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Despite the 26 per cent year-on-year drop suffered by video games software sales at North American retail in July, Nintendo’s dominance continues with the platform holder (and Nintendo exclusive titles) accounting for seven of the month’s top ten best sellers, according to NPD. Newly released Wii Sports Resort was the …
Read More »NPD: 360 continues to improve
The North American video games hardware market continued its value freefall in July, but Microsoft’s Xbox 360 managed to mirror its ongoing success in the UK to post year-on-year sales increases. The overall hardware market declined by 37 per cent year-on-year according to NPD’s latest numbers, but Xbox 360 saw …
Read More »505 and Warner Bros back GMAs
505 Games and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment have become the latest big name publishers to back the GMAs. 505 is Silver Sponsor and is hosting a drinks reception at the event to highlight new flight sim IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. Marketing director Alison Mitchell said: It was great to …
Read More »NPD: July games market down 29%
July proved another tough month for video games retailers in North America, with the overall value of the market declining 29 per cent year-on-year with a total value of $1.19bn. Hardware sales were hardest hit, falling 37 per cent to $281m. Software sales also declined – a 26 per cent …
Read More »Army of Two dated for 2010
Army of Two: The 40th Day, EA’s follow-up to its surprise 2008 next-gen hit, will no longer be released this year and will instead join the growing number of titles hitting retail in the first quarter of 2010. The game sees original protagonists Salem and Rios venture to Shanghai and …
Read More »Future closes PSW magazine
Following the surprise news that Future is to refrain from ABCing its games magazines today, the publisher has now confirmed that it has closed independent PlayStation title PSW. Future has told MCV that one member of the magazine’s team has already been assigned a new role within the firm, whilst …
Read More »Income, profit and sales soar at NCsoft
Korean MMO behemoth NCsoft has posted some recession-busting numbers in its latest financial report for the quarter ending June 30th. Total net income grew an amazing 451 per cent compared to the same period in 2008, reaching $27m. In addition, operating profit rocketed to $38.1m – a 353 per cent …
Read More »GMA 2009 finalists named
The finalists have been announced for this year’s Games Media Awards. For more information on sponsorship opportunities or trade tickets please contact Dave.Roberts@intentmedia.co.ukHere are the finalists in full: Best Games Magazine Games TM – Imagine PublishingEdge Magazine – Future PublishingPC Gamer – Future PublishingRetro Gamer – Imagine PublishingOfficial Xbox 360 …
Read More »MS to cut Xbox 360 Elite by £60?
Just hours after MCV revealed that Sony has been clearing the channel in preparation for its PS3 price cut on Tuesday it now appears as if Microsoft could be preparing an Xbox 360 price cut to counter the move. Kotaku has become the latest website to claim that Microsoft is …
Read More »Xbox 360 boasts most active users
New numbers from analyst firm Nielsen Games suggest that the Xbox 360 currently boasts the most active user base of any home console, with 11.5 per cent of those owning the console in North America playing games on a regular basis. The news isn’t so rosy for Wii, however, with …
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