Wholesale Games Industry and Market News
Microsoft completes acquisition of ZeniMax
Microsoft has now completed the process of acquiring Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax for $7.5 billion.
TinyBuild launches £340m IPO
Publisher TinyBuild has released shares on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
GameStop aims to transform into a tech company
Retailer GameStop has announced that the company’s board of directors has put together a new committee.
Mario continues to dominate the UK game sales chart
UK Charts. Week of March 6, 2021:
1. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
2. Spider-Man: Miles Morales
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
UK video game spending hit £4.4 billion in 2020
Data shows that spending on video games in the UK reached £4.4 billion last year, which is half of all the region’s spending on entertainment.
French gaming market hits new record high in 2020
Game chart in France, year 2020:
1. FIFA 21
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
EA delays Need for Speed and moves development to Battlefield 6
EA is postponing the release of the latest Need for Speed game. The game will now be launching one year later.
PS5 storage upgrades are coming this summer
PS5 owners will be able to upgrade the storage of their consoles later this summer when Sony launches new firmware.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury keeps the top of UK chart
UK Charts. Week of February 27, 2021:
1. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
2. Spider-Man: Miles Morales
3. The Last Of Us Part 2
Destiny 2’s next major expansion delayed into 2022
Destiny 2 developer Bungie has informed that the next major expansion, due to release in November 2021, has been pushed to early 2022.
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