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PS3 Home may still be exclusively for use by approved testers at the moment, but those privileged enough to have access will tonight be able to access live coverage of Ubisoft’s Ubidays event in Paris this evening. The showcase comes hot on the heels of Sony’s unveiling of its brand …
Read More »Asylum signed as first ‘Q on Wii’ user
London based studio is the first to adopt Qube's middleware for Nintendo console
Read More »Tiga touts Games Up?’s unifying campaign
UK trade association outlines its part in the campaign to guarantee the 'right policy environment' for studios
Read More »Sega renews UE3 licence
Agreement with Epic extended to include new Unreal features and engine use in new game
Read More »NIELSEN REPORT: Gaming named top leisure activity in Europe
A new report entitled Video Gamers in Europe 2008 from ISFE-Nielsen research claims that gaming is now the most popular leisure activity for people aged between 16 and 49 across Europe. Gaming now rivals even TV in terms of the hours we all spend doing it, the report says. People …
Read More »NIELSEN REPORT: European consumers understand PEGI ratings
Whilst the BBFC-PEGI debate continues to rumble in the wake of the notorious Byron Report, a new report entitled Video Gamers in Europe 2008 from ISFE-Nielsen suggests that European gamers back the current PEGI system. Across the 15 countries surveyed, 93 per cent of respondents to Nielsen’s survey recognised the …
Read More »NIELSEN REPORT: European games market at all time high
As part of ISFE-Nielsen’s Video Gamers in Europe 2008 report, it has emerged that the European video games market is bigger now than it ever has been. In 2007, software sales across the 15 largest European markets reached €7.3 billion, a 25 per cent increase on the figures from 2006. …
Read More »NIELSEN REPORT: European gaming habits exposed
A new report from ISFE-Nielsen claims that 37 per cent of UK residents aged between 16 and 49 describe themselves as active gamers. The news comes from the Video Gamers in Europe 2008 report from ISFE-Nielsen, which also throws up some interesting stats regarding the playing habits of gamers across …
Read More »Indiana Jones raids box office coffers
Despite costing a whopping $185 million to make, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ latest cinema outing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made an estimated $311 million worldwide in its opening weekend, the Associated Press reports . Coming 19 years after the release of Indiana Jones and …
Read More »Street Fighter IV confirmed for consoles and PC
It might not be a huge surprise, but Capcom’s confirmation that its upcoming arcade title Street Fighter IV will also be coming to consoles and PC is certainly welcome news. A release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC is anticipated later this year, though no firm street date has yet …
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