John Carpenter's Toxic Commando had a solid launch but ultimatelty fell "below the Company’s ambitious expectations."
Memories In Orbit and Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! "did not achieve the commercial success expected."
(Source: PulluP Q4 FY25/26 IR)
Currently replaying King Kong via Xbox BC (only playable via disc.)
I think it was the first game I played on my Xbox 360 over 20 years ago. It was pretty incredible and quite the 'next-gen' experience along with PGR3 & Condemned.
Its a little archaic today but still a fun game.
Pragmata Reviews
10/10 - Gamespew
10/10 - MonsterVine
9.5/10 - Techraptor
9.5/10 - PSU
9/10 - The Gamer
9/10 - Gamespot
9/10 - Giant Bomb
9/10 - Stevivor
9/10 - GamingBolt
8.5/10 - CGMagazine
8/10 - Push Square
8/10 - VGC
8/10 - Eurogamer
8/10 - IGN
7/10 - GameRant
OC - 87
Samson Reviews
8/10 - Outerhaven Productions
7/10 - GamingBolt
6.5/10 - Altchar
6/10 - Console Creatures
6/10 - Prima Games
6/10 - Destructoid
5/10 - Everyeye
5/10 - IGN Germany
4/10 - DayOne
4/10 - Gamereactor
4/10 - CGMagazine
3/10 - GameRant
3/10 - Smashpad
Twenty years ago today, Microsoft acquired Lionhead Studios.
The studio led by Peter Molyneux, had proven itself with unique games like Black & White, Fable & The Movies.
Microsoft doubled down on Fable with Lionhead developing multiple sequels & spin-offs before closing in 2016.
Quantum Break is 10 years old today.
Released April 5, 2016 on Xbox One & PC.
Super ambitious game from @remedygames, aiming to blend a time travel story game with a live action TV show.
Highly impressive Northlight visuals blended with action packed shooting. Deserves more love!
Absolutely crazy console generation.
I paid €470 for PS5 Disc Slim in February 2024.
Middle and lower class incomes will be priced out of console gaming at this rate, while it used to be an affordable entry into the world of videogames.
Unsustainable if this trend continues.
Looks like a price increase is coming soon for PlayStation 5 consoles in Europe, according to French retail sources.
• PS5 Slim Disc: €650 (was €550)
• PS5 Pro: €900 (was €800)
• PS5 Portal: €250 (was €220)
A massive €100 price increase. Official PR is expected soon.
Screamer Reviews
9.5/10 - TechRaptor
9/10 - DayOne
8.5/10 - Checkpoint Gaming
8.5/10 - Dualshockers
8/10 - Shacknews
8/10 - Push Square
8/10 - Outerhaven Productions
8/10 - Console Creaters
8/10 - IGN
8/10 - Gameliner
7.5/10 - WellPlayed
7.2/10 - PC Gamer
7/10 - Press Start
Sales revenue by hardware platform for The Witcher 3 & Cyberpunk 2077.
(Source: CD Projekt FY25 Presentation)
(2020 includes the PSN refunds for Cyberpunk 2077 & 2025 includes the PS+ revenue payment)
Crimson Desert Reviews
10/10 - Gameliner
10/10 - Gamers Heroes
10/10 - Outerhaven Productions
9.5/10 - Dualshockers
9/10 - Windows Central
8.5/10 - DayOne
8/10 - The Gamer
8/10 - Digital Spy
8/10 - TechRadar
8/10 - GamesRadar+
8/10 - PC Gamer
6/10 - Eurogamer
6/10 - VG247
6/10 - CGMagazine
Permanent price drops as of March 17:
• Starfield ̶$̶6̶9̶.̶9̶9̶ $49.99
• Starfield Premium Edition ̶$̶9̶9̶.̶9̶9̶ $69.99
• Starfield Shattered Space ̶$̶2̶9̶.̶9̶9̶ $19.99
• FBC Firebreak ̶$̶3̶9̶.̶9̶9̶ $19.99
• FBC Firebreak Deluxe Edition ̶$̶4̶9̶.̶9̶9̶ $29.99
Resident Evil Requiem sales exceed 6 million units, which is the fastest that a title in the series has reached this milestone.
Capcom will celebrate the 30th anniversary for the series on March 22 with "various plans to delight series fans."
Its now been 10 days since Marathon launched.
The game seems to plateau around 50k-60k concurrent players on Steam, which is slightly below Helldivers 2 & Battlefield 6, but above Call of Duty.
I'm curious how PlayStation views the launch, which wasn't huge, but holds steady.
Nobody Wants to Die is a very impressive indie game.
Production values are kinda insane and it runs very smoothly on consoles at 60fps too.
Yes, its a walking sim, but its an interesting mix of Blade Runner, LA Noire and Altered Carbon.
2008 was peak for Guitar Hero/Rock Band/Wii Fit stuff I bet
Approximately 50% of total unit sales are from PC sales, and Capcom expect this ratio to continue increasing.
Capcom plans to "further strengthen our PC development framework" and the technical lessons learned from Monster Hunter Wilds "will be applied to future title development."
Still do, hopefully! Been awful quiet lately...
Sixteen years ago today, Sony acquired Media Molecule for an undisclosed fee.
Under PlayStation ownership, the studio created LittleBigPlanet 1 & 2, Tearaway, Tearaway: Unfolded and Dreams.
It has not shipped a game since 2020.
Resident Evil Requiem is off to a very strong start on Steam.
The game has reached 291k concurrent players peak, easily beating the 168k record of Resident Evil 4 Remake.
It will likely go even higher over the weekend. More success for Capcom!
JDM: Japanese Drift Master has turned a profit for developer Gaming Factory. Total revenue for the game exceeded PLN 18 million.
The game has sold 244.4k units across all platforms, with 217k on PC (May 21), 13k on Xbox (November 21) and 14.4k on PS5 (February 6).
www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/GA...
DayZ:
- PS+ added 300k new players on Day 1
- 650k DAU peak on all platforms
Arma Reforger:
- 1.5M units sold LTD
- 226k DAU peak across all platforms
- 2.7M unique users in 2025
- 96M hours played
Arma 3:
- 2M unique users in 2025
- 1M new players in 2025
- 48M hours played
The new Prologue DLC for Neva is a fantastic addition to the already incredible base game. Insane value at just $2.99 for the DLC.
If you haven't played it already, now's a great time to jump in. The art and music are spectacular on my OLED and Atmos setup.
Support your indies!
Sony closing Bluepoint in a way puts even more pressure on Marathon to deliver commercially.
You can already tell by the comments on the awkwardly timed Marathon post just now.
Somehow I fear it won't be the breakout hit that Sony thinks it will be.
2026:
Closed
- Atomic Arcade
- Armature Studio
- Twisted Pixel
- Sanzaru Games
- Bluepoint Games
Lay-offs
- Ubisoft Toronto ~40 staff
- Cloudhead Studios 70% of staff
- Wildlight Ent. "mass layoffs"
- 10 Chambers Collective "significant restructering"
- RIOT 2XKO ~80 staff
Despite several key updates for PAYDAY 3 in Q4 2025, the game could not generate more revenue than PAYDAY 2.
For the year 2025, revenue for PAYDAY 2 was up 20% YoY while PAYDAY 3 revenue declined 8% YoY.
PAYDAY 3 was one of the 'free' PlayStation Plus games in February 2025.
Thunderful Group Top 10 Game Sales 2025
(Revenue in MSEK)
Resident Evil Requiem physical copies have been spotted in the wild, so beware of spoilers.
Jesus....
"..memory manufacturers are now "demanding three years' worth of prepayment (unprecedented in the electronics industry)" and that those same manufacturers "internally estimate the shortage will last until 2030 or even for another 10 years."
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
