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‘Anthem’ Tops NPD Group Charts For February
Despite the rough launch, EA’s Anthem (which we reviewed here) managed to top the list of units sold in the United States for February.
According to the group, which tracks trends in a variety of areas, Anthem debuted as the top-seller of the month, and has now become the second highest-selling game of 2019 (behind Kingdom Hearts III).
As for other genre fare, Ubisoft’s Far Cry New Dawn came in fourth for sales, Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 remake took the sixth spot, and Metro Exodus landed in eighth position for February. And in spite of its pre-launch controversies, launch months sales for Metro Exodus exceeded that of its predecessor, Metro Last Light, by almost fifty percent.
Anthem‘s first major update, “Echoes of Reality”, is expected later this month.
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.
A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.
Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.
Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”
“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.
“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”
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