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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth leads surge of new hits | Japan Monthly Charts

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was the biggest-selling game at Japanese retail in March, shifting 310,596 units and leading a slew of new releases that took over the Top Five in the boxed games charts. Read more

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom returns to No.1, while new wrestler AEW debuts at No.3 | UK Boxed Charts

GamesIndustry.biz

1 again in the UK physical retail charts. It briefly had to accept second place during the weeks that Diablo 4 and Final Fantasy 16 were released. This is all GfK physical retail data. Final Fantasy 16 was last week's No.1, Final Fantasy 16 was last week's No.1, The open world adventure game has now secured six No.1s

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's reign continues | UK Boxed Charts

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1 briefly until Final Fantasy 16 launched but was back again last week. Despite a 20% drop in sales week-on-week, Nintendo's hit remained at the top for the second week running, GfK reported. Following its launch on May 12, Tears of the Kingdom remained at the top for four weeks, until Diablo 4's release. It then reclaimed No.1 Read more

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Why Board Game Publishers Like Some Games and Don’t Like Others

Brand Game Development

” “Why did they retheme my [insert original theme] game into a generic fantasy world?” They could be manufacturers, retailers, designers, or playtesters. . “Why wasn’t my [insert original idea] run with? There are mechanics in there that nobody’s ever seen!”

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Summer Game Fest already feels like an anachronism

Game Daily

Long before its demise, E3 was an anachronism; a show for retail buyers, in an industry that had moved way beyond its bricks and mortar past. We saw extended gameplay from spooky survival adventure Alan Wake 2, which came a month after a trailer was released.

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Puzzle Strike on iOS

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Puzzle Strike is a deckbuilding puzzle game played amongst Fantasy Strike characters. And like the other games in the Fantasy Strike universe, Puzzle Strike is designed to hold up to thousands of games at the expert level, and we fully embrace the philosophy of even-playfield competition. Improve your deck (of chips!)

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The future of gaming is as opaque as ever

Game Daily

The woeful 2010 predictions focused on techno-utopian, science fiction fantasies that are still, today, a long way from realization. It’s also true that an industry that peddles sci-fi fantasies is bound to be easily seduced by technological utopias that promise to make everyone richer and happier.