Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

Week ending on 29/04/2017:
1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch) – Nintendo
2. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 – CI Games
3. Grand Theft Auto 5 – Rockstar

Nintendo has announced its fiscal earnings for the last quarter of 2016, including details on the number of Switch units sold in early 2017.

Activision has held a livestream event at which they officially revealed gameplay details for Call of Duty WW2 for the first time.

SuperData, a research firm, have reported that FIFA 17 was the highest grossing console game in terms of digital sales for the month of March 2017.

Mail.Ru, the largest Russian internet company is making a move into gaming by investing £100 million in a newly established video games division.

Sony confirmed that 1TB Playstation 4 Slim console is heading to shelves in the US this month, offering a larger memory size with the same price.

The city builder game Cities Skylines, is now available on console for the first time ever in Cities Skylines Xbox One Edition.

Further details about the latest Call of Duty WW2 from Sledgehammer Games have been leaked.

From Software revealed Dark Souls 3: The Fire Fades Edition, which collects the core game and two DLCs into possibly Dark Souls 3 Game of the Year Edition.

Week ending on 22/04/2017:
1. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands – Ubisoft
2. Grand Theft Auto 5 – Rockstar
3. FIFA 17 – EA Sports