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New head of Minecraft at Microsoft Helen Chiang revealed that the sandbox hit has reached a new milestone last December, with now 74m players returning to the game every month, which is more than half of all the players who own a copy of the title. Minecraft has sold 144m …

GAME chief financial officer Mark Gifford resigned earlier today, the High Street retailer announced. Gifford will leave the company at the end of March 2018 to “ensure a smooth transition,” the official announcement said. It added that Gifford was leaving to “focus on his other business and personal interests” and …

It was another quiet week at retail, with the usual triple-A titles taking the top spots in the UK charts. Call of Duty: WWII charted at No.1 for the tenth time since launch in November, despite sales being down 17 per cent week-on-week. If Activision’s title makes it to the …

Nintendo revealed yesterday that it has sold 1.5m Switch units in December in the US, according to NPD Group’s figures for the year – which has yet to release its full report. Nintendo’s console has now sold a grand total of 4.8m units in the country, making it the fastest-selling …

Famitsu released its yearly report on the Japanese games market, which saw growth in both software and hardware sales in 2017 for the first time since 2006. Hardware sales reached ¥202bn (£1.33bn) in 2017, a 72.9 per cent increase compared to 2016’s ¥117bn (£0.77bn). 7.6m consoles were shifted in 2017 …

GAME’s initiative to install gaming arenas in some of its stores looks to be going well based on recent figures. GAME just announced that the arenas clocked up 155,000 hours of play in the 23 weeks leading up to the 6th of January. That’s a utilisation level of 28.2 per …

Christmas 2017 was undoubtedly a happier period than last year. GAME today reported that its GTV figure (Gross Transaction Value) over the peak trading period (1st November to 6th of January) was up by 2.9 per cent. Something it attributed to a stronger hardware lineup and superior games. Martyn Gibbs, …

Online retailer Green Man Gaming announced yesterday a new partnership with Ubisoft to integrate its Uplay PC platform. Going forwards, players who purchase Ubisoft games on Green Man Gaming will be able to automatically redeem and add these titles to their Uplay PC library. This automatic game activation feature means …