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New principles call on game industry to be upfront on IAPs in children's games
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V tops parental Christmas blacklist
Rockstar’s phenomenally successful Grand Theft Auto V has been named as the game parents would least like their kids to receive this Christmas. WHICH IS WHY IT’S AN 18-RATED TITLE! But that momentary outburst of indignant fury aside, returning to the story in question a survey on Babies.co.uk suggested that …
Read More »Play.com predicts Wii U dominance this Christmas
Play.com owner Rakuten has claimed that Nintendo’s Wii U has seen a 75 per cent sales spike in October. The company predicts that Wii U and iPad will be more popular than Xbox One and PS4 amongst children this Christmas. It adds that a Twitter analysis has revealed that its …
Read More »Everybody Plays launches The Game Finder
The UK family games site has launched a new tool to help parents find the games most suitable for their children. Dubbed The Game Finder, the new feature allows parents to submit a variety of criteria such as their child’s age, choice of console and level of questionable content. The …
Read More »Just 2% of children pay for IAPs without parental permission, research claims
New study says parents have greater control over in-game spending 'than reports would have us believe'
Read More »Former Zynga devs open new mobile studio Kidcore
Germany-based firm focusing on educational games for children
Read More »New book to teach kids games coding
Super Scratch Programming Adventure uses comics to ready new generation of developers
Read More »UK kids spend 12 days in front of screens throughout the summer hols
The summer holidays are nearly over – parents rejoice! – but how much time have your kids spent gaming this summer? Creative toy company Galt questioned 2,000 British parents and concluded that the average UK school child will spend 143 hours and 36 minutes this holiday either playing games, watching …
Read More »HOT TOPICS: Is the kids games market dead?
In the fifth of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, Christopher Dring shatters the myths behind the shrinking children’s sector Is the kids games market dead?NO During the PS2’s era, licensed kids games were the hottest properties. And with the likes of Finding Nemo …
Read More »Fight My Monster reaches 1m boys
Fight My Monster has become the UK’s fastest-growing online game for boys after reaching 1m players. The Moshi Monsters rival launched in 2011 and has gone on to achieve an average game session time of 40 minutes per player. The company claims this is almost twice as long as a …
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