Everything is a little quiet on the gaming front at the moment with nothing really coming from the Playstation or Nintendo camp. With June fast approaching, I’d hazard a guess that most of the industry wants to save any juicy news for their respective shows. That said, there are some dribs and drabs coming, here are some bits that you may have missed from last week.
Xbox
- Xbox has announced plans to reduce the minimum requirements for indie developers to publish their games in disc format as part of the ID@Xbox program
- The Redfall team are working on a solution so that players can play the game offline if they wish
- Sea Of Thieves Voyage Of A Lifetime is now available for viewing
- Rare is supporting Sea Of Thieves for another five years
- MLB The Show 23 coming to Xbox Game Pass on March 28th 2023
- Infinite Guitars coming to Xbox Game Pass on March 30th 2023
Release Date News
- Crash Team Rumble launches on June 20th for Xbox One, Xbox Series and PS4/5
- Frogun Encore comes to Xbox One/Xbox Series, PS4/5, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC in Summer 2023
- The Lord Of The Rings Gollum launches on May 25th 2023 on Xbox/Xbox Series, PS4/5 and Windows PC. Switch version later
- Park Beyond is coming on June 16th 2023 for Xbox One/Xbox Series, PS4/5 and Windows PC
- After Us arrives on
- Aliens Dark Descent creeps onto Xbox One/Xbox Series, PS4/5 and Windows PC on June 20th 2023
- Dr Fetus Mean Meat Machine coming to Xbox One/Xbox Series, PS4/5, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC in 2023
- Resident Evil 4 – The Mercenaries DLC launches April 7th 2023
- Miasma Chronicles launches on May 23rd 2023 for Xbox One/Xbox Series, PS4/5 and Windows PC
- LEGO 2K Drive speeding onto Xbox One/Xbox Series, PS4/5, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC
- Kabaret launches on April 5th for Xbox and PC
Sales Figures
- Atomic Heart reached 5 million players in three weeks
- Sonic Frontiers has shipped 3 million copies
- Code Vein has sold 3 million copies worldwide
- Subway Surfers on mobile has surpassed 4 billion downloads
- Control sold 3.6 million copies but has served over 16.5 million players through subscription services and has generated £92 million in revenue