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Animal Crossing slips from number one spot Although the U.K. is currently under soft lockdown legislation, this didn’t stop physical game sales from spiking last week. Although, overall, sales were down last week, (due to the launch ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons) sales were up over 100% when compared to the week prior to that. Activision’s military shooterCall of Duty: Modern Warfarehas returned to the number-one spot, perhaps helped by the ongoing success of sister releaseWarzone, while EA’s indelible football simFIFA 20is back at number two....

Arrr? Ubisoft has confirmed today the existence of a PlayStation 4 bundle which includes a copy ofAssassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, releasing in the UK on November 29 alongside the rest of the console’s launch. Just as with the already-available package for PS3, this bundle includes an additional sixty minutes of game content forBlack Flag, which the user can download from PlayStation Network. It’s a sweet game, but I doubt it’s much of a system seller and I was perfectly content to have played through on currently available hardware....

German consumer group takes secondhand games seriously The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZVB) doesn’t entertain the long-standing idea of digital games remaining bound to the customer. The consumer group is taking a stand and suing Valve over Steam’s refusal to let users re-sell their games, something it believes should be a customer’s right. Carola Elbrecht of the group believes Steam users only “partially” own their games, with Valve’s terms of service slapping restrictions on purchasers after they’ve forked the money over....

The outbreak spreads to California Huh. I missed thatSpec Ops: The Linestudio Yager is handling development onDead Island 2. That knowledge combined with theexcellent CG trailerhas me mildly interested. Here’s Max sharing his thoughts after seeing an early demo at E3. He’s feeling similarly guarded, but says the tone is improved and there’s enhancements to weapon crafting — you’ll be able to build stuff like a motorized pitchfork, a weed-whacker with blades on it, and a fiery crossbow....

Podtoid 402 Very recently, the Video Game Hall of Fame inducted its latest class of titles to be immortalized at the museum of play, including such classics asMario Kart,Mortal Kombat, and Microsoft’sSolitaire. It also inductedColossal Cave Adventure, one of the earliest video games ever made as well as one of the most influential. And yet, today, many people under the age of 20 have never heard of it. Games that were popular once may fade into obscurity, and that got me thinking about which titles from today I’d want to be preserved for future generations to discover....

Plus gameplay commentary covering the contents of the closed beta It was the beginning of 2013 when I finally just got tired of the competitive aspect of first-person shooters. It’s been my favorite genre ever since theGoldenEye 64days, but over the last few years I’ve just been losing more and more interest in them. That’s not to say there haven’t been some great competitive FPS games of course.PlanetSide 2, Tribes: Ascend, Call of Duty: Black Ops II,andHalo 4were some of the last ones I really got into, and while they were great, they just weren’t able to hold my interest for long....

Hey! RememberCatherine, the awesomely sexy new game from Atlus and the people who madePersona? Yeah, that one!With the trailer! Well,Famitsuhas new screenshots and detailsfor you to devour with your eyes, which include pictures of scary hands holding forks, scary lady monsters with kitchen knives, cutscene captures (both animated and what looks like in-engine rendered), and character art for Vincent, Catherine, and Katherine. Nope, that third name wasn’t a typo, but a new character, “Katherine” (the lady in the header pic)....

Fun for the whole demon-hunting family What little I’ve seen ofDevil May Cry 5is enough to tell me what we’ve come to expect: this game rules. It goes to show that if studios take time away and return to a series with a clear and creatively-recharged mind, great things can happen. Director Hideaki Itsuno isn’t holding anything back here. Capcom brought a short playable segment to gamescom and PAX, and we took the latter opportunity as our chance to catch up with Nero....

RIP Walker In the name of science,Michibikutore into a duplicateAnimal Crossingamiibo card to see what the innards would look like. About what you’d expect, really: a little chip and not much else. “Surprisingly, the tech isn’t that evident in theAnimal Crossingamiibo cards,” wrote the site. “Yes, they’re only slightly heavier than a standard collectible card, and the NFC chip is very obviously stowed in the upper center of the card under the amiibo logo, but it’s a relatively seamless partnership....

Fused Zamasu In case you haven’t heard,Dragon Ball Superis the new hotness that started airing in 2015. It continues after the Majin Buu arc and brings Goku and the gang into a whole new era of Super Saiyan levels, including God, Berserker, and Rage. Superis heavily incorporated intoDragon Ball Xenoverse 2, which is still chugging after being released late last year. A new trailer showcases what’s new for the fourth DLC “DB Super Pack 4,” that just released today, including the new stage, storyline, and the characters of Fused Zamasu and Vegito....

Put all your hands up? Over the weekend,various reportswere coming fromusers on RedditthatAnthemhad been crashing their PS4s. One user reported a completely bricked console and others were claiming that Sony had begun issuing refunds for digital purchases of the game in response to these claims. While there isn’t any confirmation of those stories, EA has now officially come out and stated thatAnthemis indeed causing system lockups on PS4. In a Tweet late last night, EA states it is aware of the crashing issue and is prompting players to send their crash data reports so that the company can get to work on a fix....

Sawaki Takeyasu and Ignition Games’El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatronsomehow came out over 12 years ago. Takeyasu’s company Crim purchased the rights a couple years after launch, and now the HD remaster finally has an May 23, 2025 date for Nintendo Switch. Crimannouncedthe date for the port along with publisher Rainy Frog.El Shaddaiwill hit Switch both physically and digitally in Japan, including a physical deluxe edition priced at ¥8,250 (about US$57)....

Duh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh, BATMAN! Further to yesterday’s leak, more fuel has been added to theBatman Arkham HD Collectionfire via another (shock horror) leak courtesy of a ratings organisation – this time, the Pan European Game Information (PEGI). The collection is thought to include remastered versions ofBatman: Arkham AsylumandBatman: Arkham Cityalong with both games’ DLC. AlistingforBatman:Return to Arkham–Arkham Asylumfor PlayStation 4, stating a release date of July 03, 2025 has popped up on the site (thanks again,Eurogamer!...