Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

The Game Awards 2017 was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 7, 2017 and was live streamed on 16 different content platforms worldwide.

As of today Online chat platform Discord boasts 87 million members – with that number expected to top 90 million before the end of 2017.

Sony has announced that the PlayStation 4 has hit yet another sales milestone this time of 70 million units sold worldwide.

Valve have taken away the ability to pay with Bitcoin on Steam, citing high fees and volatility as the reasons behind the decision.

EA has announced purchase of Respawn Entertainment, the developers of the Titanfall series, ahead of schedule.

During a Nasdaq event, Electronic Arts CEO Blake Jorgensen said that people should expect consoles with disc drives to stick around for years.

Capcom has announced new Mega Man game, Mega Man 1, and a number of re-releases that they’re making as part of the game’s 30th anniversary.

The latest game in the Dynasty Warriors series, Dynasty Warriors 9, will release in the UK for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on February 13, 2018.

The virtual reality version of Doom, Doom VFR, launched last week but now to Oculus Rift owners, though a patch has been released to bring the game to Rift.

UK Charts. Week ending on December 2, 2017:
1. Call of Duty WW2 – Activision
2. FIFA 18 – EA Sports
3. Gran Turismo: Sport – Sony