Prior to Bloodborne's arrival, some were skeptical about how it would perform on sales charts. Their logic wasn't poor, either. From Software has gained a reputation for making niche RPGs that divert radically from today's game design conventions; its games are unwelcoming, dark, and brutally punishing. This, combined with Bloodborne's PS4 exclusivity, meant that it would need to relentlessly thrill its audience to make the impact it hoped for.
Starting on April 25, GameStop will be accepting retro consoles for trade in select markets in a new pilot program, beginning with stores in New York City and Birmingham according to a report by IGN.
If Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin had been released last week and sold the same numbers, it would have debuted in eighth place. Two weeks ago, it would have been 15th. But since it came out just this past Thursday, during one of the dullest weeks of the year, it can be called Japan's best-selling game. It sold just a hair more than 20,000 units. Yeah. Here are the top 20 best-selling games in Japan for the week of April 6 - April 12:
1. (PS4) Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin - 20,494
2. (PSV) 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku-Hen - 15,394
3. (PS3) 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku-Hen - 14,582
4. (PSV) Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition - 11,842
5. (PS3) One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 - 10,777
6. (PS4) Bloodborne - 9,780
7. (PSV) Sword Art Online: Lost Song - 9,037
8. (WIU) Mario Party 10 - 8,954
9. (3DS) Xenoblade Chronicles 3D |new 3DS| - 8,905
10. (3DS) Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Korosensei Daihouimou!! - 8,555
11. (3DS) Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi - 7,275
12. (3DS) Theatrhythm Dragon Quest - 7,111
13. (PSV) One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 - 6,984
14. (PS4) Earth Defense Force 2025.1: The Shadow of New Despair - 6,362
15. (3DS) Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire - 6,057
16. (PS3) Pro Baseball Spirits 2015 - 5,993
17. (PSV) Pro Baseball Spirits 2015 - 5,251
18. (PSV) Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - 5,218
19. (WIU) Mario Kart 8 - 4,961
20. (PS3) Resident Evil: Revelations 2 - 4,892
On the bright side, check out the legs on Digimon. That game came out in mid March and is still hanging in there.
After leaks spoiled the fun ahead of time, Square Enix officially unveiled Star Ocean 5 just a few hours ago. The above trailer shows some of the series history in order to pre-sell you the new installment based on nostalgia for the previous games.
The Krypt in Mortal Kombat X is a revamped mode from prior Mortal Kombat games where you can spend Koins to unlock all manner of collectibles from extra Fatalities, Brutalities, costumes, concept art, and banner icons. This guide will help you earn extra Koins everywhere and help you collect all of the required inventory items to progress.
Origin is teaming up with the fine folks at Humble Bundle once more, following its success with the origin-al bundle in 2013 with Humble Origin Bundle 2.
Where the prior bundle sold about two million units with eight EA titles raising about $10 million for charity, this time around they hope to raise even more money with nine titles (and more to come).
An amazing thing about video games as a medium is that theyÄ‚Ë€â„Ëve absorbed the traits of other games to build an entirely new industry—cards, puzzles, desktop role-playing adventures, sports, and a hundred other genres and their variations. But one of the few genres thatÄ‚Ë€â„Ës been hanging around since the digital conception was of the previous heavyweight of the arcade industry: pinball.
Telepath Tactics is an PC, Mac, and Linux SRPG that has mostly been designed by a single guy, Craig Stern, who pretty much is indie developer Sinister Design. Stern ran two Kickstarter campaigns: the second one was successful after he made it possible for players to design their own campaigns with the map editor. Here's what we know about the game so far!
The latest issue of Famitsu (via Gematsu) details Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness, the next entry in the series from Square Enix and developer tri-Ace. The game is in development for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
Children spend more and more time playing video games as a means of entertainment, and the U.S. Department of Education sees it as an opportunity for learning according to a recent report by Polygon.
While the last-gen versions of Mortal Kombat X won't be available until this summer, NetherRealm's highly anticipated fighter launches for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC this week!
It's never all that surprising when a Grand Theft Auto game sells a ton of copies. However, the PC port of Grand Theft Auto V arrives more than a year and a half after the game's initial launch, with
DRM, and without mod support. It didn't exactly set itself up for success. Nonetheless, if its launch is any indication of how it will perform, it's going to do extremely well.
Xbox One owners with a subscription to EA Access will be able to play Star Wars: Battlefront before anyone else.
Microsoft game marketing lead Aaron Greenberg revealed the news in a post on Twitter, saying:
In just a few days, gamers will get their first extended look at DICE's highly anticipated sci-fi shooter at this year's Star Wars Celebration. Are you excited for the game's grand debut on April 17? Will you be subscribing to EA Access with the sole intention of hopping into Battlefront early?
Triad Wars, a PC spinoff of Sleeping Dogs, is currently in closed beta and we've got ten codes from the developers to give you a chance to try it out. As Paul Tamburro wrote in his preview, the game asks you to build a gang and developer illegal rackets like "cockfighting, counterfeiting, and smuggling." Just another day in Hong Kong, it seems. Where do I sign up?
Season 3 has just begun for Diablo 3. After spending a weekend participating, I have come to the conclusion that Diablo 3 is now in a state where it is just a spectacular as Diablo 2 was in its prime. That's saying a lot, but it's just that good.
Capcom boss and Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono believes Street Fighter V will serve up an unexpected experience for players when it launches for PC and PlayStation 4 in 2016.
To gear of for all of the amazing games that will be coming to Xbox One later this year, Microsoft has lowered the starting price of its new-gen gaming console in the UK. Now the box is officially pound;299.
Sure, Mortal Kombat X might be soon upon us, but let's take a look back at the pivotal second entry in the legendary series before we jump into the tenth. I also yack briefly about the first one.
Some things are just meant to go together, like peanut butter and jelly, or lemon and lime. In gaming, that slice of heaven is when large casts of seemingly unrelated characters take each other on.
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