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Weekly Recap: Huge Witcher 3 Sales, Xbox One Mini, Mass Shooting at Pokemon Event Avoided
Weekly Recap: Huge Witcher 3 Sales, Xbox One Mini, Mass Shooting at Pokemon Event Avoided-May 2024
May 25, 2025 2:21 PM

  

THE BIG STUFF:

Witcher 3 Sells 6 Million Copies: CD Projekt Red's open-world RPG reached another sales milestone this week, hitting 6 million copies sold in six weeks. That's impressive. Read the developer's "thank you" note to fans here.

  Potential Mass Shooting Avoided at Pokemon Event, Police Say: Boston Police authorities said this week that the two armed men the nabbed in a gun plot related to the Pokemon World Championships had the potentially to carry out a mass shooting. Get the full story here.

  Microsoft Responds to Xbox One Mini Rumors: Xbox boss Phil Spencer has shot down reports of a slimmed-down Xbox One console coming in October. He bluntly said to a fan on Twitter. "Not real." There you have it.

  

THE OTHER STUFF:

The Xbox One's first MMO, Neverwinter, is getting its biggest-ever expansion soon. The game's Elemental Evil update will debut on September 8. You can watch a gameplay trailer below.

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  Indie game The Deer God is coming to Xbox One. It'll be out on September 1, and all Xbox Live Gold members can get it for free as part of Microsoft's Games With Gold program.

  Woah. Take a look at this Halo Wars 2 statue. Pretty cool, huh? Halo Wars 2 is in development at Total War studio Creative Assembly and will launch in 2016.

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  Did you know that insurance company Geico is now sponsoring video game tournaments? They totally are, and actually have been for a little while now. Their latest sponsorship is for the Hearthstone Summer Circuit Tournament Championship, which will be held at PAX Prime this weekend.

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  Eurogamer has a great interview with Paradox Interactive president and founder Fredrik Wester. This is a really good read that dives into all aspects of his career. Read it here.

  DreamCast sales are on the rise. Wait, what? Yes, they are, in the UK at least. MCV reports that sales are spiking due to all the news about Shenmue 3, and others. Get the full story here.

  "It's the game of the year--guaranteed." That's a quote from a Konami marketing executive talking about, you guessed it, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Read the full story here.

  The amazing GTA V videos just keep coming. This one, which took eight months of research (and shows it), is a documentary style video movie about the game's diverse wildlife. This is excellent.

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  Have an excellent weekend!

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