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Two weeks after we revealed that The Official Charts Company was negotiating to integrate games downloads into its UK music Top 40, the body has told MCV that the outcome is not necessarily a certainty. The OCC today told MCV that it could not be sure that games download data …
Read More »PS3s VidZone gets U2 exclusive
Sony’s VidZone, a new streaming music video service that CasualGaming.biz once dubbed as PS3’s answer to Spotify, has nabbed a major exclusive in the form of an early peek of U2’s brand new video. Click here to take a short and painless trip over to CasualGaming.biz for the full story.
Read More »Shiny Digital emerges from the ashes
Whilst official word is still yet to emerge from the Shiny Media camp following news of its entering into administration yesterday, a new company based on many of its assets is already emerging from the shadows. The Guardian reports that most of Shiny Media’s assets have been bought up by new …
Read More »November arrival for NFS Nitro
The second prong in EA’s three-tiered reinvention of its massively popular Need for Speed series has been given a firm release date in the UK and US. Need for Speed: Nitro, the Wii and DS versions of the racing series, will be released in the UK on November 20th. The …
Read More »Sony considered twin sticks for PSPgo
With every revision of the PSP that comes and goes the lust for a second analogue stick on the PSP increases – and Sony has now admitted that the feature very nearly became a reality with the upcoming PSPgo. Speaking in the latest issue of GameInformer (via Kotaku), Sony development …
Read More »Nintendo: Market could grow by 50%
Speaking at the CGA’s ongoing Casual Connect event in Seattle, Nintendo of America’s senior director of product development Tom Prata has predicted that despite the recent boom in the target audience of the console game market the sector could still be set for 50 per cent more growth in the …
Read More »Average game price falls in ’09
The latest research from TNS Worldpanel Entertainment suggests that the average selling price for video games has fallen over the last year. In the 52 weeks ending May 24th 2009, the average price across all formats fell to 21.97, a decline of two per cent, according to the firm. The …
Read More »Bizarre: Blur will reinvent racers
Developer Bizarre Creations expects Blur to revitalise the struggling racing genre, the firm has told MCV. The new IP mixes arcade gameplay, vehicle combat and real world cars in a bid to be more accessible to new players. And the studio’s claim follows similar assertions from Activision Publishing’s CEO Mike …
Read More »Music game revenues plummet
A bit of digging at the latest NPD results for the North American games market has shown that revenues generated by leading music genre brands Guitar Hero and Rock Band have fallen 49 per cent year-on-year over the last 12 months. Gamasutra reports that June was the second month on …
Read More »5.2m iPhone sold in Q2
Apple has reported impressive revenue and profit growth in its financial results for Q2 2009. The company generated revenues of $8.34bn during Q2 (its third quarter), up 12 per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, its net profits jumped 15 per cent to $1.23bn. Click here for the full story on Mobile Entertainment.
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