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Brand Map: 71% play MGS on PlayStation consoles

Brand Map: 71% play MGS on PlayStation consoles

Almost three quarters of all Metal Gear Solid gamers play the titles on the PlayStation family of consoles.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Apr 10th 2012 at 3:00PM in News
ANALYSIS: UK Games Market's Top 5 Brands

ANALYSIS: UK Games Market's Top 5 Brands

In this new regular segment with insight from leading stat-trackers, Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch reveals the Top Five best-selling video games brands in the UK...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 4th 2012 at 1:20PM in News
Brand Map: 31 per cent of Diablo players are female

Brand Map: 31 per cent of Diablo players are female

Almost a third of all Diablo players are female, a new report shows.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 26th 2012 at 11:00AM in News
ANALYSIS: How Alan Wake survived

ANALYSIS: How Alan Wake survived

It was E3 2005 when Alan Wake was first unveiled.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Mar 20th 2012 at 11:59AM in News

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Just Dance 3 smashes sales of predecessor

Just Dance 3 smashes sales of predecessor

Any fears that the dancing game craze had passed have been well and truly dispelled following the release of some impressive statistics from publisher Ubisoft.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 18th 2011 at 12:41PM in News
Cooking Mama series hits 2m UK unit sales

Cooking Mama series hits 2m UK unit sales

505 Games has confirmed that total UK sales of the Cooking Mama series have now hit 2m units.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 7th 2011 at 9:00AM in News
Final Fantasy brand "has been greatly damaged"

Final Fantasy brand "has been greatly damaged"

Speaking frankly at a Tokyo press conference, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has admitted that the Final Fantasy brand “has been greatly damaged” the technical woes suffered by MMO title ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 27th 2011 at 12:33PM in News
Brand Map: Need for Speed

Brand Map: Need for Speed

Need for Speed: The Run hits stores in November and this time things are a little different for the franchise. We take a look at gamers' playing patterns.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 22nd 2011 at 5:59PM in News

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Consumers soon “won’t pay $60 for a game anymore”

Consumers soon “won’t pay $60 for a game anymore”

Though such a radical transition is still some way off, the senior VP of worldwide development at Electronic Arts has hinted that the FIFA series will at some stage have ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 22nd 2011 at 12:58PM in News
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Sony is 'most valued' Asian brand

Sony is 'most valued' Asian brand

A new survey conducted by market research firm TNS has named Sony as the most valued brand in Asia.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 5th 2011 at 11:00AM in News
Weight added to PS Vita claims

Weight added to PS Vita claims

It's looking increasingly likely that PlayStation Vita is to be the official name of Sony's PlayStation Portable successor.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 2nd 2011 at 10:22AM in News
Nokia kills Ovi brand

Nokia kills Ovi brand

Nokia announced the firm is dump the Ovi brand of services, instead simply using 'Nokia' to "centralise identity under one brand," they said.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 16th 2011 at 11:04AM in News

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Apple named world's most valuable brand

Apple named world's most valuable brand

The latest 'BrandZ' study by global brands agency Millward Brown puts Apple and the top, supplanting last year's top dog Google.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 9th 2011 at 2:24PM in News
Apple tops brand placement chart

Apple tops brand placement chart

Global brand consultancy firm Interbrand has found that Apple successfully placed its leading products such as the iPad, Mac and iPod into 30 per cent of the top grossing films ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 23rd 2011 at 12:36PM in News
EA offers Mirror's Edge hope

EA offers Mirror's Edge hope

Following claims earlier in the week that we'd seen the last of the Mirror's Edge series, publisher EA has seemingly offered some hope to fans of the game.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 18th 2011 at 11:07AM in News
Guitar Hero strategy 'was wrong'

Guitar Hero strategy 'was wrong'

Activision's decision to sell Guitar Hero as a product as opposed to a content platform was the ultimate cause of the IPs downfall, GamesBrief analyst Nicholas Lovell has told MCV.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 11th 2011 at 11:49AM in News

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EA's Shift set for NFS IP spin-off

EA's Shift set for NFS IP spin-off

EA wants to establish Shift as a new franchise when Shift 2 Unleashed races to UK shelves in March.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 1st 2011 at 2:10PM in News
MX vs ATV series hits 10m

MX vs ATV series hits 10m

Over 10m units of games in the MX vs ATV series have now been shipped worldwide, publisher THQ has confirmed.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 6th 2011 at 1:29PM in News
EA: PlayStation brand still rules

EA: PlayStation brand still rules

Despite Microsoft's assertion that it has "broken industry models" by stealing control of the current generation five years into its life cycle, EA boss John Riccitiello says that the Xbox ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 21st 2010 at 9:24AM in News
Nintendo ponders Metroid’s future

Nintendo ponders Metroid’s future

Nintendo has admitted that it will fall far short of selling the 1m units it had predicted for September’s Wii release Metroid: Other M.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 15th 2010 at 3:57PM in News
Developer A2M rebranded

Developer A2M rebranded

The largest independent studio in Canada has rebranded itself with a new mission to break into the nascent digital markets.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 8th 2010 at 12:17PM in News
Gearbox ‘owns’ Duke IP

Gearbox ‘owns’ Duke IP

Having revealed on Friday that it has come to the rescue of long-struggling shooting sequel Duke Nukem Forever, it has now been confirmed that developer Gearbox has been given complete ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 6th 2010 at 1:27PM in News
OPINION: A new era for UKIE

OPINION: A new era for UKIE

I spent some time last week with the new UKIE team as they prepare for next week’s grand Westminster unveiling.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 2nd 2010 at 9:30AM in News
PlayStation logo going global

PlayStation logo going global

In a fresh move to cash in on what has become a globally popular brand, Sony has announced that it is to expand its licensing program to allow the use ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 27th 2010 at 4:28PM in News
Has Tiger been damaged for good?

Has Tiger been damaged for good?

Though EA has stood firm by Tiger Woods as the sordid scandal surrounding his personal life has unravelled in the media, one analyst has claimed that the golf star’s dented ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 19th 2010 at 12:08PM in News