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Festive season delivers record week for apps
Read More »Mergers and acquisitions shatter records in 2012
Total transaction value worth $3.4 billion so far this year; Games investment down significantly
Read More »EA research said Dead Space 1&2 were too scary
The realisation that horror games Dead Space and Dead Space 2 are scary led to the decision to shift the focus away from scares in Dead Space 3, EA has told MCV. Fans of the series took to the internet following the reveal of Dead Space 3 to bemoan its …
Read More »Institute of Play’s GLASS Lab aims to engage students with games
Non-profit video game organization Institute of Play has unveiled theGames, Learning and AssessmentLab, a new design center that will research and develop compelling games in an effort to engage students. Announced today during the Aspen Ideas Festival, GLASSlab also aims to provide data on students’ comprehension of core skills needed …
Read More »ESA: Nearly half of US households own console
Industry image improves as gaming becomes more prevalent
Read More »‘Only a fifth of games customers use credit cards’
Nine out of ten consumers 'prefer to use cash alternative', research suggests
Read More »$1.5m games research grant for Colorado University
National Science Foundation funds games design research
Read More »Xbox 360 and Call of Duty still king in US
Microsoft and Activision had the best performing products in the US last month. Xbox 360 was the top selling hardware for a sixth consecutive month, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 topped the best-selling games chart. However, the Top 10 games did not sell well enough to prevent sales …
Read More »US game sales drop by $390 in January
A lack of new releases and the comparatively strong sales in 2011 saw the US video games market drop by almost $400m last month. NDP data shows that combined sales of hardware, software and accessories fell to $750.6m, down 34 per cent from the $1.14bn taken in January. Both software …
Read More »UK leads digital and physical game sales
NDP data shows that UK consumers buy more video games – both boxed and downloadable – than those in France, Germany in the US. The research group reported that the split between physical and digital sales in Germany is nearly equal, although France is dominated by boxed sales. The UK …
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