It's not as if we didn't see it coming. Sony's sombre father and son adventure, God of War, has handily strolled straight into the number one spot of the UK Charts. Sega also have reason to celebrate, as their roaming brawler Yakuza 6: The ...

When Battlefield V launches later this year, its microtransaction model will be limited solely to cosmetic items. And when BioWare's Anthem releases early next year, it won't have game-altering loot boxes. Electronic Arts says the...

It's another successful week for Joseph Seed and co. as Ubisoft's foreboding shooter Far Cry 5 maintains its position at the top of the UK charts. EA's FIFA 18 is still a permanent fixture at number two, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe roaring int...

Takuro Yamashita, President of NIS America, has issued a statement apologising for his recent remarks in an article with MCV, in which he believes he misrepresented the origins of upcoming fighter SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy.In the origin...

This week's UK Charts saw very little change, with more than half of the Top Ten's entries maintaining their slot from last week. Leading the charge was Ubisoft's Far Cry 5, which is selling by the bucketful, EA's FIFA 18 and Microsoft's sw...

Eden's Gate just got a helluva lot of new members, as Ubisoft's open-world shooter Far Cry 5 slammed straight into the number one spot of this week's UK charts. The Montana-based iteration is the fastest-selling Far Cry release to date.The ...

UK developer/publisher Team17, most famous for the Worms series, are reportedly plotting a huge IPO float, in the region of £200 million, on the London Stock Exchange. The financial decision is poised to make the company the biggest t...

Production company Entertainment One (eOne) have confirmed that they are working with Joey Ansah of Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist fame, to create a live-action television series based on Street Fighter II.eOne President Mark Gordon is pre...

In what is easily the biggest shakeup in months, the top four slots in the UK Charts were all captured by debuting titles last week, which forced their way into the big leagues.The string of successful debuts was led by Microsoft's seafarin...

Korean financial publication The Bell is reporting that long-running Japanese studio SNK is preparing to go public on the stock market, alongside plans to buy up Japanese IPs and help boost profits.The report suggest that the funds received...

There was some exciting news recently that the original Tomb Raider trilogy was in line for a facelift on Steam, with studio realtechVR announcing that they were remastering the '90s classics for PC, complete with VR functionality and a new...

CD Projekt RED, the developer/publisher behind the acclaimed Witcher franchise, have opened a new studio in Poland to further development on their ambitious RPG project Cyberpunk 2077.The new studio, based in Wroclaw, will join forces with ...

Vivendi has had its eyes on Ubisoft for years now, buying more and more shares, but that takeover-in-the-making story comes to a close today -- and not in the way many of us were expecting. Ubisoft and Vivendi have reached an exit agreement...

EA's updated racer Burnout Paradise Remastered has slammed straight into number one of the UK Charts, some 10 years after Burnout Paradise' original release. Nintendo's Kirby Star Allies also had an excellent debut, landing the number two s...

Former PlayStation head-honcho Jack Tretton has announced plans to start up a new company, with aims to provide both financial and managerial assistance to small studios on the independent circuit.Interactive Gaming Ventures will use Tretto...

The chart figures were late coming in this week, presumably due to the folks who gather the data having to check it over ten times out of disbelief. Rockstar's magnum-opus, Grand Theft Auto V, which isn't going away until GTAVI, is back in ...

Naughty Dog have announced that the company's long-time programmer and Creative Director is now the studio's Vice-President. The promotion was announced via on ND's official website.The 39-year-old American-Israeli was responsible for desig...

The highly publicized meeting between President Trump and the video games industry is set to take place on March 8, according to a White House news briefing. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) will be participating in this meeting...

The status quo (your dad's favourite band) continues this week in the UK Charts, as EA's FIFA 18, Activision's Call of Duty: WWII and Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V remain a lock in the Top Three.A serious boost was given to some of the Swit...

Blue Mammoth Games, the indie-studio behind free-to-play fighter Brawlhalla, are an indie no more. The 21-strong team have announced that they have been acquired by big-time publisher Ubisoft.Matt Woomer, head honcho of the Georgia-based st...

It's one year since the release of open-world adventure title Horizon: Zero Dawn. Developer Guerilla Games are proudly touting the game's success, which has seen an amazing 7.6 million copies shift on its exclusive home format, PS4.The all-...

One of last year's biggest success stories was the phenomenal re-release of the original Crash Bandicoot games. Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy sold gangbusters upon its PS4 release, holding chart supremacy for weeks and inspiring a host of...

Finally getting off their asses and doing something about the rampant problem of runaway in-game purchases, the Electronic Software Rating Board announced today that they will begin to label physical releases of games that contain in-game p...

Last week, I mentioned how, as we move toward Spring, the UK video game charts were starting to shake up a little. Well, this week put paid to that, as FIFA 18 still sits atop the mountain, while Grand Theft Auto V and Activision's Call of ...

Robert Nardolillo III, a member of the Rhode Island State House, has proposed a new bill that would put a tax on the sale of all "violent video games." The goal of this bill is to funnel any extra funds into a separate pool to be used for p...