Europe is now Sega’s biggest boxed games market, thanks to the continued performance of Football Manager 2011. The management sim has now sold 690,000 units in Europe and the US across PSP and PC. Sega’s European chief Jurgen Post says the game’s success has helped Europe shift more games than …

On February 9th at 9:30pm Activision announced its Guitar Hero series was going on indefinite hiatus. The news came as a shock, but was it really a surprise? Sales of Guitar Hero had collapsed. No longer the darling of UK retail, the series had become a nuisance, eating up precious …

The owner of a leading independent chain has condemned the ongoing 3DS price war between the big UK games retailers. Tesco, Toys ‘R’ Us and Amazon are the latest retailers to cut their respective prices of the 3DS to around 197. Amazon originally listed the handheld console at 219.99. This …

The health of GAME has long been a good barometer of the wider games market’s fortunes. Because in many respects GAME Group’s customers are the market, and the retailer influences what they want and reacts to what they don’t. When GAME’s buying became conservative, focusing on big hits, publishers slimmed …

But this generation has delivered a lesson that throws that existence into doubt. It turns out no one ‘owns’ those customers. Gamers can be just as easily distracted by download games via Xbox Live, mobile or social networks as they are by the industry trying to court them. And the …

Developer Team 17 has launched a licensing program for its classic Worms franchise. The studio has hired agency AT New Media to offer the franchise to licensees, retailers and promoters. The agency says the Worms characters are ideal for toys, books, plush toys, clothing and more. We are very excited …

Microsoft has claimed both another month of strong sales in the US and another month of console market leadership. Following NPD’s January report, the platform holder released a statement confirming Xbox 360 hardware sales of 381k units – that’s up 15 per cent or 48k units year-on-year. Microsoft adds that …

Forget the fall of Guitar Hero; the music video game sector is stronger than ever, says GfK Chart-Track. The sales tracker says that 2010 was the most successful year for music games in the UK, despite disappointing performances by the various Hero and Rock Band titles. Dance games drove the …

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