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As one of the games industry’s thousand pound gorillas, EA is no stranger to acquisitions. But what do the people selling their studios to Electronic Arts think of the move? According to Steven Spielberg, selling his Dreamworks Interactive studio to the publisher was both "the smartest and dumbest thing I …
Read More »Factor 5 closes US dev studio
Factor 5 is to close its San Rafael studio, the company’s CEO has revealed. According to a post on the official website, the ‘obstacles created by the sudden bankruptcy of Brash Entertainment for the continuation of operations have turned out too great to overcome in the current economic climate,’ wrote …
Read More »Sega unveils Resonance of Fate
Resonance of Fate will arrive in Europe in Spring 2010 on PS3 and 360, Sega has revealed. Called End of Eternity in Japan, the game is developed by the team behind Star Ocean: The Last Home and boasts ‘Hollywood-style action sequences’, a unique story and realistic gunplay. Partnering up with …
Read More »NPD: Hardware and software suffers in April
The US saw an 8 per cent year-on-year decline in hardware sales while software tumbled 23 per cent, according to data provided bythe NPD group. Physical software sales stood at $510.74 million, a significant drop from the 660.1 million during April 2008. However, NPD analyst Anita Frazier was quick to …
Read More »PS3 price cut predictions return
Sony yesterday predicted that PS3 unit sales would increase by 3m (30 per cent) in the next 12 months – a figure that Lazard Capital Markets’ Colin Sebastian says can only be achieved via a $100 price cut to the machine. PS3 guidance suggests pending price reduction – timing and …
Read More »NPD: April stung by 17% sales slide
The US videogame market has seen its second successive fall in sales, dropping 17 per cent year-on-year. Sales reached $1.03 billion, according to research firm NPD. That figure includes sales of software, hardware and accessories. Last year, April sales reached $1.24 billion. Coupled with the 17 per cent year-on-year decline …
Read More »PopCap launches PS3 and PSP offensive
Sony Online Entertainment has given PS3 a serious casual games boost with the new that it has penned a deal with leading publisher PopCap to bring five its best selling consoles to PlayStation network for PS3. All games will offer PlayStation Trophies and 1080p graphics and will also be playable …
Read More »PES sells 8m units worldwide in 2008 financial year
Pro Evolution Soccer has sold over eight million units worldwide in the 12 months ending March 31st. The sales were announced in the publisher’s financial report, where Konami reported a 4.2 per cent increase in revenue. The firm also revealed that Metal Gear Online, the online part of Metal Gear …
Read More »Konami annual sales rise 4.2%
Success in Europe has seen Konami post a year-on-year net revenue rise of 4.2 per cent. The firm’s sales stand at 309,771 million (2.39 billion Euro), with sales of Metal Gear Solid and PES 2009 boosting the company’s performance. However, ‘extraordinary losses’ in the firms Health and Fitness sector have …
Read More »Fluffy Logic: Gaming went mainstream when it became useful
SingStar, Wii Sports, Brain Training – it’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment gaming went mainstream, but Fluffy Logic CEO Ana Kronschnabl claims that the real change happened when gaming started to convince people that it had a purpose. I have known very few women who like playing computer games …
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