Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

E3 2017 is beginning to take shape and it already looks exciting, with Bethesda, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo each confirm dates of their press conferences.

Week ending on 18/02/2017:
1. For Honor – Ubisoft
2. Sniper Elite 4 – Rebellion Developments
3. Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar

Game publishers are sending their annual financial reports, which basically indicate an increase in digital games sale during 2016.

As of December 2016 the Forza series had exceeded $1 billion in retail sales, announced this week by Alan Hartman, Studio Head at Turn 10 Studios.

The limited edition collection on Playstation 4 brings together six Kingdom Hearts games, all of which have been remastered for the current-gen console.

According to the NPD Group, a company that track US sales, the Playstation 4 was the best-selling console in the United States in January 2017.

Humble Bundle have announced the launch of a new publishing and funding initiative, marking their plans to move into the game publishing business.

Overwatch has become the fastest growing Blizzard franchise to reach 25 million players worldwide, as Activision Blizzard revealed in its Q4 financial results.

Publisher Capcom announced this week that Resident Evil 7 Biohazard has surpassed 3 million units shipped across PC, Xbox One, and Playstation 4.

Week ending on 11/02/2017:
1. Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar
2. Nioh – Sony
3. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – Capcom