Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has surpassed 3 million copies sold during its first week of release. This follows a strong launch day that brought in 2 million sales for the remake, which arrived on July 9th.

According to the publisher, player reception has steadily improved following a series of post-launch updates. Steam user reviews now sit at a Very Positive rating, driven by ongoing quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes informed by player feedback. Ubisoft also confirmed that a highly requested New Game+ mode is currently in development for the title.

Rebuilt from the ground up by Ubisoft Singapore, the title is a complete remake of the 2013 original, using the latest version of the Anvil engine. Visuals have been completely overhauled alongside core gameplay systems. The update introduces parry-focused combat, upgraded stealth and parkour mechanics, expanded naval gameplay, and brand-new story content. Players step into the shoes of pirate captain Edward Kenway during the Golden Age of Piracy, navigating the historical conflict between the Assassins and Templars alongside real figures like Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, and Calico Jack.

The game is currently available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Ubisoft Store, Epic Games Store, and Steam, where it is officially Steam Deck Verified. It is also accessible through the Ubisoft+ subscription service.

KitGuru Says: Overhauling a beloved classic like Black Flag seems to have paid off for Ubisoft, and the upcoming addition of a New Game+ mode should keep that player momentum going.

Atlus has announced that Persona 3 Reload has surpassed 3 million copies sold worldwide across all platforms. To celebrate the milestone, the publisher has discounted the RPG by 65% on PC, marking its lowest price since launch during the Steam Summer Sale.

According to the publisher, this sales figure includes both physical retail shipments and digital purchases. The milestone arrives alongside a broader promotional campaign from Atlus, with the company reducing prices on several of its prominent titles for the seasonal Steam sale.

Score-wise, this turn-based JRPG has been very well received by critics and gamers, achieving an 87 on OpenCritic and a 94% Steam rating with over 57K reviews.

Beyond the price cut for Persona 3 Reload, players can grab discounts (up to 80%) on other Atlus titles such as Metaphor: ReFantazio and Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. Raidou Remastered: The Legend of the Super-Powered Army is also included in the promotion. These offers will remain live for a limited time during the summer sale.

KitGuru says: Persona 3 Reload has clearly been a major success for Atlus, and a 65% discount makes it a great opportunity to jump in if you haven't already.

Unlike some of the publisher’s franchises, Capcom have been rather sparing when it comes to releasing new entries in the popular Devil May Cry series. That’s not for lack of demand however, with the latest title – Devil May Cry 5 – continuing to sell like hotcakes; recently achieving its best 12 months of sales ever despite being 7 years old.

As reported by the Japanese publication GameSpark (and translated by VGC), Capcom recently updated their ‘Consumer Business Sales Volume’ chart offering a breakdown of the publisher's various game sales on a year-by-year basis.

In an interesting revelation, Devil May Cry 5 (the latest entry in the series) actually managed to have its best year ever sales-wise, despite launching all the way back in 2019.

With a total of 2.7 million copies sold over the past 12 months (ending March 31st), DMC 5 even managed to outdo its initial launch-year high of 2.1 million copies sold.

All-in-all, Devil May Cry 5 has now managed to sell just shy of 13 million copies – representing more than a 3rd of the entire franchise’s lifetime sales.

Of course, there are a number of factors to consider. Firstly, the game has seen plenty of discounts over the years, including a recent all-time low of just £3.74. Additionally, various other DMC-related media have been released in the years since its arrival, including the likes of the Devil May Cry animated series as well as the mobile-focused spin-off DMC: Peak of Combat – though the impact of the latter was likely minimal.

Either way, as the years go on, Devil May Cry seems to only be growing in popularity. Hopefully Capcom has a DMC 6 currently cooking in the developmental oven. It will be interesting to see whether the upcoming Switch 2 port manages to push the title past 15 million.

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KitGuru says: When did you pick up Devil May Cry 5? What’s your favourite entry in the series? Is it time for Dante and co. to return? Let us know down below.

Slay the Spire is a highly addictive yet rather hardcore deck-building rogue-like. Released back in 2019, the game helped usher in the rise of unique genre-bending rogue-likes while still remaining relevant and popular all these years later. This appears to be doubly so the case following the recent Early Access launch of its long-awaited sequel – with Slay the Spire 2 having officially sold over 3 million copies in its first week.

Taking to their Steam page to make the announcement, the team at Mega Crit revealed that “Slay the Spire 2 has been out for merely a week and we have already hit 3,000,000 units sold with more than 25,000,000 runs attempted!! (At least a few million are missing from that last datapoint as we started collecting these metrics a bit after launch).”

While certainly impressive, this figure does not come as too much of a surprise given the fact that upon its launch, Slay the Spire II amassed a massive peak concurrent player count of over half a million (574,638 players) – a figure which has remained pretty consistent on a daily basis since.

Unsurprisingly, reviews for the game have been equally as high, with the Slay the Spire II currently sitting at an ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ on Steam across 50,000 different ratings.

Of course, this is just the start of the journey, with Mega Crit confirming some of Slay the Spire II’s initial upcoming content plans, including:

• A revamp of the badge/scoring system
• More art and VFX
• Ongoing balance patches
• Steam Workshop support
• Multiplayer QOL features
• And more

Slay the Spire II is already off to an excellent start, but with this being just the beginning, it will be interesting to see how the game is received (and how many units it will have sold) by the time the title leaves its Early Access period – whenever that may be.

KitGuru says: What do you think of Slay the Spire II so far? Are you hooked? How does it compare to the first game? Let us know your thoughts down below.