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Retail turmoil will give way to excitement at E3 this June, an expectant games trade hopes. Leading games retail bosses expect to see a blockbuster line-up from Nintendo plus launch details of brand new games consoles from Sony and Microsoft – announcements that will hopefully generate more confidence in the …
Read More »Twitch: ‘New generation of gamers don’t want to read’
Game Informer and Gamereactor may be entering the UK, but according to TV giant Twitch, gamers don’t want new magazines, they want video. The US firm is like ‘YouTube for video games’, but specialises in live video and eSports. Its 23m unique monthly users watch 6bn minutes of video a …
Read More »OPINION: Niche opportunities in the games market
With the way so much stuff is shrinking in the UK games market – the number of big releases is falling, the amount you need to sell to get the boxed game to No.1 is tiny – you’d be forgiven for thinking that the specialist press world around games was …
Read More »Read all about it: international games media brands set sights on UK
The biggest games magazines in North America and Europe are to launch in the UK, MCV can reveal. GameStop-owned Game Informer is about to start selling digital subscriptions to UK gamers via its gamestop.co.uk estore. Meanwhile, Gamereactor is to launch both digital and physical magazines, with the latter distributed as …
Read More »US video games market slips 9% in 2012
The total value of the US video games market declined nine per cent in 2012. NPD estimates that the overall the sector was worth $14.8bn, down from $16.34bn in 2011. The number includes sales of physical and digital games (the latter presumably with a bit of guesswork) as well as …
Read More »Ni No Kuni claims No.1 chart spot; Namco Bandai thanks community
Namco Bandai is celebrating what some would call a surprise chart victory for Ni No Kuni this morning. The PS3-only JRPG, co-developed by established Japanese developers Level 5 and film animation master Studio Ghibli, will shortly be unveiled as the UK’s new No.1 in the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top …
Read More »Riccitiello: Games and violence aren’t linked, but the perception they are is damaging
EA CEO John Riccitiello has said that the games industry must work harder to challenge the belief that video games and gun violence share a link. "The games industry is a very mature, responsible industry, more so than you might otherwise imagine," he told investors, as reported by CVG. "We’re …
Read More »UK GAMES INDUSTRY SALARY SURVEY: What are you worth?
This year, our salary survey shows a decline in the average UK games industry yearly wage. Last year we reported the number at 33,123 – this year it is just under 4,000 less, at 29,358. This is actually back in line with broader historical data, rather than a serious decline. …
Read More »Black Ops II gets its first 2013 UK No.1
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II is once again at the top of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the game’s seventh No.1 and the first following its six-week run at the tail end of 2012. It also managed the rare feat of growing sales week-on-week – …
Read More »Prince Harry: Rubbish at exams, great at video games
EA’s FIFA series has been name-dropped by Prince Harry in a range of interviews made public following his return from serving in Afghanistan. Admitting that he struggled at school, despite being bankrolled through Ludgrove Prep School and Eton College, Harry never sparkled in written exams. But he reckons he’s a …
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