188.1 million PC and console games were sold across Europe in 2024, a rise of 1% over the year before. This is all based on official games data supplied by GSD.For more details, click here. 131.6 million games were sold via digital download stores, a rise of 15% over the previous 12 months, while 56.5 million games were sold via physical retail outlets, a drop of 22%. EA Sports FC 25was the best-selling game of the year, which will come as little surprise to anyone who follows European game sales....

Publisher Bandai Namco is pulling Fast & Furious Crossroads from sale next month, less than two years after the game’s poorly received release. In anupdateon the game’s official website, a message confirms “all product sales will end” on May 31, 2025 at 4am CEST. That converts to 3am BST on April 29, and 7pm PT / 10pm ET on April 28. “If you bought the game digitally it will remain in your library and can be redownloaded in the future,” according to the update....

Check out our list ofBlack Cat boss skillsif you’re nervous about taking on the Arcadion M1 fight in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail—officially titled AAC Light-Heavyweight M1, after the class and match number. The first challenge of the Dawntrail raid series, Black Cat invokes the souls of powerful felines to rip and rend the party. Here’s how to predict her moves, how to dodge them, and ultimately how to beat her. If you’re the type to steer clear of these raids to avoid critic from loud-mouthed party members, a little reading should put you in a better position to take it on....

FIFA 23 Ultimate Team servers are currently down. When attempting to enter the game, the following message is displayed to players: “The FUT service is currently experiencing a high volume of server traffic. Please try again later.” The high volume of traffic coincides with the launch of the game’s early access period. Update27th Sep 2022 / 4:51 pm EAhas said it’s currently looking into reports that FUT servers are down for “some” players....

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2’s first trailer has been revealed, confirming that Square Enix is planning a trilogy of Remake games. As confirmed during the Final Fantasy 7 25th anniversary stream, Part 2 – officially called Rebirth – is scheduled to release forPlayStation 5next Winter. The game will be the second entry in the Final Fantasy 7 trilogy,Square Enixsaid. According to a statement attributed to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth creative directorTetsuya Nomura, the sequel is being designed so that people can enjoy it “whether they know the original game or not....

Capcom has premiered the first Resident Evil Requiem gameplay, showcasing the game’s first and third-person views. Resident Evil Requiemwas announced earlier this month atThe Game Awards, and is releasing on February 27 onPS5,Xbox Series X/S, andPC. The game will mark a “bold shift for the franchise,” according toCapcom, and stars Grace Ashcroft, the daughter ofResident EvilOutbreak’s Alyssa, an FBI analyst investigating a series of mysterious deaths in Raccoon City, 30 years after it was bombed in the events ofResident Evil 3....

Latest update5th Jan 2025 / 8:00 pm We’ve added a breakdown on how to complete the Grand Reef quests and the rewards available. TheFisch Grand Reef updateis here, bringing a brief taste of January’s main Fisch update with it. Here’s everything you need to know about it. Largely focused on premium, limited-time goodies and a quest that’s to be implemented the following day, the main allure of the Grand Reef update is its new Bestiary....

Ubisoft has confirmed it’s ending support for its first-person shooter XDefiant, and shutting down its studios in San Francisco and Osaka, Japan, and downsizing in Sydney, Australia. Followingmonths of denialsthat the shooter was in trouble,Ubisoftannounced on Tuesdayit had made “the difficult decision to discontinue development” onXDefiant. “Despite an encouraging start, the team’s passionate work, and a committed fan base, we’ve not been able to attract and retain enough players in the long run to compete at the level we aim for in the very demanding free-to-play FPS market,” wrote chief studios officer, Marie-Sophie de Waubert....

Ubisoft has appointed game designer Katie Scott as vice president of editorial. Based in Vancouver, Scott is the latest addition toUbisoft’s global creative office, which launched in October 2022. In her new role, Scott will be responsible for ensuring alignment between Ubisoft’s worldwide production teams and its overall editorial strategy. During her decade-long career in the industry, Scott was most recently game design director on theGears of Waruniverse atXboxstudioThe Coalition....

Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone players are being given a free content bundle and Battle Pass tier skips reportedly worth $20. PublisherActivisionsaid it’s offering players the free gifts as a thank you after itdelayed the launch of Vanguard and Warzone Pacific Season 2due to various issues with the games and 2019’sModern Warfare. The publisher is running a four-dayVanguardandWarzonedouble XP event kicking off on February 18 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT....

Nintendo has published over 40 Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom screenshots showing scenes from Tuesday’s gameplay video. In a 13-minute video published earlier today,Nintendoshowed10 minutes of gameplay footagefrom the much-anticipatedNintendo Switchsequel, narrated by series producerEiji Aonuma. The footage shows off Link’s new abilities in detail, including the ability to ‘rewind’ scenery and fuse items together to create new weapons and traversal options. Nintendo also announceda special edition Switch OLED consolethemed aroundThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which will launch on April 28 with a suggested retail price of $359....

Game of Thrones actors Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey have been cast as Joel and Ellie in HBO’s The Last of Us series, it’s been confirmed. Pascal had previously appeared in HBO’s fantasy series as Oberyn Martell. More recently, he played the lead role in Disney+’s The Mandalorian. Ramsey is best known for her breakout role as Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones. The appointment news comes viaDeadlineandThe Hollywood Reporter, and confirmed byNaughty Dogco-presidentNeil Druckmann....

Square Enix premiered a new trailer for its original action-RPG Forspoken on Thursday and confirmed a Spring 2022 release date. The Final Fantasy publisher has previously said it’s aiming to deliver “the highest quality visuals ever seen in an open world game” with thePS5exclusive. Announced in June 2020,Forspokenis the debut game from the Japanese company’s new Luminous Productions studio. Forspoken is scheduled for release onPCand PS5 in 2022, and it will reportedly be aPlayStation console exclusive for two years....