Valve and 5 Steam publishers have been fined €7.8 million for anti-consumer practices
European Commission takes action after companies restricted cross-border sales
Assassin’s Creed is the UK’s Christmas No.1 game for the first time ever
Call of Duty and FIFA denied Christmas top spot for only the third time in 15 years
UK retailer Game is selling Mario and Call of Duty perfumes for Christmas
Eau De Plumber and Call of Beauty "crafted by some of Basingstoke’s leading perfumers"
UK politicians call for action against PS5 and Xbox Series scalpers
MPs motion a debate over resale of consoles and automated bots, which they say should be banned
Amazon UK has finally started replacing customers’ PS5 consoles that went missing
Some affected users are now receiving their orders, three weeks after launch
Some UK retailers are now not expecting more PS5 stock until 2021
But more Xbox Series X/S consoles could be made available this year
Activision Blizzard is reportedly shutting its France office
The office is responsible for European marketing, customer support and game localisation
Months after facing closure, UK’s Videogame Museum will reopen this weekend
Sheffield-based attraction raised £200,000
Video games can help improve young people’s literacy, research suggests
Study also finds games helped children’s mental wellbeing during lockdown
Animal Crossing, FIFA and The Last of Us topped European sales charts in the first half of 2020
Grand Theft Auto V also performing strongly again this year
