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Nintendo scored both the best-selling game (Mario Tennis Aces) and console (NES Classic) of June 2018
Nintendo can lay claim to the top-selling console in June 2018… but it wasn’t the Nintendo Switch. Instead, it looks like the relaunched NES Classic was the month’s best-selling console.
However, that’s not to say that the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch (as well as the Super NES Classic and 3DS) were slouching. According to the NPD Group (via GamesIndustry.biz), the three major consoles, both of Nintendo’s retro microconsoles, and the 3DS created a 52% increase in overall hardware sales versus June 2017.
All told, the game industry tallied $1.1 billion in sales in June, which was good for a 25% year-over-year increase.
June is typically a slow month for new releases, and that was reflected in the NPD’s companion report on best-selling games. Mario Tennis Aces was the top-selling game during the month, with The Crew 2 (#4), and Lego The Incredibles (#7) also breaking into the top ten. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy‘s debut on the PC, Switch, and Xbox One also helped it re-enter the list at #9.
A quick rundown of the remainder of June 2018’s best-selling games can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS3, PS4, Retro, Switch, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Crash Bandicoot, Detroit: Become Human, Far Cry 5, FIFA 18, Grand Theft Auto V, Lego The Incredibles, Mario Kart 8, Mario Tennis Aces, NPD, The Crew 2
Chasm, 1979 Revolution, Pixel Ripped 1989, more coming to PS Store this week
Step back into history with this week’s PlayStation Store update…
First up, PS4 and PS Vita owners will finally get the chance to download Chasm, a medieval MetroidVania designed and developed by Bit Kid. In development for more than five years, the procedurally-generated adventure asks players to explore a dungeon teeming with monsters and mayhem.
Also available to download for the PS4 this week is 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, an interactive adventure that takes place during the Iranian Revolution.
Finally this week, Pixel Ripped 1989 is a PSVR-powered trip back to the earliest days of gaming, and players will need to travel inside the games themselves to save the real world in this “wacky multi-dimensional homage.”
You can learn more about the rest of this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. (more…)
New Retail Releases: WarioWare Gold, More
Nintendo is showing 3DS owners that there’s still some life left in their dedicated handheld with this week’s release of WarioWare Gold. Featuring more than 300 new and returning “microgames,” WarioWare Gold is the biggest entry in the series to date and the first to appear on the 3DS (though it’s only playable in 2D).
The remainder of this week’s new retail releases are games making their Switch debut, including THQ Nordic’s Diablo-like hack-and-slash action RPG, Titan Quest; Nicalis’s anime-inspired hack-and-slash RPG, Code of Princess EX; and a 25th Anniversary Edition re-release of Paul Cuisset’s “cinematic platformer,” Flashback.
This quartet of games is it for now, but as always, we’ll be back later this week with a look at more new titles coming to the PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, and Nintendo eShop.
Posted in 3DS, News, Switch
Tagged Flashback, WarioWare Gold
The Banner Saga 3, Titan Quest, Flashback, more coming to Nintendo eShop this week
It looks like it’s time for another Nintendo eShop update. As usual, more than 20 new games will be available to download for the Switch. Here’s what’s on tap for this week…
RPG fans should be on the lookout for The Banner Saga 3, the grand finale to Stoic’s strategy RPG series, as well as Titan Quest, an action RPG that was originally released for the PC in 2006. Also set to launch this week for the Switch is Flashback, a modern remake of Delphine Software’s “cinematic platformer,” which was first released in 1992.
Finally this week, Nintendo will partner with Hamster Corporation to bring Sky Skipper, one of the consolemaker’s earliest arcade games, to the Switch.
You can learn more about the rest of this week’s additions to the Nintendo eShop (including Go Vacation, Code of Princess EX, The King of Fighters ’97, and more) after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, Switch
Tagged Flashback, The Banner Saga 3
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2, The Banner Saga 3, more coming to PS Store this week
Travel to a far-flung future and a distant past in this week’s PlayStation Store update.
If you’re a fan of side-scrolling platformers, you’ll definitely want to look ahead to 20XX and this week’s release of Mega Man X Legacy Collection and Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2. Available for the PS4 separately or as a bundle, the Legacy Collection compilations include all eight games in the Mega Man X series, as well as a wealth of behind-the-scenes material in the Museum Mode and the brand new X Challenge Mode, which pits players in a battle against two different bosses at the same time.
Also available for the PS4 this week is The Banner Saga 3, the finale to Stoic’s trilogy of strategic RPG series. Things are not looking bright for our Viking heroes, as the developer asks, “As the world continues to crumble around you, who can you trust, how will you protect your allies, and what choices will you make as the Darkness draws near?”
You can learn more about the rest of this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PS4, Vita
Tagged Mega Man X, The Banner Saga 3
Blizzard will team up with Titan Comics to release Diablo comic miniseries later this year
We missed this one during Comic-Con last week, but it looks like Blizzard and Titan Comics will team up to produce a brand new miniseries based on the Diablo franchise. Set to launch this Fall, the four-part comic saga will be written by Marv Wolfman (Crisis on Infinite Earths) and illustrated by Piotr Kowalski (Wolfenstein):
The [Diablo] comics will follow a group of zealous scholars and crusaders as they discover the true origins of humanity. Will their faith survive these shocking revelations?
For those keeping score at home, Titan’s untitled Diablo series will actually be the third comic adaptation of Blizzard’s battle between the angelic Nephalem and the hordes of Hell. The developer worked with Dark Horse to publish Diablo: Tales of Sanctuary in 2001, and partnered with DC Comics ten years later to produce Diablo: Sword of Justice in 2011.
More information about the Diablo miniseries (and presumably, a collected edition) will be announced soon. But for now, you can take a gander at a pair of teaser images from Kowalski after the break. (more…)
Posted in Etcetera, News, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Comic-Con 2018, Diablo III
Mothergunship, Tempest 4000, Hungry Shark World, more coming to PS Store this week
Two wild shooters and two high seas adventures highlight this week’s PlayStation Store update…
Grip Digital and Terrible Posture Games have teamed up to bring Mothergunship to the PS4. The first person shooter adds “bullet-hell intensity” to the genre, along with an in-depth crafting mechanic to give players the chance to create the perfect gun. Also available to download for the PS4 this week is Tempest 4000, a brand new “tube shooter” from Jeff Minter, one of the genre’s pioneers.
Elsewhere on the PlayStation Store, PS4 owners will be able to pick Hungry Shark World, an “action-packed aquatic adventure” where you take control of a shark and eat everything in your path, and Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion, a pirate-themed adventure based on the popular animated series.
You can learn more about the rest of this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. (more…)
Professional awesome guy Nathan Fillion is Nathan Drake in this Uncharted fan film
If all goes according to plan, Tom Holland will soon put his Spider-Man suit in the closet and head out on an adventure as a young Nathan Drake in an Uncharted movie adaptation.
It’s been a very winding road for the film adaptation of Sony’s wildly popular action-adventure series, and one point in time, fans were pushing hard to give the role to Nathan Fillion. The star of Firefly and Castle was very interested in the idea, but Sony’s prequel plans have seemingly put a stop to that.
So instead, Fillion teamed up with director Allan Ungar to create a live-action fan film based on the franchise. The 15-minute short also features plenty of excitement, as well as Stephen Lang as Victor “Sully” Sullivan, Mircea Monroe as Elena Fisher, Geno Segers as Diego, and Ernie Reyes Jr (Keno from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II!) as El Tigre.
Fillion expounded a bit on what making the fan film meant to him on Instagram:
This is something I’ve wanted to do, but more importantly, something I’ve wanted to see for a long time. If you’ve ever pinned a towel around your neck for a cape, or donned a fedora and nearly put your eye out with a homemade whip, this is for you. Thank you, [Allan Ungar], for letting us all scratch this itch. Thank you, [Naughty Dog], for creating such a wonderful archetype. Thank you fans, for your excellent taste. You know who you are. Enjoy.
The Uncharted fan film directed by Allan Unger, and starring Nathan Fillion as Nathan Drake, is embedded above.
Posted in Etcetera, News, PS3, PS4
Tagged Uncharted: Drake's Fortune