Tag Archives: industry
Fri, Aug 03, 2012 | 12:07 BST
Who’s buying? UK games retail at all-time low
MCV reports that games retail sunk to an all-time low last week, according to figures released by UKIE and Chart Track.
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Posted in: Financials
Tags: industry, Retail, uk
Mon, Nov 21, 2011 | 13:49 GMT
Blockbuster: Publishers giving “an awful lot of support” to boost rental over pre-owned
Blockbuster’s said in an interview with MCV that publishers are offering “an awful lot of support” to dismantle the pre-owned games market.
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Posted in: Publishers
Tags: Blokcbuster UK, Game rental, industry
Sat, Jul 16, 2011 | 18:44 BST
Market analysis: Industry to grow 10.4% in 2011 to $74.4 billion despite June woes
Market research group Gartner Inc., has estimated software spending in 2011 hit around $44.7 billion despite June’s 10 percent drop in spending reported by NPD.
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Posted in: Retail, Trade
Tags: analyst note, Gartner Inc., industry
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 | 18:21 BST
Kojima, Bleszinski, Molyneux and others to deliver speech at Gamelab
This year’s Gamelab conference in Barcelona, Spain will see industry veterans Hideo Kojima, Cliff Bleszinski, Peter Molyneux and EA founder Trip Hawkins deliver key speeches.
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Posted in: Development, Platform holders
Tags: barcelona, Gamelab, industry, Spain
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 18:49 GMT
Games industry hoping 3DS pulls market out of its year-long slump
Gaming industry vets are excited over Nintendo 3DS, and are hoping the handheld’s release will help pull the market out of the slump it’s been in for the past year.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, Nintendo
Tags: Andrew Thompson, brian farrell, Craig McNicol, industry
Thu, Jan 06, 2011 | 19:44 GMT
Spector disappointed by devs focusing more on “combat mechanics” than interactive storytelling
Warren Spector has stated in an interview with Develop he’s a bit disappointed that the gaming industry tends to focus more on combat mechanics when it should be looking to include other interactive means of compelling gameplay.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Development, Wii
Tags: industry, Junction Point, warren spector
Fri, Sep 10, 2010 | 15:56 BST
Scottish videogames industry at a crossroads, says TIGA
TIGA has said the Scottish videogames industry is at a “cross roads” , and if it didn’t get some much needed tax breaks, the sector could decline.
Wed, Jul 07, 2010 | 21:09 BST
East and West can succeed at globalization with collaboration, says Wada
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada feels that neither Japanese nor Western publishers have “succeeded at globalization”, due to parent companies having to much control over development studios.
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Posted in: America, Development, Eidos, Europe, Japan, Square Enix, Trade
Tags: industry, yoichi wada
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 | 10:29 BST
NPD May 2010: RDR clears 1.5M, Nintendo dominates hardware
NPD has released May sales figures for the US, showing the third best-selling May on record after 2008 and 2009 and some monster sales for Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption.
However, the industry as a whole was down 10 percent for the month year-on-year.
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 15:08 BST
Inafune: Gaming’s largely a western market
Capcom’s Kenji Inafune has said that gaming’s becoming largely a western market, which is why Capcom is “fighting the good fight,” in order to get its games to work.
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Posted in: Capcom, E3 2010, Japan, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: industry, Japanese game industry, Kenji Inafune
Fri, Jun 18, 2010 | 11:54 BST
Analyst: 3DS to launch in west in March 2011, cost $249-$299
Analyst firm Lazard Capital Markets has revealed that it expects that Nintendo to launch its new 3DS system in Japan late this year, and with a US release following in March 2011.
Sun, Jun 06, 2010 | 13:24 BST
Molyneux: Converging “forces” to spawn new genres
In a new interview, Lionhead Studios creative director Peter Molyneux has said that he believes “new genres” will emerge out of the intersection of social spaces, motion control and emotional intent.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, PS3, Platform holders, Xbox 360
Tags: Fable III, industry, peter molyneux, PlayStation Move, project natal
Wed, May 26, 2010 | 20:04 BST
Analyst expects PS3 to outsell 360 by 3.5M this year
According to a report from Strategy Analytics, the global market share for PS3 is expected to be around 31 percent for the first quarter of the year, will global sales reaching 14 million.
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Posted in: PS3, Retail, Trade, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: David Mercer, industry, Strategy Analytics
Microsoft will “absolutely not” block Xbox One games if your Live account is banned, says Nelson