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The average mobile gamer of 2014 is some seven years younger than just one year ago. That’s according to the 2014 Deconstructing Mobile & Tablet Gaming Report from EEDAR, as reported by Polygon. In 2013 the average age of a North American person who played games on their mobile device …
Read More »Women account for just 15% of UK games development
An investigation byDevelophas found that the women represent just 15 per cent of employees at UK games development studios. The survey received 85 respondents, studios that employ 2,806 staff in total. Of these, it was found that 433 were women. According to recent research by TIGA, the number of jobs …
Read More »Decade-long study dismisses link between games and behavioural problems
A British study of 11,000 children has failed to find any link between video game usage and attentional or emotional development issues. A report entitled ‘Do television and electronic games predict children’s psychosocial adjustment?‘ tracked the results of a millennial survey to track any possible relationship between screen time and …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 2-8
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has taken over the top spot on Steam’s weekly best sellers chart. The latest in Activision’s hit FPS franchise beat out runner-up Football Manager 2015, while popular indie game re-release The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth finished in third. Advanced Warfare’s Digital Pro Edition also made …
Read More »PS4 claims biggest slice of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare sales
More copies Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare were sold on PS4 than any other platform, although the overall Xbox performance bettered the PlayStation platforms. Videogamer reports that 35 per cent of the game’s week one sales in the UK were on PS4 and 32 per cent on Xbox One. However, …
Read More »Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare beats Ghosts’ week one UK numbers, tops charts
As revealed by MCV earlier today, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has bettered the week one sales numbers of predecessor Ghosts, grabbing the UK No.1 in the process. In doing so it becomes the fifth biggest Call of Duty launch in the UK. Advanced Warfare’s week one unit sales beat …
Read More »UK games industry splashes £107m on marketing this Christmas
The UK games industry is spending a huge 107m on marketing this Q4. It’s a drop on last year’s 128m, but that figure was skewed by the launch of three new consoles: Xbox One, PS4 and 2DS. The better comparison will be with 2012’s figure of 99m. The vast majority …
Read More »New 3DS sells 409k units in first three weeks in Japan
The latest iterations of Nintendo’s popular handheld console have been big sellers since they launched in Japan in October, according to data provided by Famitsu. The New 3DS and New 3DS LL shipped 408,719 units since they launched in Japan on October 11th. Of that figure, 299,995 consoles were the …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: October 26 – November 1
Civilization: Beyond Earth is on top of Steam’s weekly best sellers chart for the second week in a row, beating out the latest offering in the popular Farming Simulator series. Still, a runner-up finish is pretty strong for any title making its list debut – it’ll be interesting to see …
Read More »UK games market slumps again
PS4 and Xbox One consoles are flying off shelves, but the games are not following them. UK boxed games sales this week reached just 13.6m, a figure more suited to July, not the middle of October (GfK Chart-Track figures). For the month of October, UK boxed game sales hit 78m, …
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