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  1. Push Square60

    GSD data: 51% of Marvel's Wolverine PS5 sales in Europe were physical

    GSD data cited by The Game Business puts physical copies at 35% of Marvel's Wolverine PS5 sales, rising to 51% in Europe. Ampere Analysis reports the game sold 2.16 million units across digital and physical, with physical at 45% for Silent Hill: Townfall, 36% for The Blood of Dawnwalker and 30% for Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Sony has not shared official sales data and still plans to stop producing boxed PlayStation games from January 2028.

Oct 8Thu
  2. VGC42

    35% of Marvel's Wolverine launch sales were the disc version, data suggests

    Ampere sales data indicates that 35% of Marvel's Wolverine launch sales came from the physical disc version, with the boxed share reaching 51% in Europe at launch. The PS5 exclusive sold around 2.16 million units in September, making it the second-best-selling PS5 game that month behind EA Sports FC 27. Sony announced this summer that PS5 game discs will no longer be produced for games launching after January 2028.

  4. Push Square40

    Marvel Tokon Far Exceeds Expectations in US Sales Charts, PS5 Dollar Spend Up

    Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls placed third in Circana's August US sales charts, behind NBA 2K27 and Madden NFL 27. PS5 was the second best-selling console behind Switch 2, with dollar sales up 17% year-over-year while unit sales fell 11%. The Midnight Black PS Portal was the third best-selling accessory of the month, with Remote Play handheld sales up 39% year-over-year.

  5. Game Developer62

    Denuvo seeks subpoenas to force Discord, Valve, and Reddit to identify hacker

    Denuvo has asked a California federal court for permission to subpoena Discord, Valve, and Reddit for information on the username voices38, the person it believes is behind multiple cracks. In September, Denuvo filed a DMCA anti-circumvention lawsuit accusing voices38 of bypassing its technology on 26 games in a way that undermines how Denuvo works. Denuvo's lawyers admit they do not know whether voices38 is an individual or a group, and a judge must now decide whether the subpoenas can proceed.

  6. Kotaku36

    Physical Sales of Marvel's Wolverine Estimated at Around 35% as Sony Moves Away From Discs

    Roughly 35 percent of Marvel's Wolverine sales were disc versions, according to estimates from Ampere Analysis shared with The Game Business. The same data put The Blood of Dawnwalker at about 36 percent physical and Silent Hill Townfall at around 45 percent, with physical sales particularly strong in parts of Europe. NYU professor Joost van Dreunen said people still have a need to collect, keeping physical sales relevant to the consumer market.

  7. GameSpot34

    Xbox's XP Division Is a Fancy New Name, But We're Failing To See What's Really Different Here

    Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has created a new XP division, overseen by former Mojang Studios president Kayleen Walters, covering the "four investment areas" of pictures, products, places, and partnerships. The announcement revealed no new film or TV investments or game adaptations, instead highlighting projects like the Call of Duty movie and Fallout: Season 3 that were already in the works. Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball acknowledged on Xbox Wire that these capabilities have existed across various teams at Xbox for years.

  8. IGN36

    Live-Service Games Keep Getting Cancelled — Is This the Beginning of the End?

    15 of the 19 major live-service games launched in 2025 had lost over 80% of their initial playerbase by the end of January this year. PlayStation has halted or cancelled over a dozen live-service games in the last decade, and Naughty Dog cancelled The Last of Us Online. Veteran developers say enough cancellations and shutdowns have created a trust issue among players.

  10. @Shinobi60234

    US Game Spending Drops 9% in August, Switch 2 Tops Hardware

    US video game spending fell 9% year-on-year to $4.3B in August 2026, with content spending down 10% to $3.8B, per Circana. Switch 2 was the best-selling console by both units and revenue, while PS5 revenue grew 17% and Xbox and Switch 2 revenue dropped 13%. Hardware unit sales fell 15% to 559K, the lowest August total since 2013; NBA 2K27 was the month's top-selling game and Resident Evil: Requiem leads year-to-date.

  12. Gematsu51

    Xbox forms XP division to expand franchises into film, TV, products, and live experiences

    Xbox announced the formation of XP, a new division focused on expanding its franchises beyond games into film and television, consumer products, strategic partnerships, and live experiences. The division will be led by newly appointed president Kayleen Walters, who spent 13 years at Lucasfilm and most recently served as president of Mojang, where she helped oversee Minecraft's growth to more than 425 million units sold and its expansion into merchandising, film, and theme parks. XP formalizes four areas of investment: Xbox Pictures, Xbox Products, Xbox Places, and Xbox Partnerships.

  14. GameSpot34

    Xbox Forms XP Division, Minecraft Theme Park Is "The First Of Many"

    Xbox has created a new division called XP to bring its franchises to film, TV, theme parks, and more. Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said the upcoming Minecraft theme park is "the first of many theme park placements to come," suggesting future Xbox attractions will appear in existing parks rather than a dedicated Xbox park. The Minecraft theme park is set to open in the UK next year at Chessington World of Adventures.

  16. GamesIndustry.biz36

    Glen Schofield on retirement, The Callisto Protocol development, and the state of AAA

    Veteran developer Glen Schofield has retired from the games industry, with his last project being The Callisto Protocol at Krafton's Striking Distance Studios in 2022. He says Krafton's decision to launch the game in December 2022, months before the March 2023 date he had been promised, forced the team to ship a pared-down version amid COVID disruption. Schofield added that he finished all the DLC and put out 86 patches, while Krafton was not interested in a pitch for a second Callisto Protocol game.

  17. GamesIndustry.biz22

    Mixtape wins three awards at Australian Game Developer Awards 2026, including GOTY

    Beethoven & Dinosaur's Mixtape took three prizes at the Australian Game Developer Awards 2026, including Game of the Year, Excellence in Art and Excellence in Sound Design. Tempo Lab Games' rhythm title Bits & Bops won two awards, while Canberra-based Uppercut Games was named Studio of the Year. The ceremony also introduced the inaugural GCAP Legacy Award, won by Riot Games principal software engineer Tony Albrecht.

  18. Polygon62

    Microsoft announces Xbox XP division covering film, TV, consumer products, and live events

    Microsoft announced Xbox XP, a new division spanning film and television, consumer products, strategic partnerships, and live experiences, led by former Lucasfilm executive and Mojang president Kayleen Walters. XP has four investment areas: Xbox Pictures, Xbox Products, Xbox Places, and Xbox Partnerships, with Mari Angelidou-Smith taking over Mojang and both reporting to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. Xbox already has a second Minecraft movie, a third season of Amazon Prime's Fallout, a Call of Duty film, and a Netflix Diablo animated series in the works.

  24. Gematsu22

    Japan Famitsu Sales: Ace Combat 8 Debuts at 63,013 Retail Copies

    Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve for PS5 was the top new release in Japan for the week of September 28 to October 4, opening at 63,013 retail copies sold. Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered followed with 18,724 units on PS5 and 11,684 on Switch 2, for a 30,408 opening total. Switch 2 sold 26,200 units, the PlayStation 5 family 12,768, the Switch family 7,704, and the Xbox Series family 612.

  25. VGC51

    Journey and Edith Finch designer's studio Gardens raises over $70 million

    California-based Gardens Interactive announced on Wednesday it raised over $35 million in a Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing total funding to over $70 million. Investors include Zenith Capital, Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Accel, Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors, Bayshore and former Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, with the family office of late Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi reinvesting. Led by co-founder and CEO Stephen Bell, the studio's debut is a shared-world fantasy adventure it calls a strandbox, with designer Chris Bell citing Death Stranding, GTA roleplay and Arc Raiders as influences and a closed pre-alpha now open for sign-ups.

  26. GameSpot62

    US August console sales fall to a 13-year low, hardware units down 15% year-over-year

    Circana's Mat Piscatella reported that US console unit sales fell 15% year-over-year in August to 559,000 units, the lowest August total since 2013 (423,000 units). PlayStation units dropped 11%, Xbox units dropped 31% (its lowest August since 2020), and Nintendo units dropped 15%. Average prices rose from $476 in 2025 to $541 in 2026, while Sony's dollar sales grew 17% year-over-year.

  27. GameSpot22

    NBA 2K27 Tops Madden NFL 27 in August, Shocking Absolutely Nobody

    Circana's August 2026 US sales report has NBA 2K27 as the month's best-selling game, with Madden NFL 27 in second place and its Kickoff Bundle version in fourth. Five of the top 10 were new releases, including Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls at third, Star Wars Zero Company at fifth, and Big Walk at eighth. On the 2026 year-to-date chart, NBA 2K27 moved into third while Resident Evil Requiem remains on top.

  28. Rock Paper Shotgun60

    Xbox launches licensing arm XP and hands Mojang to ex-Meta executive

    Xbox announced a new division called XP, led by former Mojang president Kayleen Walters, with four areas of focus: Xbox Pictures, Xbox Products, Xbox Places and Xbox Partnerships, aimed at earning more revenue from franchises such as Fallout and Minecraft through licensing deals. Mojang also has a new CEO, Maria Angelidou-Smith, who spent nearly a decade at Meta working on Facebook groups, events, creators, search, profile and monetisation. Xbox is currently carrying out multiple rounds of layoffs that will ultimately cut 3,200 people.

  29. GamesIndustry.biz62

    Xbox forms XP division for film, TV, licensing and theme parks

    Xbox announced a new XP business unit focused on transmedia brand extensions, including the Fallout TV series and the Minecraft World theme park. The division will be led by current Mojang Studios president Kayleen Walters, with Reddit chief product officer Maria Angelidou-Smith taking over at Mojang. XP covers four areas: Xbox Pictures for film and TV, Xbox Products for licensing and merchandise, Xbox Partnerships for sponsors and brand partners, and Xbox Places for broadcast, events and theme parks.

  30. GamesIndustry.biz22

    Safe In Our World launches Four Billion Players campaign to make mental health support more accessible for gamers

    Mental health charity Safe In Our World has launched the Four Billion Players campaign, asking developers, publishers, and platforms to make mental health support more accessible and put it in front of players. Suggested examples include a splash screen at game launch, links to the charity's free mental health resources in menus, in-game events or items, and signposts in community spaces. The organisation, founded in 2019, has raised over $450,000 for mental health training.

  31. Kotaku34

    U.S. Physical Game Spending Is Up 5% in 2026, Thanks to Game-Key Cards and Switch 2

    U.S. consumer spending on new physical games is up 5 percent year-over-year so far in 2026, the first growth in more than a decade, according to Circana. The increase is largely driven by a 631-percent jump in spending on game-key cards, offsetting a 3-percent drop in everything else, with Circana's Mat Piscatella citing Switch 2 and publishers leaning more into game-key cards. Overall content spending for August was down 10 percent, and NBA 2K27 was the month's best-selling game.

  32. GamesIndustry.biz36

    NBA 2K27 Tops US August Charts, Becomes Third-Best Selling Game of 2026

    NBA 2K27 topped the US August charts and became the third-best-selling game of 2026, according to Circana data, after entering early access on August 26. Six new releases made the August top 10, with Madden NFL 27 second and Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls third, while Elden Ring jumped 34 places to No.7 after its Nintendo Switch 2 version launched on August 28. Total US consumer spend on video games fell 9% to $4.3 billion, and hardware unit sales dropped 15% year-on-year to 559,000.

  34. IGN62

    Xbox announces XP entertainment division for film, TV, and more

    Xbox announced a new film, TV, and entertainment division called XP, led by former Mojang president and Lucasfilm veteran Kayleen Walters. XP covers four areas: Xbox Pictures, Xbox Products, Xbox Partnerships, and Xbox Places, and Microsoft said it is not a production company but will seek partners across film, TV, physical experiences, and consumer products. Microsoft also named Maria Angelidou-Smith, previously Reddit's chief product officer, as the new CEO of Mojang.

  35. Eurogamer62

    Microsoft sets up Xbox XP division for film, TV and non-games partnerships

    Microsoft announced a new Xbox division called XP, made up of Xbox Places, Xbox Pictures, Xbox Partnerships and Xbox Products, with a focus on cross-media work such as film and TV. It will be led by Kayleen Walters, formerly studio head of Mojang Studios and vice president of franchise development at Microsoft. Xbox Places will oversee the Minecraft theme parks opening in the US and UK, backed by over £85m of investment from Mojang and Xbox and expected to open between 2026 and 2027.

  37. Xbox Wire60

    Microsoft forms new Xbox division XP, names new Mojang and Minecraft CEO

    In an internal note to Xbox employees, Microsoft said Kayleen Walters is moving from Mojang to become President of XP, a new Xbox division, while Maria Angelidou-Smith joins Xbox as CEO of Mojang and Minecraft on October 19. Both report to Asha. XP, a play on Experience Points, covers four areas: XBOX PICTURES, XBOX PRODUCTS, XBOX PARTNERSHIPS and XBOX PLACES. Maria previously led Facebook Groups and other products at Meta and served as Chief Product Officer at Reddit.

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  38. Xbox Wire62

    Microsoft forms new XBOX division XP, led by President Kayleen Walters

    Microsoft announced XP, a new XBOX division led by newly appointed President Kayleen Walters, covering film and television, consumer products, strategic partnerships and live experiences. The division consolidates capabilities previously spread across XBOX teams and formalizes four investment areas: XBOX PICTURES, XBOX PRODUCTS, XBOX PLACES and XBOX PARTNERSHIPS. Walters spent 13 years at Lucasfilm, and at Mojang Minecraft grew from 350 million units sold to over 425 million.

    Why this: Microsoft is folding film, merchandise, live events and brand partnerships into a new XP division, showing how it organizes its franchise push.