The NPD Group has released its retail report for the month of March. Both software and hardware sales were down year-over-year in March, by 3% and 21% respectively. Overall, total industry sales were down 6% to $963.7 million. PlayStation 4 was the top-selling platform in March and also No. 1 in software sales.
The top selling games of March were as follows:
1. Battlefield: Hardline
2. Bloodborne
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Mario Party 10
5. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
6. MLB 15: The Show
7. Minecraft
8. NBA 2K15
9. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
10. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
Note: The NPD Group does not track digital game sales, only physical game sales.
Slightly Mad Studios and Bandai Namco today announced that Project Cars will be available for PC via Steam on May 6th, along with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on May 12th.
CD Projekt RED today announced that the action role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has gone gold and will launch May 19th on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
Sega announced today that 3D Fantasy Zone II W, part of the second series of classic titles re-mastered exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS, is now available to download in the Nintendo eShop.
Brace Yourself Games today announced that its rhythm roguelike, Crypt of the NecroDancer, will boogie its way out of Steam Early Access and officially release on April 23rd.
From Owl and Mastertronic today announced the launch of the PC adventure game The Charnel House Trilogy on Steam. Join Alex Davenport and Dr. Harold Lang, two strangers aboard an ominous train, grasping at fragments of memories and confronting pasts perhaps best left forgotten.
Frozenbyte today announced that Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power will launch on April 21st on Steam Early Access for $19.99. Frozenbyte will also broadcast a live development stream on Twitch starting on Monday April 20th at 11:00 AM ET.
Double Eleven and Coffee Stain Studios today announced that Goat Simulator will be released on Xbox One via the ID@Xbox self-publishing program on April 17th.
Turtle Rock Studios and 2K challenge the Evolve community to deal 200 million damage to Monsters using Bucket’s sentry guns this weekend between 12:01 AM ET on Friday, April 17th and 12:01 AM ET on Monday, April 20th. If the challenge is met by the community, everyone who plays Evolve during that time will be rewarded with the Bucket Predator Skin.
If the Evolve community blows past the above goal by dealing at least 350 million damage to Monsters with Bucket’s sentry guns, everyone who plays Evolve online during that time will earn the entire Support Predator Skin Set.
Iceberg Interactive today announced that they have signed a publishing deal for Oriental Empires, a turn based 4X style civilization-building game set in ancient China. The PC game is currently set for a Summer 2015 Early Access debut on Steam.
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