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Steam Deck orders open February 25
Those with reserved units will have three days to confirm payment, consoles to ship at the end of next month
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Old games, FIFA and Switch dominated Europe in 2021 | European Market Report
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S stock shortages keep both at bay
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36 million games and 3.4 million consoles sold in the UK in 2021 | UK Annual Report
Nintendo Switch overtakes PS5 on the final lap, FIFA sales grow, but Call of Duty falls
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Minecraft for Nintendo Switch takes No.1 | UK Boxed Charts
It was a very quiet week at UK retail
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Pandemic removed from digital storefronts at “request of publisher”
Popular Asmodee title taken down from Steam, App Store and Google Play, more platforms to follow
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Sony pulling PlayStation Now cards from retail stores
Platform holder says it's focusing on cash gift cards, as rumours spread of new subscription service
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Final Fantasy 14 back on sale from January 25
Square Enix detailed its plan to expand its data centres to cope with players' demand
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FIFA and NBA lead PlayStation's official 2021 downloads charts
Beat Saber dominated the VR charts, while Fortnite topped the free-to-play list
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Stalker 2 delayed to December | News-in-brief
GSC Game World's title was expected to release in April, now due on December 8
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Humble rolls all subscription tiers into one membership option
The company is also releasing its own launcher
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Xbox Series S and X hits 1m UK sales in strong December | UK Monthly Charts
But another dominant performance from Nintendo Switch
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Rust sells over 12m copies
Facepunch Studios' survival title has also shifted over 1.1 million DLC packs
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GameStop reportedly launching NFT and cryptocurrency marketplace this year
Update: company stock rose 7.3% on Friday following reports of NFT push
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Nintendo Switch sold over 5m units in Japan last year
Outsold all other consoles combined, while PS5 sold ten times as many units as Xbox Series X|S
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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot sells 4.5m units
Bandai Namco's anime RPG continues amassing sales two years after launch
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Nintendo Switch OLED to launch in China next week
The console's digital store will be region-locked
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FIFA and Mario Kart end 2021 at the top | UK Boxed Charts
The final boxed charts of the year are in
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EA and Activision Blizzard are biggest Christmas publishers
Data from GFK shows FIFA and Call of Duty franchises have both spent nine different festive periods at No.1
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Bravely Default 2 sells one million units
Recent PC release pushes Square Enix JRPG over the milestone
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Hot Wheels Unleashed sells one million copies worldwide
Licensed toy car racing title developed by Koch subsidiary Milestone released in September
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FIFA 22 takes Christmas No.1, as Among Us beats GTA Trilogy | UK Boxed Charts
PS5 stock surge boosts Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank
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PUBG: New State reaches 45 million downloads
Krafton's latest PUBG entry released on November 11 on iOS and Android
