Market Analysis

PS5, EA Sports FC 26 and Hogwarts Legacy come out top during Europe’s Black Friday

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 slips to No.3

23 hrs ago •

Christopher Dring

GoldenEye and TimeSplitters developers reunite to find out if they can still make a hit game

Plus! Are older titles killing new game sales? And the latest data from the Asia and MENA markets

Dec 4 •

Christopher Dring

1:04:46

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 drops to No.2 in its second week on sale in Europe

No new games in the Top Ten as EA Sports FC 26 reclaims the top spot

Dec 1 •

Christopher Dring

The State of Games: October 2026

A first in a new monthly series looking at the performance of the games market

Nov 28 •

Christopher Dring

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European launch sales are 63% down over Battlefield 6

But a strong launch for Ubisoft's Anno 117: Pax Romana

Nov 21 •

Christopher Dring

Call of Duty under attack

And Helldivers is caught in the cross-fire

Nov 20 •

Christopher Dring

1:00:13

Football Manager 2026 is the series’ biggest launch in European chart history

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment comes in at No.5

Nov 14 •

Christopher Dring

Battlefield, EA Sports FC and Pokémon continue to lead European Charts

The Outer Worlds 2 makes Top Ten. Arc Raiders data is unavailable

Nov 7 •

Christopher Dring

‘We all should push back against the political manipulation of video games’

Plus, mobile developers optimistic over proposed Google and Epic deal

Nov 6 •

Christopher Dring

53:47

Battlefield 6 reclaims No.1 as EA dominates the European charts

Ninja Gaiden 4 and The Outer Worlds 2 debut in the revenue charts

Oct 31 •

Christopher Dring

Pokémon Legends: Z-A captures No.1 in Europe, but it’s the smallest mainline Pokémon launch since 2018

The game delivered a boost in Nintendo Switch 2 sales

Oct 27 •

Christopher Dring

Skipping GDC sends message to developers that you don’t care, organiser warns

Plus, Borderlands 4, Ghost of Yotei and Switch 2 provide crucial boost for the US game market

Oct 23 •

Christopher Dring

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