It's time for another look at the monthly state of the gaming industry, courtesy of Circana (formerly the NPD Group). April, as you might expect, was a busy month for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and…
May 17, 2023 | 10:04 EDT
Have you picked up The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom yet? If you have, then you're far from alone. Nintendo has confirmed that the latest entry in the long-running Zelda series managed to…
May 17, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
Merge Games has announced that Smalland: Survive the Wilds, its diminutive survival-craft-'em-up, has sold 200,000 copies since launching back in March. As you might expect with sales as encouraging…
May 17, 2023 | 08:27 EDT
On Friday, a little-known indie game called The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released. Somehow, this tiny project has managed to dominate the UK's sales charts for the week ending May…
May 15, 2023 | 08:56 EDT
Bandai Namco has revealed that shipments for Dragon Ball FighterZ and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, two of the flagship titles in the Dragon Ball series, have topped 10 million each. Those are some pretty…
May 10, 2023 | 05:54 EDT
Age of Wonders 4 sales managed to reach 250,000 in just four days, according to new data revealed by publisher Paradox Interactive. This figure makes the fourth major installment in the Age of…
May 9, 2023 | 09:30 EDT
Guerrilla Games has revealed that Horizon Forbidden West sales have topped 8.4 million around the world, and that the franchise as a whole has managed to sell 32.7 million units. The studio also says…
May 9, 2023 | 08:53 EDT
Hogwarts Legacy has made a triumphant return to the top of the UK sales charts this week owing to its recent release on last-gen consoles. The wizarding RPG has beaten games like Star Wars Jedi:…
May 8, 2023 | 10:47 EDT
Today Bethesda and Tango Gameworks announced that Ghostwire: Tokyo reached a new player milestone According to the announcement made on social media, over 4 million players have played the game so…
May 5, 2023 | 11:02 EDT
New Hogwarts Legacy sales figures have been announced, and even for a game that was pretty much guaranteed to be successful, they're pretty astounding. The game has managed to sell more than 15…
May 5, 2023 | 10:48 EDT
Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo have announced that Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty has crossed the million sales mark. The Soulslike, which is set in ancient China, has also managed to reach a pretty impressive…
April 28, 2023 | 03:35 EDT
Koei Tecmo has revealed another big sales milestone for Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End and the Secret Key, the latest in the Secret sub-series of Atelier JRPGs. The game has now crossed 300,000…
April 27, 2023 | 08:00 EDT
Today Square Enix announced that the popular JRPG NieR: Automata has passed another sales milestone. According to the announcement made on Twitter, the game has passed 7.5 million in sales,…
April 23, 2023 | 06:49 EDT
Circana, which you may know better as the NPD Group, has released its gaming industry sales analysis for March 2023. Given that it's the biggest release of the month, it's probably no surprise that …
April 19, 2023 | 09:39 EDT
Capcom has announced that the Resident Evil 4 remake has hit another major sales milestone. The game, which launched just a couple of weeks ago on March 24th, has crossed 4 million sales, and the…
April 7, 2023 | 09:00 EDT
Today Circana (formerly known as NPD before the merger with IRI) shared its sales statistics for the month of February 2023 via executive director and video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella. We…
March 29, 2023 | 10:50 EDT
What're ye buyin'? The Resident Evil 4 remake, apparently, if Capcom's recently-revealed sales figures are anything to go by. The Japanese gaming giant has announced that sales for the game have…
March 29, 2023 | 05:34 EDT
Koei Tecmo has revealed that between them, Atelier Ryza and its sequel have shipped over 1.5 million copies worldwide. With a third installment on the way, those sales figures are likely to be…
March 17, 2023 | 09:40 EDT
Today Warner Bros. Games reached out with a press release to share some data about the predictable commercial success of the Wizarding World game Hogwarts Legacy. According to the announcement,…
February 23, 2023 | 04:01 EST
Bandai Namco has announced that Elden Ring sales have galloped across yet another major milestone. Many millions of Tarnished have now taken up the reins of Torrent and wandered into the Lands…
February 22, 2023 | 02:56 EST
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights has reached a million sales, which is a pretty darn impressive number for an indie Metroidvania platformer. If the game's official Twitter account is to be…
February 6, 2023 | 09:04 EST
Hazelight has announced that its co-op adventure platformer It Takes Two has crossed the 10 million sales barrier. Given that the game isn't playable solo, it's also likely that lots more players…
February 3, 2023 | 08:46 EST
Capcom has revealed that Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the long-running Monster Hunter series, has crossed another big sales milestone. The game has managed to sell 12 million units…
February 3, 2023 | 03:37 EST
Today Sony Santa Monica Studio announced that its latest action adventure game God of War Ragnarok has sold 11 million copies. The announcement specifically mentions that we're talking bout a sell-…
February 1, 2023 | 05:46 EST
Stunlock Studios has announced that V Rising sales have hit yet another major milestone. The figure is particularly impressive given that the game is currently only available on PC via Steam, and it'…
January 26, 2023 | 08:41 EST
Owlcat Games has announced that Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous sales have crossed the million mark. That figure counts across all platforms on which the game has been released, and it also…
January 20, 2023 | 09:27 EST
The developers at Quantic Dream have announced that their adventure title Detroit: Become Human has reached 8 million copies sold since their initial release in May 2018. Detroit: Become Human was …
January 18, 2023 | 05:34 EST
Capcom has announced that Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak sales have smashed through the 5 million barrier, proving that the latest iteration of the Monster Hunter series still has plenty of life in it…
January 18, 2023 | 08:12 EST
US gaming analysis firm The NPD Group has released its figures for December 2022, and it looks like Call of Duty is continuing its stint on the software throne. The latest game in the series, Modern…
January 17, 2023 | 10:32 EST
Hey, it turns out The Last of Us is a pretty successful franchise. Now, however, we know just how successful it is, thanks to new sales figures released by Naughty Dog. The franchise has managed to…
January 4, 2023 | 10:38 EST
11 Bit Studios and Dead Mage have announced that Children of Morta's Paws and Claws DLC has raised a whopping $300,000 for charity. The DLC donates all of its proceeds to the Humane Society, so if…
December 21, 2022 | 11:46 EST
It turns out that strategy games are still cool, as Triangle Strategy has sold over 1 million copies on both the Nintendo Switch and PC through physical and digital sales. Considering that it's only…
December 21, 2022 | 11:13 EST
Roblox has released its daily active user count for November, and it's pretty crazy. It turns out that over 56 million people played, or "experienced", Roblox in November alone, so statistically, the…
December 15, 2022 | 09:32 EST
Get out your bug-splattering Mint Mace, because Grounded has gotten another update that includes quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes. This holiday update comes with another special gift for…
December 9, 2022 | 03:01 EST
Dwarf Fortress has sold over 160k units in just 24 hours since its release, and this is not only a monumental feat for the developers but quite shocking as well. Sales were projected to hit 160k…
December 7, 2022 | 02:50 EST
Paradox has announced that Victoria 3 sales have crossed the 500,000 mark in just over a month. This makes it one of the most successful Paradox launches of all time, despite the fact that the game…
November 30, 2022 | 11:03 EST
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim sales have reached 800,000 copies sold worldwide. This isn't anything to write home about if you're a mega-hit like Elden Ring or any AAA game, but for a quirky 2D…
November 28, 2022 | 09:50 EST
We all knew God of War Ragnarok was going to be a slam-dunk success this year, but we did not anticipate it to break records. The game is now the fastest-selling first-party PlayStation game in…
November 23, 2022 | 04:42 EST
Star Ocean 6 sales have been disappointing right out of the gate in Japan, where the franchise would usually be expected to perform reasonably well. While we don't have the full picture for retail…
November 4, 2022 | 11:13 EDT
Unpacking sales have crossed the one million mark, according to developer Witch Beam. The studio also shared some interesting statistics about the game, including how many players flushed every…
November 4, 2022 | 09:28 EDT
A PlateUp! Halloween update has been announced for next week. Coinciding with the cooking roguelite hitting 500,000 sales, the update will bring new dishes, costumes, and automation methods, as well…
October 19, 2022 | 09:53 EDT
FIFA 23 is EA's last FIFA game, and it's making its mark. The latest soccer sim from EA Sports has racked up 10.3 million players within its first week on sale, which is pretty solid going even for a…
October 12, 2022 | 12:16 EDT
Monomi Park's Nick Popovich has announced that Slime Rancher 2 sales have topped the 300k mark. The game achieved this remarkable milestone in less than a week, and what's more, Popovich says the…
September 27, 2022 | 09:08 EDT
It looks like a lot of you have been waiting to play the Slime Rancher sequel, because Slime Rancher 2 has hit 100k sales in under six hours. According to Nick Popovich, the CEO of Monomi Park and…
September 23, 2022 | 09:57 EDT
The NPD Group August 2022 results are in, and the gaming industry is looking a little healthier than it was last month. Spending is still down year-on-year, but things seem to be returning to normal…
September 20, 2022 | 11:24 EDT
As crazy as this article is to write nearly two years after the game's initial release, Cyberpunk 2077 sales have seemingly skyrocketed after the release of the anime adaptation via Netflix. This…
September 19, 2022 | 02:29 EDT
Apparently a lot of people want to visit the Dreamlight Valley, as the Disney Dreamlight Valley player count has already reached 1 million in just 10 days of release. That's a lot of people who have…
September 16, 2022 | 10:47 EDT
Live A Live Switch remake sales have crossed the 500k mark, according to producer Takashi Tokita. The milestone is a pretty encouraging number if you're hoping for more obscure JRPG ephemera to be…
September 2, 2022 | 12:23 EDT