian Entertainment.
PlayStation 5 confirmed by Sony in all but name
Kenichiro Yoshida, Sony CEO gave the very first official word on the successor console to the PS4, what many would call the PlayStation 5.
Sony sue hacker who sold jailbroken PlayStation 4 consoles
A hacker in California who has been modding and hacking consoles since 2006 has had a lawsuit filed against him by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Fortnite reaches $300 million on iOS
A report from SensorTower shows that since it released for iOS on March 15th Fortnite has generated around $300 million from microtransactions.
FIFA 19 keeps the top
UK Charts. Week of October 6, 2018:
1. FIFA 19 – EA Sports
2. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft
3. Forza Horizon 4 – Microsoft
Nintendo patent Game Boy case for touchscreen devices
Siliconera has uncovered details that indicate on March 16th 2018 Nintendo filed a patent for a Game Boy style case for touchscreen devices.
Remaining Telltale staff laid off
Telltale Games seem to be laying off the remaining staff of 25 people that remained after over 200 people were fired couple of weeks ago.
Mike Morhaime steps down as Blizzard President
Activision Blizzard announced that Mike Morhaime would be stepping down as President of Blizzard Entertainment, and will be succeeded by J. Allen Brack.
Nintendo may be planning a new Nintendo Switch for 2019
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal Nintendo are planning to release a new, updated, version of the Nintendo Switch in 2019.
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