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EA Sports FC 27 sold an estimated 7.9 million copies on PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam during its first 19 days, according to Alinea Analytics. The estimate does not include sales on Nintendo Switch or purchases made through the EA App, so it covers only three platforms. -
AION 2, which launched on October 5, is rapidly gaining popularity on Steam. According to SteamDB, the game has reached an all-time peak of 397,905 concurrent players, setting a new record for the project. The figure was recorded roughly 18 hours before the data was published. -
A 70% discount has pushed Cyberpunk 2077 to about $18 on Steam, helping it climb to third in the store's global top-grossing chart during the autumn sale and leaving Gears of War: E-Day in tenth; its Steam page is available to view. -
Steam could set a new annual record for the number of game releases, with 21,376 new titles projected to hit the store by the end of October 2026. That would surpass the 21,268 games released in 2025, although as of October 1, the platform was still roughly 1,000 releases short of the previous record. -
Resident Evil Requiem has already generated over $500 million in revenue, according to estimates from Alinea Analytics analyst Rhys Elliott. PlayStation emerged as the most popular platform, accounting for 48.1% of the player base, while Steam followed closely at 43.4%. -
GTA 6, the clear front-runner in the Game of the Year race, may not make it into The Game Awards 2026 nominee list because of the November 20 deadline. Polymarket is already taking bets on the winner of the top category, and GTA 6’s odds of winning there are estimated at 68%. At the same time, The Game Awards 2026 ceremony will take place on December 10, so the window for final nominee selection isn’t closed yet. -
Path of Exile 2 has already surpassed one million registrations ahead of its full release on December 11, and the developers have now unlocked another reward as part of the campaign. -
S-GAME announced that Phantom Blade Zero is now available to pre-order, while the studio also said the action game is in its final polishing stage ahead of launch. The latest update also confirms that the game is headed to October 29, 2026. -
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Beats Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Sets a New Domestic Box Office Record
Variety reported that Spider-Man: Brand New Day needed just 47 days in theaters to pass Star Wars: The Force Awakens and claim the domestic box office record. The Tom Holland-led film, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, reached $937 million in U.S. ticket sales, edging past The Force Awakens' $936 million run. -
Circana's newly shared all-time GameCube sales chart in the US offers a snapshot of the console's commercial legacy at its 25th anniversary, and Nintendo's grip on the ranking is unmistakable. -
Analyst firm Piper Sandler has raised its projection for GTA 6's launch sales to roughly 48 million copies. At the same time, analysts are seeing a sharp increase in interest surrounding the game, with activity on its Reddit community nearly quadrupling in just a few weeks. An exclusive early showing of the Extended Look on Netflix also attracted a significant number of new subscribers to the streaming service. -
Onimusha: Way of the Sword Sells Over 1 Million Copies in Its First Day — Series Surpasses 10 Million
Capcom has announced that Onimusha: Way of the Sword sold more than 1 million copies worldwide on its first day of release. Thanks to the game's strong launch, total sales of the Onimusha series have now surpassed 10 million copies. -
Steam is on track for a record year on Valve's PC platform, with Alinea Analytics saying the service had already generated about $15 billion in gross revenue by the end of August 2026. -
Sony's average annual revenue per active PlayStation user rose sharply between the PS4 era and the PS5 generation, according to analyst Daniel Ahmad. He said the figure increased from 23,580 yen in fiscal 2018 to 37,485 yen in fiscal 2025, or about $230 — a 59% jump. -
Today, RAM prices are on the rise once more, driven by surging demand for AI infrastructure — but current costs still look modest compared to what memory cost back in the 1990s. In 1995, even typical memory configurations could set you back hundreds of dollars, and maxing out a system with 1 GB of RAM would have cost as much as a small house. A vintage price list has resurfaced, showing just how eye-wateringly expensive a few megabytes used to be — and putting today's DDR5 crunch into a whole new perspective. -
The smartphone market is bracing for one of its most significant downturns in recent years as manufacturers grapple with a sharp spike in component costs, making it increasingly unprofitable to produce affordable devices. Against this backdrop, the balance of power among major brands could shift dramatically—while some companies risk losing up to a third of their shipments, Samsung is poised to reclaim the top spot in the global market. -
The internet is changing fast: more and more texts that look like regular posts are actually being generated by neural networks. According to Pew Research Center, among web pages published after ChatGPT’s debut, signs of machine generation are now found in roughly 35% of cases. That doesn’t mean every third piece is fully written by AI, but the scale of adoption has turned out to be substantial. -
PlaySide Studios has announced plans for a sequel to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, the stylish first-person shooter inspired by 1930s cartoons. The sequel is currently scheduled to launch in 2028. -
Yahoo! Finance tracked the fallout from the massive GTA 6 leak on Take-Two Interactive. Following the breach, the publisher's shares took a hit, wiping out billions in market capitalization in under 48 hours. -
Sensor Tower analysts have estimated pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 three months ahead of its release. According to their data, players have already placed around 4.38 million pre-orders, even though the game is not due out until November 19, 2026.
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