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The video game market, including software and hardware, saw sales reach $2.63 billion last month in the US – an increase of 52 per cent compared to the same period the year before. And compared to this stage in 2006, year-to-date sales have climbed a massive 50 per cent to …
Read More »PS3 growth outstrips rivals in US
The good news keeps coming for Sony, with the latest figures from NPD showing that sales of the PS3 grew faster than any of its console rivals in North America in November. The machine sold 466,000 units in the region in November, a 285 per cent increase on the month …
Read More »Xbox and Nintendo clean up in the MCV Retail Survey
And according to the many, many retailers surveyed by our friends at Channel Games , it has been Microsoft and Nintendo keeping things ticking over nicely. While once again supermarkets and their pesky margin-slashing ways have proved to be this year’s pantomime villain, there’s plenty to be positive about. We’ve …
Read More »Ubisofts 2008-2009 forecast nudges 1bn
Ubisoft has predicted that it will achieve a whopping €975 million in sales during fiscal year 2008-2009. The forecast is driven by the release of four new brands in the period, including Tom Clancy’s EndWar, seven franchise releases including Brothers in Arms, Far Cry 2 and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell …
Read More »Part of the process
As projects get bigger, more complex and distributed around the globe, making sure your production and asset management tools are as sharp as possible is becoming critically important, says Jon Jordanâ?¦
Read More »Sakaguchi discusses the development of Final Fantasy
Famed Japanese developer talks candidly on the original mega-hitâ??s creation
Read More »Eidos execs on how shared tech supports global growth
Britsoft firm plans next step for its studios with ambitious plans to share Crystal Dynamics and IO tech across the company
Read More »Dark Water partners with Instinct
Irish developer to use Instinct Studio middleware
Read More »Wii Fit ups its stamina in Japanese charts
After debuting in second place in last week’s Japanese software charts, Nintendo’s Wii fit has finally claimed the top spot in Media Create’s listings, with the former number one Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box dropping to fifth place. Microsoft will also be pleased to see Mistwalker’s Xbox 360 exclusive RPG …
Read More »Handheld PES2008 in Q1 08
With the 360, PS3, PS2 and PC versions of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 already enjoying incredible success on the UK High Street, Konami has announced that both the DS and PSP versions of the game will be released some time between January and March next year. The DS versions looks …
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