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Square Enix is in the process of building a studio in El Segundo, Los Angeles, according to reports. The news has been a long time coming, with talk of Western acquisitions having been on the firm’s lips for over two years. Recently, Square Enix signed a publishing deal with RTS …
Read More »US: Wii install base races ahead of 360
New stats from North American firm NPD and Deutsche Bank show that Nintendo’s Wii console has overturned the Xbox 360’s 12 month start on the marketplace to lead the installed hardware race by nearly two million units. GameDaily reports that the Wii has now sold 13.4 million units in North …
Read More »US: Fable II trumps all in October
Nintendo may have dominated the US October hardware battle , but Microsoft can claim a sound victory in the hardware stakes with its Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Fable II topping the monthly software listings with sales of 790,000. NPD figures name Wii Fit as the next best selling game, with …
Read More »US: Nintendo dominates October hardware sales
With news of 35 per cent growth in the US hardware market in October causing great cheer across the Atlantic, Nintendo has the greatest reason to celebrate after some hugely impressive sales figures for its hardware. NPD stats show that the Wii sold 803,000 units in October, with twin-screened cousin …
Read More »US: 18% market growth in October
Credit crunch? What credit crunch? The resilience of the video games market to the global financial crisis is still a matter of debate, but annual year-on-year growth of 18 per cent for the month of October in North America is undoubtedly a very positive sign. NPD figures show that the …
Read More »Gameloft enjoys Q3 sales rise
Leading casual mobile and portable games publisher Gameloft has announced Q3 2008 sales of €26.2 million – numbers that are eight per cent up on the same period from 2007. Mobile titles accounted for 98 per cent of the firm’s sales, with the combined output for DS, WiiWare and Xbox …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet – exact release day confirmed
SCEE has confirmed to MCV that LittleBigPlanet will now be released in the UK on November 5th. The news adds to this morning’s announcement stating that it would be released in Europe in ‘the week commencing November 3rd’. All in all the delay, which came about after it emerged the …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet re-dated
PS3 platform holder Sony has announced that LittleBigPlanet will be released in Europe, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand in the week commencing November 3rd – meaning a likely UK arrival of November 3rd, VG247 reports. The title will be released in North America in the week commencing October …
Read More »100k vote in mock-Xbox election
Microsoft has announced that its recent trial that saw Xbox 360 users participate in a mock election via Xbox Live saw nearly 100,000 gamers participate – with Democratic candidate Barack Obama winning a landslide victory. The experiment, which has been running since August 25th, allowed gamers to vote via their …
Read More »US: 97 per cent of kids play games
A new survey from Pew Internet & American Life Project has shown just how deeply gaming has infiltrated North American life – with the results suggesting that 97 per cent of 12 to 17 year olds are active gamers. The results were fairly consistent amongst various ethnic groups, and even …
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