October delivered a big month for the video game industry as the release of two major titles buoyed sales across both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Activision and Treyarch's Black Ops 4 and Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 helped shatter previous video game spending records in the month of October, according to the NPD Group. Spending was up 73 percent year-over-year, coming in at $1.5 billion, the highest for any October since NPD first started tracking the video game industry in 1995. Black Ops 4, released on Oct. 12, is already 2018's best-selling game and is the second-highest seller over the past 12 months, beaten only by last year's Call of Duty: WWII. Black Ops 4's October dollar sales represent the eight highest in history. Meanwhile, Red Dead Redemption 2 — which scored the biggest opening weekend in entertainment history with $725 million when it released on Oct. 26 — is 2018's second-best-selling title. In addition to being released two … [Read more...] about ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’, ‘Black Ops 4’ Lead Record October Sales
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The Game Awards 2018: Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War lead the nominations
Rockstar's Wild West epic Red Dead Redemption 2 and Sony's sprawling Norse adventure God of War are leading the way at The Game Awards 2018 with eight nominations each. The two blockbusters will vie for Game of the Year with Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Marvel's Spider-Man and Monster Hunter: World. And delightfully among these goliaths, the small independent platformer Celeste is also up for the main prize of the night. Battle royale phenomenon Fortnite is up for four awards, while Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Destiny 2: Forsaken and Detroit: Become Human have three each. The nominations were decided by a panel made up of global media, but the winners are decided by public vote. To have your say you can vote on a number of online platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, or visit the Game Awards 2018 official site. The lavish awards show, which takes place on 6 December in Los Angeles, is in its fifth year and is becoming an ever-increasingly important date in the global … [Read more...] about The Game Awards 2018: Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War lead the nominations
Red Dead Redemption 2 Made An Insane Amount Of Money In Three Days
3 minutes ago Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2 was always expected to be a huge hit. Of course, few people probably thought about just how big of a hit the game would be for Take-Two Interactive, but the actual numbers just surprise you given the insane amount of money the game made in just three days. Variety is reporting that the game generated $725 million in just three days from its worldwide retail release. It managed to break records in terms of the amount of revenue generated in the entertainment industry with an opening weekend. As pointed out by Variety, this eclipsed one of the biggest movies ever made, Avengers: Infinity War. This also surpasses Rockstar's previous outings, including the original Red Dead Redemption for the Xbox 360 and PS3, along with GTA IV. However, the game wasn't quite big enough to outdo the three-day total for any entertainment property, which is still held by Rockstar's own GTA V, which came out back in 2013. That game has been a … [Read more...] about Red Dead Redemption 2 Made An Insane Amount Of Money In Three Days
Red Dead Redemption 2 Companion App May Hint At A PC Release
2 minutes ago It looks like more evidence has surfaced that Red Dead Redemption 2 could end up on the PC sooner rather than never, unlike its predecessor Red Dead Redemption. The latest evidence to surface of a PC release comes from a companion app for the game. The news comes courtesy of Rockstar Intel, which is a site dedicated to tracking information about Rockstar Games. The site is reporting that data miners who have been sniffing around inside the mobile companion app for Red Dead Redemption 2 picked apart the code and found multiple references to a PC version of the game. The most obvious evidence is is a parameter string that tells the app to automatically connect to various devices, including the Durango, which was the codename used for the Xbox One, and the Orbis, which was the codename for the PS4. The third string in the autoconnect line is for PC. Also, there's a memory address for a command on the PC version of the game, along with a line that mentions a … [Read more...] about Red Dead Redemption 2 Companion App May Hint At A PC Release
Why You Should Play Red Dead Redemption 2 On The Xbox One X
5 minutes ago While the Xbox One X is a bit more expensive than a base console, that extra horsepower running under the hood means that games like Red Dead Redemption 2 look better than anywhere else. According to a recent report, Rockstar Games' latest outing looks pretty great on all Xbox and PlayStation platforms, but there's definitely an uptick on Microsoft's One X. According to a recent test from Eurogamer, Red Dead Redemption 2 has been put through its paces on all current generation platforms, with the best performance coming out of the Xbox One X. While fans on both sides can argue until they're blue in the face over which console they think handles the game the best, studies like those being conducted by Digital Foundry forego brand allegiances in favor of cold, hard facts. And according to the latest numbers, there's no question which console will give you the best visual experience while taming the Wild West. To be clear, the report goes out of its way to say that … [Read more...] about Why You Should Play Red Dead Redemption 2 On The Xbox One X