video games
2017 saw the discharge of various video games moreover as different developments within the diversion business. The Nintendo Switch console was discharged in 2017, that oversubscribed over fourteen million units by the top of 2017, surpassing the underperforming Wii U time period sales, and helped to revitalize Nintendo, aboard the "retro" Super NES Classic Edition console, the reinvigorated New Nintendo 2DS XL hand-held, and a method for mobile diversion. Microsoft conjointly discharged the higher-powered Xbox One X targeted for 4K resolutions and computer game support.
Top-rated games in 2017 enclosed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Persona 5, and Divinity: sin II. one among the foremost powerful games of 2017 was PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, that was discharged in early access for private computers in March 2017 and by the top of the year had oversubscribed over twenty four million units, breaking many synchronal player count records and established the battle royale genre. hefty discussion was command over the utilization of loot boxes in video games and whether or not they planted gambling, coming back to a head with the discharge of Star Wars front II.
Contents
1 Series with new entries
2 Major awards
3 Financial performance
4 Events
5 Hardware releases
6 Game releases
6.1 January–March
6.2 April–June
6.3 July–September
6.4 October–December
6.5 Unscheduled releases
7 Cancelled games
7.1 Cancelled
7.2 Discontinued
8 Critically praised games in keeping with Metacritic
9 See also
10 References
10.1 Notes
10.2 Footnotes
Series with new entries
Series with a brand new entry in 2017 enclosed Assassin's Creed, Bomberman, decision of Duty, Crash pouched mammal, Danganronpa, Dawn of War, Destiny, Digimon, hearth Emblem, grandma Turismo, Gravity Rush, Halo Wars, Injustice, Marvel vs. Capcom, Mass result, Metroid, want for Speed, Nier, Persona, Planescape: Torment, Pokémon, Prey, faculty member Layton, Resident Evil, sharpshooter Elite, sharpshooter Ghost someone, Sonic the Hedgehog, Splatoon, Star Wars front, Super Mario, Tekken, The Evil at intervals, The Legend of Zelda, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Uncharted, Wolfenstein, WWE 2K, Xenoblade Chronicles and Yakuza.
In addition, 2017 saw several new intellectual properties, like Nioh, Hollow Knight, Horizon Zero Dawn, Cuphead, ELEX, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Fortnite, and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
Major awards
Category/Organization The Game Awards 2017
December 7, 2017 21st D.I.C.E. Awards
February twenty two, 2018 18th Annual Game Developers alternative Awards
March 21, 2018 14th British Academy Games Awards
April 12, 2018
Game of the Year The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild What Remains of Edith oscine bird
Best Mobile/Handheld Game1 Mobile Monument depression 2 Fire Emblem Heroes Gorogoa Golf Clash
Handheld Metroid: Samus Returns
Story & Narrative What Remains of Edith Finch Horizon Zero Dawn What Remains of Edith Finch Night within the Woods
Art Direction Cuphead Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Audio1 Sound Design Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Music Nier: Automata Cuphead Cuphead
Game Direction/Design Nintendo
for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Super Mario Odyssey
Best Character/Performance1 Melina Juergens
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Senua
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice N/A Melina Juergens
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Special Award Industry Icon Award Hall of Fame Lifetime accomplishment Award BAFTA Fellowship
Carol Shaw Genyo Takeda[1] Tim Schafer[2] Tim Schafer[3]
1These awards area unit generally given joined (e.g. Best Mobile/Handheld, Excellence in Audio) or 2 awards (e.g. Best Mobile, Best Handheld; Audio accomplishment, Best Music).
Financial performance
According to analyst firm Newzoo, the game business had US$116.6 billion in international revenues, a tenth growth from 2016. This growth was primarily driven by mobile diversion, as forty third (US$50.4 billion) of these revenues came from this sector, a growth of twenty three.3% from 2016. Of the remaining, 29% (US$33.3 billion) came from consoles hardware and games, and twenty eighth (US$32.3 billion) from laptop computer games.[4] SuperData equally calculable the worldwide game market in 2017 was around US$108.4 billion, driven heavily by free-to-play mobile and laptop games.[5] Analyst firm device Tower, that tracks revenue at intervals the mobile business, reported that of the US$58.6 billion in total revenues in 2017, US$48.3 billion came from mobile games, with the best grossing games being Monster Strike, Honor of Kings, Fate/Grand Order, Clash Royale, and Candy Crush heroic tale.[6]
Within the us, the video business grew from 2016 by eighteen to a complete revenue of US$36 billion, with US$6.9 billion from hardware sales (gaining nineteen from 2016) and US$29.1 billion (18%) from computer code and microtransactions, in keeping with NPD cluster and also the amusement computer code Association.[7] NPD reported that the highest commerce computer code titles for 2017, excluding digital purchases, were decision of Duty: WWII, NBA 2K18, Destiny 2, Madden NFL eighteen, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, thievery car V, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, Star Wars: front II, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart eight.[8] more, US$10.7 billion was pay on mobile diversion in 2017 within the us, in keeping with device Tower. the highest grossing revenue mobile games were Candy Crush heroic tale, Game of War: hearth Age, Clash of Clans, Mobile Strike, and Clash Royale.[6]
Top-rated games in 2017 enclosed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Persona 5, and Divinity: sin II. one among the foremost powerful games of 2017 was PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, that was discharged in early access for private computers in March 2017 and by the top of the year had oversubscribed over twenty four million units, breaking many synchronal player count records and established the battle royale genre. hefty discussion was command over the utilization of loot boxes in video games and whether or not they planted gambling, coming back to a head with the discharge of Star Wars front II.
Contents
1 Series with new entries
2 Major awards
3 Financial performance
4 Events
5 Hardware releases
6 Game releases
6.1 January–March
6.2 April–June
6.3 July–September
6.4 October–December
6.5 Unscheduled releases
7 Cancelled games
7.1 Cancelled
7.2 Discontinued
8 Critically praised games in keeping with Metacritic
9 See also
10 References
10.1 Notes
10.2 Footnotes
Series with new entries
Series with a brand new entry in 2017 enclosed Assassin's Creed, Bomberman, decision of Duty, Crash pouched mammal, Danganronpa, Dawn of War, Destiny, Digimon, hearth Emblem, grandma Turismo, Gravity Rush, Halo Wars, Injustice, Marvel vs. Capcom, Mass result, Metroid, want for Speed, Nier, Persona, Planescape: Torment, Pokémon, Prey, faculty member Layton, Resident Evil, sharpshooter Elite, sharpshooter Ghost someone, Sonic the Hedgehog, Splatoon, Star Wars front, Super Mario, Tekken, The Evil at intervals, The Legend of Zelda, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Uncharted, Wolfenstein, WWE 2K, Xenoblade Chronicles and Yakuza.
In addition, 2017 saw several new intellectual properties, like Nioh, Hollow Knight, Horizon Zero Dawn, Cuphead, ELEX, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Fortnite, and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
Major awards
Category/Organization The Game Awards 2017
December 7, 2017 21st D.I.C.E. Awards
February twenty two, 2018 18th Annual Game Developers alternative Awards
March 21, 2018 14th British Academy Games Awards
April 12, 2018
Game of the Year The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild What Remains of Edith oscine bird
Best Mobile/Handheld Game1 Mobile Monument depression 2 Fire Emblem Heroes Gorogoa Golf Clash
Handheld Metroid: Samus Returns
Story & Narrative What Remains of Edith Finch Horizon Zero Dawn What Remains of Edith Finch Night within the Woods
Art Direction Cuphead Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Audio1 Sound Design Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Music Nier: Automata Cuphead Cuphead
Game Direction/Design Nintendo
for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Super Mario Odyssey
Best Character/Performance1 Melina Juergens
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Senua
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice N/A Melina Juergens
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Special Award Industry Icon Award Hall of Fame Lifetime accomplishment Award BAFTA Fellowship
Carol Shaw Genyo Takeda[1] Tim Schafer[2] Tim Schafer[3]
1These awards area unit generally given joined (e.g. Best Mobile/Handheld, Excellence in Audio) or 2 awards (e.g. Best Mobile, Best Handheld; Audio accomplishment, Best Music).
Financial performance
According to analyst firm Newzoo, the game business had US$116.6 billion in international revenues, a tenth growth from 2016. This growth was primarily driven by mobile diversion, as forty third (US$50.4 billion) of these revenues came from this sector, a growth of twenty three.3% from 2016. Of the remaining, 29% (US$33.3 billion) came from consoles hardware and games, and twenty eighth (US$32.3 billion) from laptop computer games.[4] SuperData equally calculable the worldwide game market in 2017 was around US$108.4 billion, driven heavily by free-to-play mobile and laptop games.[5] Analyst firm device Tower, that tracks revenue at intervals the mobile business, reported that of the US$58.6 billion in total revenues in 2017, US$48.3 billion came from mobile games, with the best grossing games being Monster Strike, Honor of Kings, Fate/Grand Order, Clash Royale, and Candy Crush heroic tale.[6]
Within the us, the video business grew from 2016 by eighteen to a complete revenue of US$36 billion, with US$6.9 billion from hardware sales (gaining nineteen from 2016) and US$29.1 billion (18%) from computer code and microtransactions, in keeping with NPD cluster and also the amusement computer code Association.[7] NPD reported that the highest commerce computer code titles for 2017, excluding digital purchases, were decision of Duty: WWII, NBA 2K18, Destiny 2, Madden NFL eighteen, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, thievery car V, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, Star Wars: front II, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart eight.[8] more, US$10.7 billion was pay on mobile diversion in 2017 within the us, in keeping with device Tower. the highest grossing revenue mobile games were Candy Crush heroic tale, Game of War: hearth Age, Clash of Clans, Mobile Strike, and Clash Royale.[6]
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