Tag Archives: video games

It was EA that dominated the charts this month with some 12 games in the Top 50. Crysis 2 in third place was the publisher’s biggest seller, but sneaking under the radar to make the Top Five was Fight Night Champion, the game was the second biggest seller on PS3 last …

Publisher THQ has confirmed that it has entered into a multi-year extension to its current agreement with Games Workshop for the Warhammer 40,000 game rights. The deal grants THQ exclusivity to use the license across all platforms including console and mobile. To date the company has published a number of …

At least eight big games publishers will exhibit at MCM Expo next month. Nintendo, Capcom, Warner Bros, THQ, Square Enix, Tecmo Koei, PQube and Atari will be attending with more to be confirmed in the coming weeks. Capcom’s recently announced Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition will also get its …

Sarah Kaye has been waiting to take the games hot seat at Tesco for over six months. She was recruited from Activision in June last year to eventually succeed former games chief John Stanhope. Stanhope is part of Tesco’s director development programme and as a result was recently tasked with …

According to estimates from Enterbrain CEO Hirokazu Hamamura, the earthquake that hit Japan in March has cost the country’s games sector in the region of 55m. As reported by Andriasang, the drop in sales experienced in the territory following the earthquake has been attributed to the numerous game delays that …

Almost one million fewer games were sold at UK retail last month compared to the same period in 2010. The latest figures from GfK Chart-Track paints a bleak picture of the UK games market. In total, 19.3 per cent fewer games were sold last month compared to March 2010, with …

As of today US ratings body the ESRB will begin using a computer program to assign ratings to digital video games. The New York Times says that E (Everyone), T (Teen) and M (Mature) ratings will be automatically assigned according to a number of parameters "designed to replicate the ingrained …

Nintendo’s DS was the best selling console in the US last month, according to the latest report from stats body NPD. Overall the American physical games market fell four per cent to $1.53bn. Software fell 16 per cent to $735.4m. Overall hardware sales were up 12 per cent compared to …

It’s time to stand up and face up to that elephant in the corner of the room. Retailer GameStop has officially launched a digital games store on Facebook. It claims to be "he first multichannel gaming company to launch a storefront on Facebook and provide true social commerce to more …

UK consumers will be able to rent digital PC games from Direct2Drive later this year. The service lets gamers download and play their chosen PC game for five hours. Once the trial has finished, the full game is offered at a lower price. The company – owned by IGN – …