Tactics Oct'18 Issue #16

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TAcTICS E D I TO R I N C H I E F Ryan Janes C O N TR I B U TO R M a rti n e S a u n d e r s M i k e C l u ett WE B S I TE www . fa n c e n s u s . c o m C O N TACT U S + 4 4 (0 )1 6 2 8 48 3 5 5 4 i nfo @ fa n c e n s u s . c o m

AL L DATA R EP R ES EN TI V E O F A CTI V I TY BET WEEN OCTOBER 1 ST 201 8 A ND OCTOBER 31 ST 201 8 A L L D ATA FE AT URED IS GLOBA L E XCLUDING A SIA TOP T EN CHA RTS P R c h a rt fo c u s e s o n all gam es regardless of release date Social m edia c h a rts exc l u d e t i t l e s o l d er than three m onths ( exc. Early Access) unless state d KE Y INFLUENCER DATA S um m ary and to p te n d ata exc l u d e s t i t l es released before Septem ber 2018 ( inc. Early Acce s s ) K . I . S p ot l i g ht i n c l u d e s v ideos published in past tw elv e m onths V i e w e r f i g u r e s b a s e d on reading taken on 1st Nov em ber 2018

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B U S I EST T E R R I TO RY U.S .A.

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IT’ S A B O U T MOR E T H A N J U ST LO O K IN G AT W HAT’S O N TH E S U R FA C E . . .

We’re officially in the thick of it. As we enter the cold month of November we’ve already seen so many fantastic games released with plenty more to come in the lead up to Christmas. My backlog has quickly stacked up to an intimidating number which seems like a silly thing to complain about. There are too many amazing games out. Woe is me. Woe is the gamer.

Of course the biggest talking point of the month has been Rockstar’s latest open world western, Red Dead Redemption 2. Despite launching at the tail end of October, read through to see the impact this industry behemoth has had on the press and social media.

Moving away from cowboys, the last month has treated us to a wealth of other exciting new releases of all genres including Mega Man 11, Black Ops 4 and new IP Starlink all of which are explored from page 4.

And 2018 isn’t even close to slowing down with new entries in the Smash Bros, Fallout, Hitman and Pokemon series still to come. Red Dead is the hot topic at the moment, but it’ll be interesting to see if it manages to fend off these AAA titles next month.

Ryan Janes

TA B LE O F C O N T E NTS <OCTOB E R

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R E V I E W C ENT RA L Meg a Man , Co wb o ys, S p ace Ships and Mo re . . .

O U T TH I S MONT H The b i gg est rele ases o ut in N o v emb er W E B S I TE AN D M AG AZ I N E S U MMA RY Top 1 0 G ames and I ndiv idu al S p ot light I N D E P E N D E N T FOCUS The top p erfo rming indies fo r PR and Yo uTub e TWI TTE R S U MMA RY Top 1 0 G ames w ith the Mo st Retw eet s FAC E B O O K S U MMA RY Top 1 0 Games w ith the Mo st Sh ares YO U TU B E AN D K E Y I N F L U E N C E R S U MMA RY The Most V iew ed Games and K. I . Rep o rt

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S P O T L I G HT >

ME G A M A N 1 1 CA PCOM

C AP C O M

CRI T I C S LO V E . . .

STAYS FA IT HFUL TO T HE S ERIES NE W UPDAT ED V IS UA L DESIG N TOUGH A ND RE WA RDING BOS S BAT TLES

0 2 / 1 0 / 1 8

NETHERL AND S U.S.A. GERMANY ITALY NORWAY

80%

W ORL DW IDE AVG.

CRI T I C S H AT E . . .

83% 81% 80% 80% 80%

PUBLISHER O U TPUT

DIFFICULT Y S OM ET IM ES UNFAIR LE V EL S TOO L O N G RELAT IV ELY S HORT G AME

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C AP C O M BEAT ‘EM UP BUNDLE ( 2018)

76%

MONSTER HUNTER WORLD ( 2018)

90%

MARVEL VS CAPCOM IN FIN ITE ( 2017)

72%

S P O T L I G HT >

CA LL O F D U T Y : B L A C K O P S I I II ACTIVIS ION

T R E YAR C H

CRI T I C S LO V E . . .

BLA CKOUT MO D E ZO M B I E S M ODE E XPA NDED IN INT EREST ING WAYS M U LTI P L AY ER IS A S ST RONG A S IT ’S E V ER B EEN

1 2 / 1 0 / 1 8

8 4%

W ORL DW IDE AVG.

CRI T I C S H AT E . . .

NE W ZEAL AN D BRAZIL GERMANY U.S.A. NETHERL AND S

90% 89% 88% 8 7% 85%

SERIES O U TPUT NO CA M PAIG N

LA CK OF COHES ION BET WEEN M O D ES S PECIA LIST HQ A WEA K A DDITION

C ALL O F D U TY: WWII ( 2017)

79%

C ALL O F D U TY: INFINITE WARFARE ( 2016)

76%

C ALL O F D U TY: BLACK OPS III ( 2015)

80%

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STAR LIN K : B ATT L E F O R AT L A S UBIS OF T

U B IS O FT

CRI T I C S LO V E . . .

STA R F O X C O NT ENT IS WONDERFULLY INT EGRATED SENS E OF E XPLORAT ION A ND FREEDOM PLENT Y TO D O

T O R O N T O

1 6 / 1 0 / 1 8

U.A.E. CANADA BEL GIUM AUSTRAL IA U.S.A.

77%

W ORL DW IDE AVG.

CRI T I C S H AT E . . .

81% 81% 80% 79 % 78 %

PUBLISHER O U TPUT

S I GNS OF REPET IT ION IN M IS S ION T YPES P H YS I C A L V E R S I ON WORKS OUT E XPENS IV E WIT H TOYS WEA K STORY

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ASSASSIN â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S C R EED O DYSSE Y ( 2 0 18 )

86%

TRANSFERENCE ( 2018)

72%

FAR C RY 5 ( 2 0 18 )

83%

S P O T L I G HT >

RE D D E AD R E D E M PTI O N 2 ROCK S TA R

R O C K STAR

CRI T I C S LO V E . . .

INCREDIBLE OPEN WORLD ENGA GING STORY A ND CHA RA CTER S S HEER RA NGE OF T HINGS TO D O

2 6 / 1 0 / 1 8

97%

W ORL DW IDE AVG.

CRI T I C S H AT E . . .

S OM ET IM ES CLUM SY CONT ROL S TA KES A WHILE TO GET GO IN G T EDIUM FROM T RAV ELLING A LOT

SW EDEN SPAIN DENMARK BRAZIL AUSTRAL IA

100% 100% 100% 100% 99%

PUBLISHER O U TPUT G R AN D THEFT AU TO V ( 2 0 13 )

96%

MAX PAYNE 3 ( 2011)

88%

L.A. N O IR E ( 2 0 11)

89%

T H E B E ST G AM E S O F 2 0 1 8 97% RE D D EAD REDEM PT ION 2

DONKE Y KONG COUNTRY : TROPICAL FREE ZE

95%

THORNEBREAKER: THE W ITCHER TAL ES

91%

NI NO KUNI II: RE VENANT KINGDOM

86%

GO D O F WAR

FO RZA H ORIZON 4

ASSASSIN’S CREED ODYSSE Y THE MESSENGER

AST R O B OT : RESCUE M ISS I O N

85%

DI VINITY: O RIGINA L SIN D E F I N I T I V E E D I T I O N

90% MO NSTE R H UNT ER WORL D

SUNBNAUTICA MOSS BURNOUT PARADISE REMASTERED

SH AD OW OF T HE COL OSSU S

89%

DJMAX RESPECT FROSTPUNK

BAYO NETTA 2

PIL L ARS OF ETERNITY 2: DEADFIRE

CE L ESTE

SONIC MANIA PL US

I NTO TH E BREA CH

OCTOPATH TRAVEL ER

88%

84%

DE A D C EL L S

RADIANT HISTORIA: PERFECT CHRONOL OGY

MA RVE L ’S SPIDER-M A N

YAKUZA 6

87%

FAR CRY 5 CAL L OF DUTY : BL ACK OPS IIII

STR EE T F IG HT ER V A RCA D E E D .

DESTINY 2: FORSAKEN

DR AG ON B A L L FIGHT ERZ

YAKUZA KIWAMI 2 VAL KY RIA CHRONICL ES 4 F1 2018 TW O POINT HOSPITAL

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O U T TH I S M O N T H <N OV E MB E R >

HI T M AN 2 1 3 /1 1

POKEMON LET’S GO PI KACHU / E E VE E 1 6 /1 1

BAT T L E F I E L D V 2 0 / 1 1

02/11

D I A B LO I I I : E T E R N A L C O LLECTION

NSW

02/11

TA I KO N O TATS U J I N : D R U M ‘N’ FUN!

NSW

02/11

TA I KO N O TATS U J I N : D R U M SESSION!

PS4

06/11

O V E R K I LL’S T H E WA LK I N G DEAD

PC

06/11

DÉ R A C I N É

PS4

06/11 09/11

G R I P : C O MB AT R A C I N G T E T R I S E F F E CT

13/11

S PY R O R E I G N I T E D T R I LO GY

14 /11

FA LLO U T 7 6

14 /11

WORDHUNTERS

15/11 16/11

U N D E R W O R LD A S C E N D A N T S I D ME I E R ’S C I V I LI Z AT I O N VI

20/11

FA R MI N G S I MU LATO R 1 9

PC / PS4 / XB O

27 /11

D A R KS I D E R S I I I

PC / PS4 / XB O

28/11

A RT I FA CT

PS4 PC / PS4 / XBO / N SW PS4 / XBO PC / PS4 / X B O PS4 PC NSW

PC

STRO N G EST E ST P R P R E S E N CCEE <OC T OB E R

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RE D D E A D R E D E M PT ION 2

1 2,8 0 0

F O RT N I TE

8,3 0 0

CA L L O F D U T Y : B LA CK OPS IIII

7,1 0 0

A S S A S S I N â&#x20AC;&#x2122; S C R E E D ODYS S E Y

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FA L L O U T 7 6

4 ,300

F I FA 1 9

3,0 0 0

PO K E M O N G O

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2,6 0 0

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2,5 0 0 *FIG U R ES R O U N D ED TO NE A R E ST H U N D R E D

08

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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

RED D E AD REDEM PT IO N 2 STRO NGES T TE RRI TO RY U. K.

N U MBER O F W EBSITES REACHED 785

FR ONT PAGE FE ATURED SPO TS 756

B IGGEST SUPPO R TER GAMESPO T

AR TIC LE EXCLUS I VI T Y SHARE 79%

IN D EPEN EPE N D E N T P E R F O R M ANCE <OC T OB E R

2018>

ST R O N G E ST P R P R E S E N C E 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

PL AY E R U N K N O W N ’S B AT T LE G R O U N D S

PUBG CORPORAT ION

830

NO MA N ’S S K Y

HELLO GA M ES

74 0

ROCK E T LE A G U E

PSYONIX

560

STA R C I T I Z E N

CLOUD IM PERIUM

520

STA R D E W VA LLE Y

CONCERNEDA PE

460

CEL EST E TOK I

M AT T M A K ES GA M ES GOLGOT H ST UDIO

450 440

HEL L B LA D E : S E N U A ’S S A C R I F I C E

NINJA T HEORY

350

M IL L I E

FORE VER ENT ERTA INM ENT

330

SINNE R : S A C R I F I C E F O R R E D E MPT ION

DA RK STA R

320

STA RD E W VA LLE Y

CONCERNEDA PE

7.5 K

YOOK A - LAY LE E

PL AYTONIC GA M ES

4 .7K

ATOM I C H E A RT

M UNDFISH

4 .2 K

HEL L B LA D E : S E N U A ’S S A C R I F I C E

NINJA T HEORY

3 .1 K

CUPHE A D

ST UDIO M DHR

2 .5 K

ROCK E T LE A G U E ESCAP E F R O M TA R KO V

PSYONIX BAT T LESTAT E GA M ES

2 .2 K 2 .1 K

A HAT I N T I ME

GE A RS FOR BRE A K FA ST

1 .9 K

GOL F I T !

PERFUSE ENT ERTA INM ENT

1 .7K

SUPE R S E D U C E R

RLR T RA INING INC.

1 .6 K

H I G H E ST TW YO UI TT TU EBRE RV EI ETW SE E TS 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

*TWITTER LIST INCLUDES ALL GAMES R EG AR D LESS O F R ELEA S E D ATE

10

TA CTI C S < O CTOBER 201 8>

P R O D U CT S P OT LI G H T

ROCKET LE AGUE STR ONGEST TERRI TO RY U. K. N U MBER O F W EBSITES REACHED 270 FR ONT PAGE FE ATURED S PO TS 25

PRODUCT SPOT LIGHT

STARDE W VALLE Y T O TA L N O . OF T WEET S 2 7 5 S T RO N G ES T MED I A A C C O UN T P O LY G O N S T RO N G ES T K . I A C C O UN T WA RI O 6 4

HIG H I G H EST E ST TW TWII T T E R R E T WE E TS <OC T OB E R

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

2018>

RE D D E A D R E D E M PT ION 2

2 73K

CA L L O F D U T Y : B LA CK OPS IIII

209K

FA L L O U T 7 6

86K

CA L L O F D U T Y : B LA CK OPS IIII

27K

F O RT N I TE

78 K

A S S A S S I N â&#x20AC;&#x2122; S C R E E D ODYS S E Y

4 9K

S U P E R S M A S H B ROS ULT IM AT E

4 8K

F I FA 1 9

4 3K

F O R ZA H O R I ZO N 4

37K

TWIN MIRROR

25K *FIGURES ROUNDED TO N EA R E ST TH O U S A N D

12

TA CTI C S < O CTOBER 201 8>

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

CA LL O F D U T Y BL AC K O P S IIII TOTAL NO . O F TWEETS 9, 000

TOTAL NO . O F AC CO U NTS 570

S T RON GES T MEDI A ACCO UNT CHARLI EI NTEL

STR ONGES T K. I .

ACCO UNT S I EF E

B I GGE ST S HARE R ETWEETS ME D IA

O F

ACCO UNTS

HIG HIGHH E ST FAC E B O O K S H AR ES <OC T OB E R

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

2018>

RE D D E A D R E D E M PT ION 2

281K

CA L L O F D U T Y : B LA CK OPS IIII

76 K

S PY R O R E I G N I T E D T RILOGY

58K

FA L L O U T 7 6

55K

JU M P F O RC E

34 K

F O RT N I TE

33K

S U P E R S M A S H B ROS ULT IM AT E

28K

A S S A S S I N â&#x20AC;&#x2122; S C R E E D ODYS S E Y

26K

SOULCALIBUR VI

24 K

TWIN MIRROR

15K *FIGURES ROUNDED TO N EA R E ST TH O U S A N D

14

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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

SPY R O REIG N IT E D TR ILO GY TOTAL NO .

PO STS

O F

3, 340

TOTAL NO .

PAGES

O F

505

S T R ONGES T O VERAL L ACCO UNT C ALL

S H AR E

O F

DUTY

OF NEGATI V E E MO J I S 7%

SHAR E O F ‘ LO VE’ E MO J I S 36%

HHIGH IGH EEST ST YO U T U B E V I E WS <OC T OB E R

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

2018>

F O RT N I TE

1 .3 B

F I FA 1 9

294M

CA L L O F D U T Y : B LA CK OPS IIII

293M

RE D D E A D R E D E M PT ION 2

221 M

A S S A S S I N â&#x20AC;&#x2122; S C R E E D ODYS S E Y

144M

F O R ZA H O R I ZO N 4

86M

S U P E R M A R I O PA RT Y

71 M

SPIDER-MAN

69M

WW E 2 K 1 9

4 6M

NB A 2 K 1 9

4 6M *FIG U R ES R O U N D ED TO NE A R E ST M I L L I O N

16

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K E Y I N F L U EN C E R S U M M ARY <OC T OB E R

7, 150

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I N F L UEN C ERS

. MAY M O N TH . . .

LAST 1, 917, 000, 000 V I E WS 4, 315 VI DE OS > 100K VI E WS 3, 020 ACT I VE K. I . S 235 GAME S COVE RE D

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CO U NT

O VER

812

100K

K.I. CO UNT

516

T HIS M ONT H...

-26% -22% -7% - 3 4%

1 ,40 9 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 V I E W S 3 ,3 6 5 V I D E O S > 1 0 0 K V I E W S 2 ,8 0 6 A CT I V E K . I . S 155 GAMES COVERED

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292, 000,000

V ID E OS

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C O UN T

24,000,000

VI DEO S

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51

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GAM E

V I E WS

R E LE AS E D?

F I FA 19

292M

YES

CALL OF DUT Y: BLACK O P S I I I I

275M

YES

RE D DE AD RE DE M PT I O N 2

16 7 M

YES

ASSASSI Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; S CRE E D O DYS S E Y

12 9 M

YES

F ORZ A HORI ZO N 4

77M

YES

SUPE R M ARI O PA RT Y

67M

YES

SPI DE R- M AN

66M

YES

NBA 2K19

45 M

YES

WWE 2K19

41M

YES

FALLOUT 7 6

2 4M

NO

TA CTI C S < O CTOBER 201 8>

WIT H KE Y I N F LU E N C E R S TOP K .I . / SHA RE

TO P TE R R I TO RY / S H A R E

V I D E O S > 1 00K VI E WS

DJMARI I O / 5%

U . K . / 2 4%

812

NOAHJ4 56 / 1 1 %

U . S . A . / 46 %

654

THERAD BRA D / 5%

U.S.A. / 33%

414

ZANAR AEST HE T I CS / 5%

U.S.A. / 21%

2 60

AR1 2GAM I NG / 9%

CANADA / 16%

204

PROSAFIAGA M I NG / 1 7%

U.S.A. / 37%

137

ZANAR AEST HE T I CS / 9%

U.S.A. / 36%

120

CHRIS SM OOVE / 7%

U.S.A. / 52%

11 5

DENKOPS - CH RI S DE NKE R / 1 9%

U.S.A. / 32%

84

MRM ATTY PL AYS / 1 4 %

U.S.A. / 57%

51

*VIE WER FIGURES ROUNDED TO NE A R E ST M I L L I O N

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S U B SC RI BERS

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S U B SC RI BERS

12

3 0

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4 6 1 , 5 2 0

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A G O

MO N T H S

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D AT E OCT 18

V I D EO S 80

VIE W S 855,967

AVG. VIE WS PER VIDEO 1 0, 700

SE P 1 8

81

847,457

1 0, 462

A U G 18

111

565,598

5, 095

JU L 18

101

639,707

6, 334

JU N 1 8

105

974,431

9, 280

M AY 1 8

93

517,039

5, 560

APR 18

109

586,300

5, 379

M A R 18

104

736,261

7, 079

FE B 1 8

82

767,443

9, 359

JAN 1 8

98

1,154,516

1 1 , 781

DE C 17

115

1,483,497

1 2, 900

NO V 1 7

115

2,584,346

22, 473

TOP GAM ES

TO P P U B LI S H E RS WA R N E R B R O S . ENT ERTA INM ENT

28%

LEG O MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 ( 2017)

13%

N I N TE N D O

14%

SP ID ER -MAN ( 2 0 18 )

08%

BANDAI NAMCO

1 3%

SP ID ER -MAN 3 ( 2 0 0 7)

08%

SIE

09%

LEG O D C SU P ER -VILLAINS ( 2018)

06%

A CTI V I S I O N B L IZ Z A RD

08%

STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT 2 ( 2 0 17)

05%

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