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3.65 million PC and console games were sold across the UK during March, an impressive rise of 26% over the same period in 2023.

April PC and console game sales fell 6.2% year-on-year in Europe, with 10.5 million games sold.

Fallout 4 was comfortably the best-selling game of April in the UK, according to the latest GSD data.

Circana today released its sales report for US spending on games in March, showing growth for the fourth consecutive month.

Epic Game's battle royale, Fortnite, led Newzoo's revenue and user engagement charts for March.

Sales of Fallout games have shot up across Europe, with Fallout 4 reclaiming the No.1 spot.

Command & Conquer games flooded the European charts in March after EA put out a bundle of games on Steam.

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16.74 million video games were sold across Europe during February, according to the latest GSD data.

Valve has revealed that of the 100 most-played games on Steam Deck over the last 12 months, Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 tops the chart.

A new chart from the Entertainment and Retail Association has revealed the digital and physical sales splits for the 20 best-selling games in the UK.

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Momotaro Dentetsu World: The Earth Spins with Hope is back at the top of the Japanese monthly charts following its launch last November.

12.14 million video games were sold across European markets, a drop of 7.3% over the same period the year before, GSD data reveals.

After 2022 saw US spending on games dip 5%, 2023 saw a return to growth, according to the latest figures from industry-tracking group Circana.

EA Sports FC 24 is back at the top of the UK physical charts, pushing Hogwarts Legacy to second place.

182 million PC and console games were sold across Europe in 2023, a rise of 1.7% over the year before.

26.6 million PC and Console games were sold across Europe in December, according to the latest GSD data.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince topped the Japan charts in its debut month.

Hogwarts Legacy remained at No.1 for the first UK physical charts of 2024, experiencing a surge on PS5 despite an overall drop in sales of 46%, GfK's report showed.

38 million video games were sold in the UK during 2023, the latest GSD figures reveal.

6.9 million digital and physical games were sold in the UK during December, an increase of 2% over the same period in 2022.

EA Sports FC 24 has continued its hold at the top spot, making it the best-selling game in the 2023 UK retail charts heading into Christmas.

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Ubisoft's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora had to settle for No.5 in its debut week, with EA Sports FC 2024 still holding the top spot.

EA Sports FC 24 remained at the top of the UK boxed charts this week, followed by Hogwarts Legacy despite a slight decrease in sales for both titles.

EA Sports FC 24 found its way back to the top of the UK charts this Black Friday week, pushing Hogwarts Legacy down to No.2.

10.21 million PC and console games were sold across Europe according to GSD, a slight drop of 2.3% year-on-year.

Hogwarts Legacy is back at the top of the UK physical charts following its release on Nintendo Switch, plus Black Friday discounting, pushing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to second place.

October snapped a five-month streak of year-over-year growth in US consumer spending on games, according to the latest report from Circana.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 topped the UK boxed charts this week, pushing Nintendo's reigning title Super Mario Bros Wonder to No.3.

Super Mario Wonder remained at the top of the UK boxed charts for a third week, keeping EA Sports FC 24 at No.2.

Universal's 2017 reboot of The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, is sitting at no. 2 on the Netflix Daily Top 10.

Studio Wildcard's remake of Ark: Survival Evolved was the second biggest seller on Steam last week.

Gfk has released its UK physical charts for the week ending October 28th (via Games Industry), and as noted earlier, Super Mario Bros. Wonder is in first, while Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is in second. EA Sports FC 24 remained in third place despite stiff competition, and Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 debuted fourth.

Super Mario Bros Wonder has leapfrogged Spider-Man 2 to top the UK physical game charts.

Super Mario Bros Wonder topped the UK boxed charts this week, pushing last week's No.1 Spider-Man 2 to second place.

Gfk’s weekly physical sales data for the United Kingdom isn’t in yet, but there have been some notable shifts. According to Games Industry’s Christopher Dring on Twitter, Super Mario Bros. Wonder is now in the top spot, despite sales dropping by 55 percent.

Last week was an eventful one where major new game releases are concerned, and to no one’s surprise, a few of them have managed to make a strong impression with their initial sales. Super Mario Bros. Wonder, for instance, has not only launched to near-universal acclaim, it’s also enjoyed impressive sales in the UK, Europe, and, according to the latest weekly physical sales data released by Famitsu, in Japan.

Along with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder debuted strong in the UK last week. According to the latest Gfk charts (per Games Industry), it’s the biggest 2D Mario launch in the region’s history and only “narrowly” behind Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario 3D All-Stars.

Pre-orders for the eagerly-anticipated Cities: Skylines 2 were the third biggest seller on Steam last week.

As one of the most anticipated games of the year, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is expected to perform well in sales. According to Christopher Dring of Games Industry, it debuted “comfortably” at the top on this week’s UK physical charts and is the fourth biggest boxed launch in the region this year.

Spider-Man 2 beat out competition from Super Mario to claim No.1 in the UK boxed retail charts, GfK data reveals.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has come out on top in this week’s UK physical game charts.

3.5 million video games were sold across the UK last month, a slight rise of nearly 1% over the year before (GSD data).

Starfield debuted at No.1 in Circana's US charts for September, instantly becoming the seventh best-selling game of 2023 year-to-date.

Video game sales across Europe were down in September compared with the year before, according to the latest figures from GSD.

In addition to software sales for September 2023, Circana executive director and analyst Mat Piscatella also revealed hardware sales in the United States for the month. The PS5 topped the charts again in unit and dollar sales, with Xbox Series X/S in second place.

The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for September, and it was a good month for the industry. Players spent $4.5 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in June, a 10 percent year-on-year increase. The PS5 continued its strong streak, being #1 in terms of both unit and dollar sales, and the Xbox Series X/S managed to come in at #2, driven by the game at the top of the software charts.

The latest UK physical sales charts from Gfk are now available, and to no one’s surprise, EA Sports FC 24 is on top for the third week. Sales dropped by 36 percent per Games Industry, with the Xbox Series X/S version suffering the most, while the PS5 version constitutes the majority. As for Hexworks’Lords of the Fallen, it debuted in fourth place.

EA Sports FC 24 has remained at the top of the UK boxed charts for a third week despite a 36% sales decrease.

Call of Duty was the second biggest grossing title on Steam last week.

October's wave of new releases has begun in earnest now, with Assassin's Creed Mirage launching at the end of last week. It climbed near the top of the UK's boxed games chart, making a number two debut behind the predictably popular EA Sports FC 24.

Venture capital funding in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in six years in terms of venture deal value and the lowest level in deal count in three years during the third quarter.

EA Sports FC 24 has retained the top spot of the UK physical charts this week, despite a 48% decrease in sales.

Pikmin 4 was the best-selling game in Japan in September, for the third month running.

New DLC for Amazon's New World has brought the MMO back to the Steam Top Ten.

New World's first expansion arrived yesterday, and along with the addition of flails, the ability to turn into some kind of vengeful nature monster, a transformed zone and another expedition, it also solves one of my big launch bugbears: it's finally added mounts. 

The latest version of Valve's Counter-Strike series of online shooters was the biggest money generator on Steam last week.

Mortal Kombat 1 made a splashy entrance in the UK's boxed games chart last week, debuting at number one. However, its combo has been broken early by EA Sports FC 24 which, predictably, arrives right at the top. Just over half of the physical copies sold in UK stores over the launch weekend were for PS5. NetherRealm's fighter is still holding its own, though, settling for second.

The Gfk has released its latest charts for weekly physical software sales in the UK (via GamesIndustry), and to no one’s surprise, EA Sports FC 24 has debuted on top of the charts, as reported previously. Though its physical launch sales are 30% lower than what FIFA 23 managed last year, it’s still the second-biggest launch in the UK for 2023, behind only The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It has also seen a slight year-on-year increase on the Switch in terms of physical launch sales. 

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Lies of P, the unusual Souls-like action RPG, has made a strong debut on the UK's boxed games chart. The game's Pinocchio-meets-Bloodborne premise had always seemed strange, but it's clearly struck a chord, as it's arrived at number three in the bestsellers in its launch week. Less surprising is a number one debut for Mortal Kombat 1. Both titles sold the vast majority of their physical copies on PS5.

Gfk’s top ten for the best-selling physical titles in the UK for the week ending September 23rd is now available. As reported by Games Industry’s Christopher Dring on Twitter, Mortal Kombat 1 debuted on top, while NEOWIZ’s Lies of P took third place. The former saw the most sales on PS5, with Xbox Series X/S in second and Nintendo Switch last.

This week saw several new entries in the UK boxed charts, with Mortal Kombat 1 taking the top spot.

Mortal Kombat 1 was the biggest new release of last week, and to no one’s surprise, it seems that the game has got off to a strong start where its sales are concerned. As per Gfk data for weekly physical software sales in the UK, shared by GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dring on Twitter, Mortal Kombat 1 debuted on top of the charts. Its physical launch sales are down 38% from what Mortal Kombat 11 managed upon its launch in 2019, but physical sales trending downward is no surprise for any game at this point.

The Gfk has released the latest data for weekly physical software sales in the UK (via GamesIndustry), and the biggest new release of last week, The Crew Motorfest, has seen a decent debut. The open world racer sits in second place, which is the same position The Crew 2 debuted in when it launched in 2018. Its physical launch sales, however, are about a third of the 2018 game, as per GI.biz’s Christopher Dring on Twitter– though it’s worth keeping in mind that its digital share is likely to be much higher. 

10.7 million video games from AAA publishers were sold across Europe last month, GSD data reports.

Hogwarts Legacy has reclaimed the top spot of the UK Boxed Charts this week, with a 214% spike in sales on Xbox Series X|S due to ongoing price promotions.

A decade after Pikmin 3, the franchise finally received a follow-up this year in the form of Pikmin 4. Serving as a soft reboot for the series, Pikmin 4 brings back the franchise’s classic gameplay with a few new twists, such as the inclusion of Oatchi the pup.

Madden NFL 24 has taken the top spot in Circana's August Top 20, but has been somewhat overshadowed by Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon in second place despite releasing one day before the reporting period ended.

Bethesda's Starfield was once again the highest-grossing title on Steam last week.

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It was a solid August for video games in the UK, driven by continued strong sales of PS5.

Starfield has topped the UK physical charts this week.

Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield had over one million concurrent players at launch and over six million players in total, and it seems to have scored big at retail as well. While the full UK physical retail charts from Gfk aren’t available yet, GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dring confirmed that it debuted in first place.

Pikmin 4 had been consistently topping weekly Japanese physical software sales charts since its launch in July, before being dethroned last week courtesy of Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon’s impressive debut. This week, however, the Switch title has once again retaken the top spot, as per data released by Famitsu, with over 34,000 units sold.