Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

Worldwide Digital Charts, May 2018:
1. Fortnite: Battle Royale – Square Enix
2. FIFA 18 – EA Sports
3. Call of Duty: WWII – Activision

According to the recent Newzoo survey, most players play on mobile, but as a platform mobile has a lower spending to player ratio than PC or consoles.

Nintendo have launched a new free update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition which allows players to use the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con Motorbike.

European Digital Charts, June 23, 2018:
1. FIFA 18 – EA Sports
2. Grand Theft Auto 5 – Rockstar
3. Gran Turismo Sport – Sony

UK Charts. Week of June 23, 2018:
1. Mario Tennis Aces – Nintendo
2. FIFA 18 – EA Sports
3. God of War – Sony

US Monthly Charts, May 2018:
1. State of Decay 2
2. God of War 2018
3. Detroit: Become Human

The Kickstarter campaign for Xenonauts 2 has been fully funded in under 12 hours. The project launched yesterday with the goal of raising £50,000.

CEO of the trade body UKie, Dr Jo Twist, set out what the UK games industry needs in order to continue growth at current rates in a post-Brexit UK.

During the course of E3 2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was the game discussed the most throughout the entire social media platform.

Gamestop is in talks regarding a buyout with investment firms. Today it confirmed that it is indeed talking with firms about a potential transaction.