Entries in 'spend' (33)

Global ad spend grew in 2012

Global ad spend grew in 2012

After the disastrous collapse of 2009, global advertising revenue is again on the rise.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 26th 2013 at 3:44PM in News
Consumers spend on booze and holidays, not video games and books

Consumers spend on booze and holidays, not video games and books

Consumers are spending money – just not on video games.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Mar 18th 2013 at 10:58AM in News
ReVITAlised: Sony spending more on Xmas marketing than at launch

ReVITAlised: Sony spending more on Xmas marketing than at launch

Sony used its Gamescom press conference to effectively relaunch its Vita handheld for Christmas.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Aug 16th 2012 at 10:18AM in News
Average UK gamer spent £334 in 2012

Average UK gamer spent £334 in 2012

ShopTo.net has released the results of a survey claiming the average UK gamer spent £334 last year on their hobby.

by Seth Tipps
on Jun 20th 2012 at 3:21PM in News

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UK online retail set for £13.5bn Xmas boom

UK online retail set for £13.5bn Xmas boom

It may be tough times on the High Street, but online retailers are expecting their most successful Xmas yet.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Nov 28th 2011 at 11:31AM in News
OPINION: Spending money to make money

OPINION: Spending money to make money

Big money being pledged on Q4 drive; Bethesda is reaching the mainstream

Michael French
by Michael French
on Oct 14th 2011 at 8:57AM in News
£165m marketing bonanza to cheer up Christmas

£165m marketing bonanza to cheer up Christmas

The UK games industry is digging deep in a bid to turn around a difficult year for boxed sales.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Oct 14th 2011 at 8:22AM in News
Sony UK splashes £3m on Resistance 3

Sony UK splashes £3m on Resistance 3

Sony is pulling out all the stops to make Resistance 3 a September blockbuster, with a whopping £3m marketing spend.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 7th 2011 at 3:51PM in News

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$100m spent by Zynga on studio acquisitions in 2010

$100m spent by Zynga on studio acquisitions in 2010

Social games giant Zynga spent more than $100 million during a year-long studio buyout craze, new data reveals.

Rob Crossley
by Rob Crossley
on Jul 7th 2011 at 12:53PM in News
UK Xbox gamers spend £64 a month

UK Xbox gamers spend £64 a month

On average UK Xbox 360 gamers splurge £64 a month on their hobby according to Microsoft.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 4th 2011 at 8:39AM in News
Spend it like Beckham

Spend it like Beckham

EA UK has spent over £3m on its David Beckham-fronted Sports Active 2 ad push.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 4th 2010 at 9:28AM in News
Kinect marketing spend = $500m

Kinect marketing spend = $500m

The New York Post is reporting that Microsoft is spending $500m on what it calls “a major movie-style marketing blitz” to accompany the launch of Kinect next month.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 18th 2010 at 4:21PM in News

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MS spends more on Reach than Halo 3

MS spends more on Reach than Halo 3

Forget Call of Duty or FIFA – Halo: Reach could be this year’s biggest video game.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 9th 2010 at 1:00PM in News
£750,000 gets PlayStation Moving

£750,000 gets PlayStation Moving

Sony is spending £750,000 to ensure PlayStation Move is embraced by mainstream audiences when it launches next week.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 9th 2010 at 10:00AM in News
Black Ops getting ‘biggest investment ever’

Black Ops getting ‘biggest investment ever’

Bobby Kotick has said that his company Activision is spending more on marketing this November’s Call of Duty: Black Ops than it has spent on any other title.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 6th 2010 at 12:11PM in News
XBLA on track to make $140m this year

XBLA on track to make $140m this year

A new report from Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment has estimated that Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade service has to date in 2010 made something in the region of $46.1m, a ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 29th 2010 at 1:55PM in News

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DLC goes mainstream with £1m MW2 push

DLC goes mainstream with £1m MW2 push

Activision put a mammoth marketing campaign behind the launch of Modern Warfare 2 DLC.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 2nd 2010 at 12:00PM in News
Brits spend £195m on MMOs

Brits spend £195m on MMOs

UK players of massively multiplayer online games spent £195m on them last year, a report has found.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 31st 2010 at 3:12PM in News
ESA spent $1.2m on lobbying in Q409

ESA spent $1.2m on lobbying in Q409

A report filed by the House of Representatives’ clerk’s office in the US shows that trade body The Entertainment Software Association spent a whopping $1,208,000 on lobbying in Q4 2009.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 23rd 2010 at 2:44PM in News
‘Games lead charge on piracy fight’

‘Games lead charge on piracy fight’

The video games industry is well ahead of music and DVD when it comes to combating IP theft, says trade body ELSPA.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 10th 2010 at 8:00AM in News
Brits spend £200m on MMOs

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.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Mar 9th 2010 at 1:15PM in News
US: Games claim 5% of entertainment spend

US: Games claim 5% of entertainment spend

Video gaming now claims a higher proportion of US homes’ entertainment spend than print media, premium TV, DVD, Blu-ray, movie rentals or music.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 24th 2010 at 11:51AM in News
Square spends millions to fulfil Fantasy

Square spends millions to fulfil Fantasy

Millions of pounds will be spent on the marketing campaign for Final Fantasy XIII, MCV understands.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 5th 2010 at 10:31AM in News
Online retail explodes over Xmas

Online retail explodes over Xmas

The Christmas break may be a time to focus on family and loved ones, but it now seems that it has become the prime opportunity for online shopping – and ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 25th 2010 at 3:31PM in News
Gaming surpasses film in 2009

Gaming surpasses film in 2009

Despite the British cinema industry enjoying its best 12 months in almost 30 years, the UK public spent around half a billion pounds more on gaming than it did movies ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 4th 2010 at 10:05AM in News