Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 23, 2019

If you want to get your board game into retail, you’ve probably heard the advice “go to cons.” Why are cons so useful for getting into retail or even launching a Kickstarter? Molly: It helps you get into retail if your product, you, or your company, is recommended by other retailers. Molly: Yeah.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 16, 2019

If you want to get your board game into retail stores, it helps to set small, achievable goals. Molly & her first two retail customers. Molly: Well, we had just two retailers pledge on our Kickstarter and I’m going to name them in a moment. The Uncommons is one of the first [retail supporters] ever.

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Game Developer

MARCH 30, 2023

The PlayStation VR2's launch month has reportedly not gone to plan, and an analyst suggests a lower retail price may be in Sony's best interests.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As noted by Eurogamer , it seems as though scalpers may have hoarded some of the supply as there are already listings for the device (which retails at £199) on Ebay for between £200 t0 £290, with some reaching over £300. The PlayStation Portal, which launched on November 15, has already sold out in the UK and the US.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2023

PS5 games were once again in control of the UK boxed charts this week, thanks to summer sales and price bundling. GfK's report showed that four of the Top Ten best-selling boxed games saw sales comfortably led by their PS5 edition, plus PlayStation exclusive Gran Turismo rounded off the charts at No.10.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 3, 2023

1 again in the UK physical retail charts. This is all GfK physical retail data. Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is back at No.1 The open world adventure game has now secured six No.1s 1s since it released eight weeks ago. Final Fantasy 16 was last week's No.1,

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Game Developer

MAY 25, 2023

The sequel will retail for $59.99 on consoles and $49.99

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

As reported by GfK, a retailer promotion has seen sales increase across all formats for the Warner Bros. Hogwarts Legacy has returned to the top of the UK boxed charts, following a 228% spike in sales week-on-week. title, the highest on PS5 at 266% followed by Xbox Series X|S at 249%. 7 following early access on Friday last week.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 23, 2023

1 in the UK boxed retail charts, GfK data reveals. Spider-Man 2 beat out competition from Super Mario to claim No.1 The PlayStation 5 exclusive had a strong launch. It is the biggest PS5 boxed launch of the year, with sales almost 5% bigger than the previous high point: the PS5 launch of Hogwarts Legacy back in February.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 19, 2023

Arran is a veteran of video games retail, with stints at HMV, Blockbuster, Amazon, Sainsbury's and ShopTo, amongst others. I felt a degree of sympathy for Nick Arran when I heard he was leading the GAME business. So it was no surprise that he was called up to succeed the company's former CEO Martyn Gibbs.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 1, 2023

It follows the first temporary price drop for Sony's console, with retailers selling the machine for as low as £399. Some retailers, such as Amazon and GAME, also included a game in addition to the price drop, with titles such as LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Forspoken and Saints Row available.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 7, 2023

This is data from GfK, courtesy of the Entertainment Retailer’s Association Yearbook, and based on physical retail sales. The average amount of money spent on a video game in the UK last year was £36.47, a rise of 6.7%. In terms of full-game downloads, data firm Omdia estimates that the average selling price was £15.19

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Not only for players but also developers, publishers, retailers, and all the other people who make up the video games industry. "Our mission is to foster positive mental health and well-being and deliver support," Tunley-Stainton tells GamesIndustry.biz. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 19, 2023

This data covers digital games from most major AAA games publishers, and physical retail games from the big European countries. Five million games were sold via physical retail, with the remaining 10.5 million games were sold across Europe last month, according to the latest GSD data. Full list below. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Video games retailer GameStop has announced that its board elected Ryan Cohen as its new president and CEO. The company added that he will not receive compensation for his new position; the announcement did not provide details as to why. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox FIFA 23 is back at the top of the UK retail charts, rising one place and seeing a sales boost of 27% compared to last week. The EA Sports game has not been No.1

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 28, 2023

The store will be composed of six shops and is set to be an "interactive retail experience," where customers can "see, touch and experience’ characters, products, events." Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 19, 2022

FIFA 23 was the best-selling game in the 2022 Christmas UK retail charts, according to GfK. While it's possible, perhaps likely, FIFA will have been boosted by interest in this year's World Cup, which ended over the weekend, EA's football series is a regular Christmas chart topper at UK retail – as is Call of Duty. Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Pikmin 4 was the best-selling game at Japanese retail for the second month in a row, fending off the only new release to chart in the Top 30: FromSoftware's Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 27, 2023

GameStop is already operating without a CEO, and it's poised to go without a CFO as well, as the retailer today announced that CFO Diana Saadeh-Jajeh has given her resignation, effective August 11.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 11, 2023

The game didn't sell particularly big numbers at boxed retail, and its launch week sits well behind Zelda, Hogwarts Legacy, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Resident Evil 4 and Dead Island 2. The Nintendo Switch release saw sales fall 36% over the week before. That means the new No.1 1 is Activision Blizzard's Diablo 4.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Video game retail company GameStop released its financial results for the three months ended July 29, 2023. Here's what you need to know: Read more

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Unity Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Unity Industry enables creators in automotive, manufacturing, government, architecture, energy, and retail to build and deliver custom real-time 3D experiences.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The company today announced the new smaller PS5 will arrive at US retailers in November, followed by a global rollout in the months to come. Sony is rolling out a redesigned PlayStation 5 system for the holidays. Like the original PS5, the new system will be available in disc and digital-only models.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Retailers get to keep about 20% off the top of any game they sell, or roughly a $12 cut from the $60 price tag. 20% of the $48 post-retail per-game revenue is $9.60, which cuts down the remaining $33.60 (after paying 30% to the platform) to $24 from the original $60. We can try to dodge the licensing and retail cuts.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 9, 2023

Video games remained the largest home entertainment sector in the UK in 2022, according to the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association's annual report. The UK home entertainment market is estimated to have reached £11.1 billion in revenue last year, ERA reported, including music, video, and games sales. to £4.43 billion, up 2.3%

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Microsoft has raised the retail price of its Xbox Series S|X systems in Sweden. As reported by GamingDeputy , the tech firm's changes for the consoles were spotted on its website. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 23, 2023

The awards are open to all games companies with offices in Canada, including developers, publishers, service companies, retail and media, and you can submit your company through here. The Canada winners will be announced in early November. Read more

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Game Development News

JUNE 28, 2023

Bandai Namco has announced it is opening a new ‘interactive retail experience’ store in July 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 10, 2023

Famitsu , translated by Google and spotted by VGC , released sales data for Japanese games retail from January 30 to February 26, which showed the PS5 sold 367,000 units throughout the four-week period. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 22, 2023

In 2019, Microsoft introduced the Azure Kinect Developer Kit, aiming it at manufacturing, retail, and healthcare markets rather than gaming. As announced in a blog post , the company will stop selling its latest version of the hardware this October or until stocks last. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 8, 2023

The awards are open to all games companies with offices in the US, including developers, publishers, service companies, retail and media, and you can submit your company through here. The US winners will be announced on Thursday, October 5th via a digital show. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 25, 2023

The awards are open to all games companies with offices in those countries, including developers, publishers, service companies, retail and media, and you can submit your company through here. Games companies in the US, Canada and UK can now enter the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards 2023. The deadline is Friday, August 4th.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 9, 2023

This covers all retail games released in major European markets, plus digital games from most AAA publishers in all European territories. Sales of video games, hardware and accessories surged across Europe last month, driven by the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 14, 2023

Famitsu's monthly retail sales data from June 26 to July 30 shows that the console sold 407,000 units across its standard, Lite, and OLED systems. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During July in Japan, the Nintendo Switch reached a lifetime sales total of 30 million consoles. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 22, 2023

The consumer product and licensing research firm's annual Top Global Licensors report ranked 84 brands in global retail sales last year, with The Pokémon Company sitting at No.5 The Pokémon Company made $11.6 billion in licensed goods during 2022, according to a License Global report. 5 in the Top Ten. billion (£9.1

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Game Development News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Ruth Dickens, programmer at Red Kite Games, explains how she went from being a science student at university to working on a retail release starring the gremlin Ninja of the Nth Dimension thanks to the Sumo Digital Academy

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