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A handheld sector spearheaded by DS and a home console market led by Xbox 360 have pushed 2007 software sales to unprecedented heights, MCV can reveal. Full year figures courtesy of ELSPA and ChartTrack reveal another spectacular year of game sales and a significant boost in market value. Total software …
Read More »Tokyo Game Show 2008 dates announced
Japanese super-event set for another four day run
Read More »UK GAMES MARKET 2007
Total software units: 75.9m (Up 16 per cent on 2006) Total software value: 1.72billion (Up 25 per cent on 2006) Total console software (units): 58.2 million (Up 26 per cent on 2006) Total console software (value): 1.41bn (Up 34 per cent on 2006) Console handheld (units): 21.4m (Up 45 per …
Read More »XNA team wants games for upcoming showcase
Call goes out for 2D and 3D games made with XNA Game Studio
Read More »Ron Gilbert joins Hothead as creative director
Monkey Island and adventure game alum's new game DeathSpank to be published by Canadian independent studio
Read More »Engine looks to WiiWare and hints at service’s March launch
Dutch dev plans casual game for Nintendo's downloadable game service
Read More »Rare classics heading to Xbox Live Arcade?
Many gamers have been holding on to the hope that Nintendo’s Virtual Console service will one day play host to Rare’s rich catalogue of retro titles – but online rumours suggest that Xbox 360’s Live Arcade might pip it to the post. Xbox Evolved claims that a joint agreement between …
Read More »UK’s Teesside set for game job boom?
Regional investment agency Codeworks says area is set for digital industry spike
Read More »Silicon Knights backs Niagara incubator
Centre to encourage game development in the Niagara region
Read More »Gimme5games and Mochi Media back Jayisgames’ casual games contest
Competition calls for Flash-based games built by developers and aspiring designers
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