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Pensioners may be overlooked within the industry, but that doesn’t mean they’re not interested in games. PlayableGames’ manager Ben Weedon looks at the playing and buying habits of the older generation. The proportion of people over 65 years old is increasing at an enormous rate. Approximately 10,000 people will turn …
Read More »MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (wk ending October 23rd)
We look at recent TV advertising activity for games and find out how Grand Theft Auto could affect the games advertising market next year. This is provided by specialist communication firm Generation Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. Games and consoles advertising pressure during the week ending October …
Read More »Games piracy up 20% in five years
The rate of games piracy is on the rise, according to new data. Research firm Envisional says that illicit game downloads in the UK climbed 20 per cent over the last five years. It claims that that the five top games of 2010” were illegally accessed online almost one million …
Read More »London Games Conference – miss anything?
Develop and MCV offer a recap of the key stories from last night's event
Read More »Is iOS5 update worsening iPhone battery life?
Apple today released a patch for its iOS 5 that is deigned to address complaints about battery life – but users are complaining that it has made situation worse. iOS 5.0.1 was released specifically to improve the battery life of iPhones following widespread complaints that the new iPhone 4S has …
Read More »Games piracy ‘has climbed 20% since 2006’
But, in the age of Spotify, music piracy declines
Read More »Dominant Steam accounts for 80% of Witcher 2 sales
PC fantasy adventure game sells 240,000 digital copies in six months
Read More »MW3 vs BF3 – has EA won market share?
Battlefield 3 sold really well. Modern Warfare 3 sold really, REALLY well. But who won the war? Of course, that all depends on how you deal with the numbers. EA’s mission prior to the release of Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 was simple – it wanted to prize some …
Read More »Dates set for Edinburgh Interactive 2012
Develop, MCV and Nintendo confirmed as event partners
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 sells 75 copies PER SECOND
The biggest entertainment launch of all time. That’s no mean feat. As has just been revealed by Activision, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 sold 6.5m copies in the UK and US alone in its first 24 hours on the market. That means it sold 75 copies sold a second …
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