STACK #168 Oct 2018

GAMES NEWS

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While the world has been playing a Spider-Man game, I've been playing a Batman game

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According to Dan, their store sells probably more Xboxes than others do, but PlayStation still outsells them overall. "Xbox still isn't beating PlayStation, but it's about a 40/60 split, so it's not too far off." As you're probably well aware, quite possibly everyone that owns a PlayStation 4 console owns a copy of Marvel's Spider-Man , as it is now the fastest-selling first party PlayStation title. Dan agrees. " Spider-Man is everywhere. Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-

Within . It was brutal! There are some decisions in there that are not fun, but it was great." With one of the biggest gaming Q4s in recent history about to hit, plus the lead up to Christmas, pre-orders are, understandably, going nuts. Brighton is no exception. "We've been taking lots of pre- orders, especially for Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII since they reopened the Blackout beta. Pre-orders here tend to be either people who have been stung in the past because something sold out, or people that want to get their hands on pre-order bonuses, beta access or special editions, and want to make sure they don't miss out." Finally, with such a packed release slate on the way, Dan is looking further towards the horizon.

SHOP TALK

H ave you ever held a job for 16 years? Dan Sedik at JB Hi-Fi Brighton has – and she's in retail, for crying out loud. That's an impressive effort if we do say so ourselves. "I started in Frankston, and then I moved up to Sydney to Miranda, Bankstown, Leichhardt, Warrawong, back to Miranda, Bondi, back to Leichhardt, and then I moved to Forest Hill, and then I moved to Ringwood, and now I'm at Brighton." Gamers down Brighton way are fans of shooters, apparently – and, of course, Fortnite . "We get a lot of more 'typical' gamers – shooters and that kind of thing are very common here. We get a lot of parents coming in buying consoles for their kids to play Fortnite on. Of course, that includes headsets, and then replacement headsets when

Date ending: 27/09/18

1 MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN (PS4) 2 NBA 2K19 (XBO/PS4/SWITCH) 3 SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER (PS4/XBO) 4 DESTINY 2: FORSAKEN (XBO/PS4) 5

world of warcraft: battle for azeroth (PC) 6 MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (SWITCH) 7 the LAST OF US (PS4) 8 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD (SWITCH) 9 MADDEN NFL 19 (XBO/PS4) 10

"The game that im looking forward to most is Beyond Good and Evil 2 , but there's no date for that yet. I'm also really looking forward to Kingdom Hearts 3 ."

Dan Sedik at JB Hi-Fi Brighton,VIC

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As you're probably well aware, early last month was the very first Melbourne Esports Open. Opening its doors in the first weekend of September, and taking place at the lovely Melbourne Park, punters were treated to a glorious weekend of esports, including the finals of both Overwatch Contenders and League of Legends OPL. Elsewhere, you could also get hands-on with yet-to-be-released games at the JB Hi-Fi Game On Zone, an all-round success. Until next year!

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