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UK retailer GAME recently published its sales reports for the six months leading up to January 2017.

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End was given the best game award at BAFTA 2017 awards, although the game had missed out on seven other titles earlier that evening.

Atlus, publishers of the Persona series, have announced that worldwide sales of Persona 5 have topped 1.5 million.

Week ending on 08/04/2017:
1. Persona 5 – Deep Silver
2. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands – Ubisoft
3. LEGO Worlds – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Microsoft has revealed more information on Project Scorpio. The project is set to be the new Xbox console with 4K resolution.

Sony has announced on the Playstation Blog that PS3 classics the Jack and Daxter Trilogy will be making their way to PS4 this year.

According to statistics published by Kickstarter, 10,233 video and board game projects had been funded successfully through Kickstarter as of April 3 2017.

Insomniac Games did not confirm the information released by Marvel Digital Media earlier about Spiderman releasing in 2017.

Bungie has revealed what editions can be expected for upcoming sequel Destiny, which is releasing on September 8, 2017.

Last week The CD Projekt Group published their 2016 earnings, revealing that since the release, The Witcher series has sold over 25 million copies.