The NPD Group has released its retail report for the month of October. While hardware sales were down year-over-year in October by 20%, software sales were up 31%. Overall, total industry sales were up 6% to $827.7 million. Physical and Steam PC software sales were up 172% year-over-year. The Xbox One was the top-selling console for the fourth month in a row.
The top selling games of October were as follows:
1. Battlefield 1
2. Mafia III
3. Gears of War 4
4. FIFA 17
5. NBA 2K17
6. The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim Special Edition
7. WWE 2K17
8. Civilization VI
9. Titanfall 2
10. Madden NFL 17
Today, 2K and Firaxis Games have released the ‘Fall 2016 Update’ for Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. This update adds DirectX 12 support to Civilization VI, starting with AMD cards and NVIDIA Maxwell-series-or-later cards; please make sure your drivers are up-to-date. Support has also been added for Logitech ARX.
Today you’re also able to play a whole new multiplayer scenario called “Cavalry and Cannonades,” and settle on two new map types, “Four-Leaf Clover” and “Six-Armed Snowflake.” These maps are playable both online and off, and were designed to encourage more conflict by forcing players to move toward the center.
Today, to celebrate the one year anniversary of Star Wars Battlefront, DICE announced that Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: Scarif will be available for Season Pass holders on December 6th. The fourth and final digital expansion pack includes new content inspired by the upcoming film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In Rogue One: Scarif, players will battle across four new maps, including the sandy Beaches of Scarif, an all-new tropical planet crawling with Imperials. Jyn Erso and Orson Krennic will also join the battle as two new playable heroes, and a new multi-stage game mode with space and ground combat will make it’s debut.
Also launching on December 6th is the Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-Wing VR Mission for PlayStation VR. In this free DLC, players can jump into the cockpit of an X-Wing and dog fight through the far reaches of space in virtual reality.
Bandai Namco has released a new trailer showing you the story behind Digimon World: Next Order, coming to PlayStation 4 in 2017.
In addition, Bandai Namco revealed the pre-order bonus DLC items for the game that will include:
NIS America today announced that the dungeon crawling RPG Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy will be coming to North America in Spring 2017 on the PlayStation Vita as both a physical and digital release, as well as digitally on Steam. Continue the story of Operation Abyss and defend near-future Tokyo from a new threat.
In addition, NIS America announced that they will be bringing the first game in the series, Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy to Steam in early 2017. This title is a port of the game from the PlayStation Vita originally released in 2015.
Available December 8th, Realm of The Wood Elves introduces The Wood Elves to the Total War: Warhammer Grand Campaign, plus their own narrative mini-campaign, The Season of Revelation.
Total War: Warhammer’s first Elven race offers a playstyle unlike any other. Ranging forth from the enchanted forests of Athel Loren, they may capture any settlement in The Old World and set up expansionary outposts. In battle, they offer a swift, glass-cannon playstyle. By far the most powerful and versatile archers in the game, they can equip a range of magical arrows, fire on the move, and are often joined by their Woodland allies such as Dryads, Great Eagles, Forest Dragons and vast, ancient Treemen.
With new Legendary Lords, Heroes, battlefield units, monsters, magic and more, Realm of The Wood Elves is available to pre-order now.
Telltale Games today unveiled the launch trailer and the release date for Batman – The Telltale Series Episode 4: ‘Guardian of Gotham’.
The fourth of five episodes in the season, Episode 4: ‘Guardian of Gotham’ will be available digitally starting November 22nd on PC from the Telltale Online Store, Steam, and other digital distribution services, on the Xbox Games Store for Xbox One and Xbox 360, and on the PlayStation Network for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.
In Episode 4, Penguin has taken control of Wayne Enterprises, and the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane has a new guest – you – Bruce Wayne. With the Batman removed from the streets of Gotham City, Harvey Dent’s forces and the Children of Arkham are at war, with innocent citizens caught in the crossfire. To escape the ‘comforts’ of your padded cell, you must choose allies to aid in your escape, even if they aren’t the sort to put a smile on your face. How far are you willing to go for justice? For vengeance? What now, Dark Knight?
Players will leave Episode 4 in very different places depending on where they choose to go in the third act, and this will greatly affect their story rolling into the season finale as well.
Zen Studios and Bethesda have joined forces for a new pinball experience. Coming to Zen Studios pinball platforms on consoles and PC on December 6th, Bethesda Pinball presents three pinball tables based on Bethesda’s universes: Fallout, DOOM, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Explore the secrets of the post-nuclear wasteland in a world decimated by atomic war, join Factions, raid Vaults and collect Bobbleheads on the Fallout Pinball table; fight your way through the UAC research facility while taking on hordes of demons to earn the DOOM Slayer name on the DOOM Pinball table; and craft weapons, wield magic, equip armor, buy and sell goods, mine materials, find trainers and complete side quests before defeating Alduin and fulfilling your destiny as the Dragonborn on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Pinball table. Each table features leaderboards, score tracking, social features, and more.
Koei Tecmo today announced Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers, a new tactics style title set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. Slated to release digitally on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on February 1st, Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers takes cues from the Dynasty Tactics series, offering players an alternate way to experience the events of the saga.
Featuring a wide selection of characters from the Dynasty Warriors universe, Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers will add two new characters to the series’ roster: Lixia, a girl with magical powers that was sealed in an icy shrine for centuries, and Lei Bin, Zhao Yun’s childhood friend and avid lore master.
Frontier Developemnts today released Planet Coaster on Steam and FrontierStore.net for $44.99. Build your coaster park empire, let your imagination run wild and share your success with the world.
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