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Ace Combat 7 sales reach 2.5 million
Publisher Bandai Namco has announced that Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown has topped 2.5 million sales worldwide. This makes it the best-selling game in the series to date. This…
U.S. video game spending reaches record high in 2020
US charts, Year 2020:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Nintendo games continue to dominate UK boxed chart
UK Charts. Week of January 16, 2021:
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3. Just Dance 2021
Best selling video games in Japan – Week of Jan 10, 2021
Japanese Chart, week of Jan 10, 2021:
1. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa…
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Ring Fit Adventure
Top 10 games in Australia and New Zealand – Jan 10, 2021
Australian Chart, Week of Jan 10, 2021:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2. Grand Theft Auto 5
3. FIFA 21
Nintendo and GTA 5 top Australia’s game sales in 2020
Australian Chart, Year 2020:
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Grand Theft Auto 5
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Tencent confirms 1 million Switch units have sold in China
Tencent has confirmed that 1 million Nintendo Switch consoles have been shipped in China since the console launched in December 2019.
CD Projekt issues statement apologizing for Cyberpunk 2077
Co-Founder of CD Projekt, Marcin Iwiński, issued a video statement apologizing for the state in which Cyberpunk 2077 launched on consoles.
Take-Two withdraws takeover bid offer for Codemasters
Late last year Take-Two had put in an offer to acquire developer Codemasters. Shortly after, EA put in a much higher bid.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War tops 2021’s opening US chart
US Charts, Week of January 9, 2021:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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