Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

Despite a wealth of top-tier games being released over the last few weeks, the sales figures for the brick and mortar retailer GameStop have reportedly been quite lacklustre.

The Playstation 4 has reached a massive sales milestone, making it the current fifteenth best-selling console of all time.

Microsoft’s new Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller has had a very good start. The $149.99 luxury controller was already sold out by its Oct. 27th release.

Square Enix is hopeful that Rise of the Tomb Raider will sell better on PS4 and PS3, compared with relatively slower sales on Xbox One and Xbox 360 platforms.

EA Games published, DICE developed reboot of the classic sci-fi spinoff shooter has released with a resounding success in the United Kingdom.

EA Games has revealed that it is considering creating more Battlefront games with DICE in the future.

Week of 23/11/2015:
1. Star Wars: Battlefront – EA Games
2. Fallout 4 – Bethesda Softworks
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Activision

The European games rating agency PEGI has suggested that virtual reality gaming might bring about a change in their classifications system.

Sony is set to expand the Playstation 4’s backwards compatibility all the way back to the PS2 generation, significantly expanding the range of games.

Konami will release a free content update for Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) 2016 for the UEFA Euro 16 championship.