Entries in '2008' (58)
The changing length of games TV ad campaigns
The average games industry TV campaign has increased over the past five years from 2.58 weeks in 2008 to 2.97 in 2010 and now 3.39 weeks in 2012.
DICE: Players "ready" for Mirror's Edge 2
EA’s Mirror’s Edge studio DICE says it knows how to reach a broader audience with a potential sequel to the 2008 title.
11,500 dev layoffs since '08
The global game industry has been hit by as many as 11,500 job losses since late 2008, a new study suggests.
Xbox sales up year-on-year
Whilst the overall picture for Microsoft is yet again one of declining revenues and income, its Entertainment & Devices Division – which houses its Xbox operations – has reported its ...
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Blu-ray and DVD sales down
The global market for both Blu-ray and DVD discs dropped by 4.8 per cent to $482m in 2008, with analyst Screen Digest blaming both the worldwide recession and online piracy ...
Game Boy Advance far from dead
Whilst the ongoing global dominance of both the Wii and DS means that Nintendo has little time left to ponder its older formats, it seems that former handheld favourite the ...
PS3 sales up 10 per cent year-on-year
Sony’s PS3 has proven its naysayers wrong by increasing its annual sales by 10 per cent for the year ending March 31st, with sales for the year passing 10m units.
Record profits once again for Nintendo
In contrast to some of the severe losses suffered by the world’s biggest publishers last year, Wii and DS platform holder Nintendo has posted record numbers for its financial year ...
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Tesco profits pass £3bn
The UK’s leading retailer Tesco has reported record pre-tax profits of £3.13bn for the year ending February 28th 2009 – a ten per cent increase over the same period a ...
US: Games dominate kids’ Christmas spend
Gaming may nowadays be a pursuit for all ages, but that doesn’t mean that the appetite for the hobby amongst kids has diminished – indeed, new research from US stats ...
Tech sales suffer at John lewis
John Lewis has seen mixed results at its electricals and home technology department, after sales fell overall by 13.9 per cent year on year.
AUSTRALIA: Market jumps 47.8% in 2008
New data from market research body OzToys has claimed that the Australian video games market grew by an impressive 47.8 per cent year-on-year in 2008, hitting a total value of ...
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US: Record results for GameStop
The games industry continues to demonstrate its resilience to the tough global economic climate with news that North American based games retailer GameStop enjoyed its eighth straight year of growth ...
MMO subscriptions grow by 22% in 2008
Whilst the publishing world may be vocal in its increasing interest in free-to-play online game models, a new report by Screen Digest shows that the subscription based MMO market grew ...
Symbian still bossing mobile OS market
Whilst Apple continues to redefine the definitions of what a mobile phone operating system should be capable of and Goole Android fights to fulfil the lofty ambitions placed upon it, ...
Argos sales better than expected
Catalogue retail specialist Argos has posted sales figures above what most were expecting, stating that whilst the year ahead will be tough it expects to maintain a strong position on ...
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GameSpot boasts 4.5m UK readership
Gamespot reckons it is the UK’s biggest games site – and has ABCe figures to back up the claim.
Funcom CFO steps down after Q4 loss
Funcom’s chief financial officer Olav Sandnes has stood down from his position at the MMO to take up a role in a different sector publisher following the firm’s confirmation of ...
GameStop enjoys growth in 2008
Leading US video games retailer GameStop has announced strong results for its 2008 fiscal year – and it predicts that it will see the same again in 2009.
Q4 2008 PC hardware sales show annual rises
UK PC sales in the fourth quarter continued to grow at a rapid pace, despite a rising dollar, on-going recession and stalling shipments worldwide.
NCsoft profits fall in 2008
Korean MMO specialist NCsoft has recorded a fall in both operating profit and net profit for its 2008 fiscal year, though its results for the final quarter of the year ...
Konami enjoys strong 2008
Net income for the nine months ending December 31st 2008 reached YEN 17,826, a 17 per cent increase on the same period the year before. Operating income for the period ...
EA: More job cuts coming as Q3 losses reach $641m
North American publisher EA has announced that it suffered losses totalling $641m for the three months ending December 31st 2008 – this compares to losses of $33m in the same ...
1,000 jobs to go at Nokia
Finnish mobile phone company Nokia has announced that 1,000 people are to lose their jobs following a drop in net income of 69 per cent to €576m for the quarter ...
Apple reports record results
The sad news of Steve Jobs’ departure has been quickly forgotten at Apple as the leading lifestyle technology company reported record results for the three months ending December 2008.
