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One of the most influential forces in the modern games market will turn five tomorrow. Apple’s iOS App Store arrived in 2008 and has gone on to redefine the world of digital gaming and force significant changes to the core games market. Nothing like the App Store existed before and …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 30 – July 6
Final Fantasy VII beat out upstart Rogue Legacy for the top spot on Steam’s latest top ten selling chart. Square’s PS1 classic roared up the sales chart this past week after launching late during the period. The game relaunched on PC last month through Square Enix itself, but just days …
Read More »UK specialist store count plummets to 795
There are less than 800 specialist games stores on the UK High Street, according to MCV research. While GAME has maintained its store count of just over 320, HMV and Blockbuster saw their retail footprints decimated when the two High Street chains fell into administration earlier this year. Blockbuster lost …
Read More »How would you describe the average British gamer?
Gamers? Ha! A bunch of overweight, spotty boys cooped up in their rooms because they’re too socially awkward to step outside, right? Wrong. So very, very wrong. CVG has word of a new survey from gaming social network Pixwoo that finds that the average British gamer is as follows: They’re …
Read More »NPD to begin tracking digital sales data this year
The NPD Group has announced it will start officially tracking worldwide digital sales of video games. Speaking with Games Industry, organization president David McQuillan admitted that the move to cover the digital arm of the market has been a long time coming and explained how NPD plans to pull off …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 23-29
Company of Heroes 2 is on top of Steam’s top ten selling products chartin consecutive weeks, finishing ahead of a slew of new releases and discounted titles. Activison’s licensed Deadpool game grabbed the runner-up spot, right ahead of the recently released indie roguelike Rogue Legacy – a pleasant surprise reaching …
Read More »400,000 retail jobs could be lost in next 5 years – analyst
The Centre for Retail Research has issued a grave warning for those working in UK retail. The Independent reports that should current trends continue over a fifth of all UK shopping will be done online. That’s great news for online business, of course, but potentially worrying for the country’s legion …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 16-22
Relic’s strategy sequel Company of Heroes 2 jumps to the top of Steam’s top ten sellers list ahead of its launch on the platform this week. The game shares the top spot with the Legendary Edition of Skyrim, while Dead Island Riptide and the original title’s Game of the Year …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One are a "distraction" from gaming’s biggest growth areas
All the noise surrounding the next-generation of consoles is a fantastic opportunity for investors to make big money from gaming. That’s the opinion of Kristian Segerstrale, former executive VP of EA’s digital business and current investment specialist. The next generation consoles are doing a wonderful job at distracting the big …
Read More »Valve – provider of games to high-income households
Take an average internet user. Then take an internet user whose household income is 50,000 or more. That second user is known as a ‘high income’ user. That’s despite the fact that families making 50,000 in London are PROPER SKINT. But that’s not a debate for these pages. What is …
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