Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

Today Kalypso Media announced Tropico 6 with a trailer and a release window for 2018. The game has been confirmed for PC, Xbox One, and Playstation 4.

Japanese Charts. Week ending on 28/05/2017:
1. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition – 21,269 copies
3. Ultra Street Fighter 2: The Final Challengers…

After releasing early for Xbox Live Gold members, the Xbox Game Pass launches today for all Xbox users, allowing to gain access to a library of 100 games.

Supergiant Games announced on Playstation Blog that Pyre, the studio’s next title, will release on PlayStation 4 on July 25, 2017.

Digital video games chart in the UK, April 2017:
1. FIFA 17 – EA
2. Battlefield 1 – EA
3. Grand Theft Auto 5 – Rockstar Games

The total worldwide shipments and digital sales for NieR: Automata have surpasses 1.5 million units, according to an announcement by publisher Square Enix.

According to the official Japanese PlayStation website, the last PlayStation 3 model that was still manufactured in Japan, has now ceased production.

UK Charts. Week ending on 27/05/2017:
1. Injustice 2 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2. Overwatch – Blizzard
3. GTA 5 – Rockstar

Global digital revenue reached $7.7 billion in April 2017, a 9% increase year on year over 2016, showing consistent growth in the digital games market.

Nintendo have announced that the 3DS title, Monster Hunter XX, will be making its way over to the Nintendo Switch.