Cloud gaming service OnLive may not be to the taste of the hardcore market, CEO Steve Perlman has told Cnet. Anybody that’s a serious gamer plays games in more than one place,” he explained. If you’re a hardcore gamer and you’ve got a big rig and you want the highest …

It’s surely no surprise that supermarkets are demanding that publishers lower the prices of new games. The likes of Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda have been aggressive in their pursuit of entertainment market share. They’ve increased in-store space for games and have been recruiting high-profile buyers to their teams. Some are …

Video games face the prospect of slipping back to third place in the UK entertainment race following a report showing that the sector has suffered bigger declines than either video or music in the first half of 2010. The ERA says that the first six months of the year have …

The Video Standards Council has confirmed the news broken by MCV yesterday that PEGI’s new age ratings will not become legally enforceable until April 1st 2011. Although we had hoped that it would be implemented sooner, we are very pleased that the Government has now given us a definite date …

The likes of EA, Sony and Take-Two had plenty of reasons to cheer. Traditional game sales are actually on the increase. And gamers, your customers, have been spoilt by a great line-up of titles, from Heavy Rain to Super Mario Galaxy 2, BioShock 2 to Red Dead Redemption. In fact, …

Ubisoft wants 30 per cent market share on 3DS when the platform hits retail, the publisher has told MCV. Speaking at the recent Ubisoft Summer Fair event, UK sales director Darren Bowen said the firm expects to account for a significant portion of sales when Nintendo’s highly anticipated handheld is …

For all the doom and gloom, the six months’ figures for the UK games industry weren’t all bad news. The likes of EA, Sony and Take-Two had plenty of reasons to cheer. Traditional game sales are actually on the increase. And gamers, your customers, have been spoilt by a great …

The Xbox 360 S landed on UK shelves today and the device’s price is already beginning to fluctuate. Online retailers have the upper hand as ShopTo.net lists the cheapest price at 184.85, followed closely by Zavvi.com (189.95) and Amazon (189.99). Other key online retailers are holding closer to Microsoft’s suggested …

Though it wasn’t enough to prevent yet another month of declines in the US video games market in June, Microsoft Xbox 360 enjoyed some serious year-on-year gains in June thanks to the launch of the Xbox 360 S, which arrived in the UK this morning. Xbox 360 sold a total …

So what exactly is Yoostar?Yoostar is the first video game that puts you in the movies and next to the other actors. Players can create user-generated video and post it up on the respective Microsoft or Sony websites. From there, the gamer can share it with their friends, comment on …