Entries in 'players' (24)
Defiance breaks SyFy records, reaches 1m registered players
Trion Worlds’ multiplayer online shooter Defiance is off to a strong start.
League of Legends sees another massive player spike
League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced its MOBA sensation is now peaking in excess of 5m concurrent players.
12m have played SimCity this year
80 per cent of people in the US and Europe are familiar with the SimCity brand, says EA.
F2P game Hawken wants 10m players
The firm behind upcoming free game Hawken has scored an extra $18m in VC funding.
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Zynga posts third quarter of losses
A loss of nearly $53m for the last quarter means that Zynga has now posted total losses of nearly $161m over the last nine months.
League of Legends is "the most played video game in the world"
Riot Games has released an infographic claiming that its free-to-play online RPG is “the most played video game in the world”.
Brand Map: 39% of Pokémon players are female
Over a third of Pokémon players are female, according to a new GameVision Brand Map report.
Bigpoint hits 250m-player milestone
More than 250m users have signed up for Bigpoint’s free-to-play PC browser games in the ten years it has been producing them.
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FPS Man vs Machine sets 999 player record
A new Guinness World record has been set for the number of simultaneous players competing in a single FPS battlefield.
New EverQuest II players rise by 300%
The number of new signups to EverQuest II has tripled since the Sony MMO game went free-to-play one month ago.
Old Republic has 'up to 1.5m' players
It’s been live less than a week but Star Wars: The Old Republic could have as many as 1.5m users signed up already.
PopCap: 120m people play social games
More people are playing social games than ever before, says PopCap.
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Old Republic could steal 1m WoW players
The global launch the Star Wars MMO could trigger a mass-exodus of World of Warcraft subscribers, according to new analyst data.
FEATURE: Older gamers' playing habits
Pensioners may be overlooked within the industry, but that doesn’t mean they’re not interested in games.
Brand Map: Civilization
We look at a snapshot of players just prior to the launch of Civilization World to see what they are enjoying about the game series.
2m leave World of Warcraft in one year
The number of World of Warcraft subscribers has fallen from over 12m to 10.3m in one year.
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Over 8m played Battlefield 3 beta
EA-owned developer DICE has released a number of stats about its recent Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta.
Microsoft ditches Zune hardware
It won’t be a shock to hear that Microsoft has admitted that it has ceased production of Zune hardware.
Brand Map: Gran Turismo
This week we’re going to look at Gran Turismo using the GameVision Brand Map you can buy direct from MCV Reports.
COD makes you quick
Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster.
Brits spend £200m on MMOs
British gamers spent £195m on MMO games last year, ahead of Germany and France, with £165m and £145m respectively, according to a new report.
Battlefield celebrates twin success
EA’s Battlefield brand has notched up two notable achievement overnight marking a notable victory for both free-to-play gaming and digital only releases.
Blu-ray player sales picking up pace
Whether Blu-ray’s rise to ascendancy will gather the required pace needed before the mainstream adaptation of digital movie downloads arrives is yet to be seen, but sales of HD discs ...
JAPAN: Killzone 2 debuts in third
Guerrilla’s PS3-only first person shooter Killzone 2 has enjoyed a strong debut in the Japanese charts, with only the combined forces of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and Monster Hunter G keeping ...
