Wholesale Games Industry and Market News
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga stays on top of UK boxed charts
UK Charts. Week of April 16, 2022:
1. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
2. Gran Turismo 7
3. Horizon Forbidden West
Top 20 best-selling video games in Europe – March 2022
European monthly charts, March 2022:
1. Elden Ring
2. Gran Turismo 7
3. FIFA 22
Top 20 best-selling video games in the UK – March 2022
UK Monthly Charts, March 2022:
1. Elden Ring
2. Gran Turismo 7
3. Grand Theft Auto 5
Epic raises $2bn from Sony and owners of Lego Group
Epic Games has announced that it raised $2 billion in a funding round, from two investors, Sony Group Corporation and Kirkbi.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga tops the UK boxed charts
UK Charts. Week of April 9, 2022:
1. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
2. Kirby and The Forgotten Land
3. FIFA 22
Cyberpunk 2077 was on sale for $5 last Thursday
The US retailer Best Buy was selling Cyberpunk 2077 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at the price of $4.99.
Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman has acquired SNK
Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman recently acquired 96% of Japanese video game developer company, SNK.
UK retailer Simply Games appears to have stopped trading
It appears that the UK video games retailer Simply Games has refunded all preorder and have stopped trading.
Netflix acquires Boss Fight Entertainment
The Vice President of Game Studios Netflix, Amir Rahimi, has announced that Netflix is acquiring Boss Fight Entertainment.
Team17 delivers another year of growth in 2021
Team17 has published its financial results for 2021, reporting that the company has seen a 9% increase in revenue to £90.5 million.
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