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Nintendo has sold 8.3 million units of its Wii console in 2008, making it the largest annual home console seller in European history. The figure is a 58 per cent increase over 2007, and takes the total European Wii installed base to 14.2 million units. Nintendo’s DS also broke European …
Read More »Trivial Pursuit coming to next-gen
US publisher EA is set to bring family board game favourite Trivial Pursuit to a host of games platforms this March, with versions planned for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, mobile phones and online on Pogo.com. CasualGaming.biz has the complete story – click here for more details.
Read More »REVEALED: UK console installed base hits 22 million
The total console installed base for the UK has leapt to 22 million year-on-year, up from 13.5 million reported in January 2008. The results were revealed in GAME’s Christmas trading statement, citing Gfk-ChartTrack data, which shows that sales of Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 consoles have jumped from 4.7 million …
Read More »New Balance Board outing from Konami
Japanese games developer and publisher Konami has announced that it is to release its first title designed to work with Nintendo’s Wii Fit accessory the Wii Balance Board this April – Marbles! Balance Challenge. For the complete story, click here to precariously wobble your way over to CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »UNO heading to PSN and WiiWare
Mobile games publisher Gameloft has secured the global licensing rights to publish UNO across multiple platforms, including for the first time Sony’s PlayStation Network and Nintendo’s WiiWare and DSiWare. CasualGaming.biz has the full story – click here to take a look.
Read More »JAPAN: Market shrinks by 15 per cent in 2008
Enterbrain, the publisher behind Japanese games bible Famitsu and the leading authority on the Japanese games market, has released its 2008 report – and it shows that despite the gains seen in the UK , the Japanese market shrank by 15.3 per cent in 2008. The 2008 market value hit …
Read More »MySims set to return
EA’s even casual-er interpretation of its leading casual franchise The Sims is to get two new sequels on both the Nintendo Wii and DS later this year in the form of MySims Racing and MySims Party. For more details on the titles, click here to visit MCV’s sister site and …
Read More »Climax: PSP is a capable platform
UK Developer confident Sony handheld can maintain consumer interest
Read More »Software for Nintendo formats sold over 40m in 2008
While 2008’s 4bn market boom comes thanks to the overall wider demographic served by the industry, ELSPA/GFK Chart-Track say that it was Nintendo which ‘led the way’ in growth during 2008. Unit sales of games for the format-holder’s Wii and DS platforms amounted to 40m in total. Wii games sales …
Read More »Oxygen pulls away from internal development
UK publisher seeking buyer for South London studio
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