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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the biggest Assassin’s Creed game launch in history

More units sold through in first week than any other Assassin’s Creed game. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the biggest Assassin’s Creed game launch in history, selling through more units in its first week than any other Assassin’s Creed game during the same period, publisher Ubisoft announced. The Viking-themed Assassin’s Creed game has also become the top-selling Ubisoft PC launch ever, driven by all-time record Ubisoft Store sales …

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Switch sold 735,926 units in the U.S. in October 2020, marking second-highest October sales of a game console ever

Outdone only by the 807,000 units sold of Wii in October 2008. Switch and Switch Lite sold 735,926 units in the United States in October 2020, outperforming its October 2019 sales by 136 percent, Nintendo announced citing numbers provided by NPD. The October 2020 sales are the second-highest October sales of any video game console in history, outdone only by the 807,000 …

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition announced for PS4, Xbox One, and PC

Includes targeted enhancements for PS5 and Xbox Series. Publisher Electronic Arts and developer BioWare have announced Mass Effect Legendary Edition for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, with forward compatibility and targeted enhancements for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. It will launch in spring 2021. Mass Effect Legendary Edition includes remastered versions of Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3. Each game has been improved …

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Slight jump in boxed game sales as lockdown returns | UK Boxed Charts

Nintendo Switch games post strong week-on-week increases The COVID-19 lockdown restarted in the UK last week, but unlike last time, it hasn’t made a huge impact on physical video game sales — at least not on Xbox One and PS4. Overall, game sales rose 13% week-on-week, which is still impressive in a week where there were no significant game launches …

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FIFA 21 retains No.1 in quiet week before the storm | UK Boxed Charts

Cadence of Hyrule sneaks into the Top 40 EA’s FIFA 21 has retained the No.1 spot in the UK physical charts, despite a 50% drop in sales week-on-week. It’s the third consecutive physical No.1 for the football game, although sales remain lower than last year. However, the game has performed much better as a digital download so far this year compared with …

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Growth in UK games industry fastest ever recorded

Games development headcount is at an all-time high of 18,279 in the UK Growth in the UK games industry has been faster in 2019/2020 than it’s ever been since trade association TIGA started doing annual reports in 2007/08. TIGA’s latest report, released today, reported a 12.2% annualised growth rate in terms of creative staff in development studios, with the headcount …

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Head of Xbox Phil Spencer on Xbox Series X, Bethesda Softworks games on PlayStation, relationship with Nintendo, more

Spencer expects Xbox Series S to be a bigger long-term hit than Xbox Series X. Kotaku recently spoke with Xbox head Phil Spencer to discuss everything from Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S to the Zenimax Media acquisition and more. Here are the most interesting snippets from Kotaku’s interview: Phil Spencer Expects Xbox Series S to Be the Bigger Long-Term …

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