Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

The online retailer Gameseek is being rebuilt as what the CEO and MD, Stephen Staley, is calling the best e-commerce games site on Earth.

Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA 5) has shipped 80 million copies worldwide since its release in September 2013.

Capcom announced that in celebration of the game’s fifth anniversary, Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen will be releasing on Playstation 4 and Xbox One this fall.

Rockstar Games have announced through a blog post that Red Dead Redemption 2 is now being delayed until Spring 2018.

Online retailer Amazon is now taking pre-orders for standalone Nintendo Switch docks in the UK. It has already released in the US with a price of $89.99.

US Charts, April 2017:
1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
2. Persona 5 – Atlus
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo

UK Charts. Week ending on 20/05/2017:
1. Injustice 2 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2. Farpoint – Sony
3. GTA 5 – Rockstar

UK retailer Game have launched a new premium loyalty scheme, Game Elite membership, which offers better rewards than their current, basic card.

Bunge revealed Destiny 2 for the first time outside of their studios. The event was livestreamed, showing how the game is changing from the original.

A new model from HTC Vive has been announced, which doesn’t requires PC or phone in order to function, it uses Google Worldsense.