Entries in 'downloads' (152)
Team Meat: We don't f**king care about piracy
PC and Xbox 360 download hit Super Meat Boy may have been heavily pirated but the game’s developers say it isn’t a problem.
‘It’s too late for game retailers to start offering digital downloads’
Online retailer Gameseek has warned other boxed game retailers that it’s too late to join the digital download market.
Digital gamers spend £24 a month
Gamers are spending over £20 every month on digital content. MCV’s survey into the habits and opinions of download-loving gamers showed that on average regular users of these services spend ...
Apple App Store downloads pass 15bn
Significant gaming force Apple has announced that it's sector-bossing App Store has now passed the 15bn download milestone worldwide.
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E3 2011: Leisure Suit Larry bounces back
A remake of the original Leisure Suit Larry is on the way from its creator, Al Lowe, and Replay Games.
E3 2011: Free items for PS Home users
PlayStation Home users can now receive 100 free items as part of Sony’s Welcome Back program.
EA announces Steam rival
Publisher EA has today launched a direct rival to leading PC digital distribution portal Steam.
200m downloads for Angry Birds
Rovio's world-dominating Angry Birds mobile IP has passed another huge milestone – 200 million total downloads across the world.
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PSN Welcome Back programme explained
Sony has listed the titles that it will be offering for free once the PlayStation Store is back online.
UK digital music spend hits £1bn
Over £1.014m has been spent on downloading songs in the UK since 2004.
Mobile games claim half of all game downloads
Digital games downloads for mobile games devices now account for around half of all full game downloads.
GameStop could launch own games tablet
GameStop plans to enter the fast-growing tablet computer market - and may even build its own games-oriented one.
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10m downloads for Angry Birds Rio
The latest edition of Angry Birds has soared past ten million downloads just ten days after its release, the game’s developer has claimed.
360 users leading digital trend
Research shows that 55 per cent of Xbox 360 owners downloaded at least one digital title in 2010.
Angry Birds tops 100m downloads
Angry Birds has now been downloaded more than 100 million times, according to Rovio Mobile marketing exec Peter Vesterbacka, speaking on a panel at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas.
PlayStation Home hits 19m downloads
Sony has announced that the number of PS3 owners who have downloaded and booted up PlayStation Home at least once has reached 19m.
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Smurfs' Village hits 10m downloads
The rebirth of the Smurf continues to gather pace following Capcom's confirmation that its free-to-play iOS title Smurfs' Village has now passed the 10m download mark on the Apple App ...
Big DLC push for Yoostar 2
The CEO of Yoostar has told MCV that 100 clips will be ready to download when his game Yoostar 2 hits UK retail on March 8th.
COD parody passes 1m downloads
People Can Fly's cheeky marketing stunt for its upcoming shooter Bulletstorm has hit a significant milestone online.
OPINION: Sony’s on-demand drive
The download-only era of games may be closer than ever, but today retail has one key advantage: the High Street is still the first stop for all new releases.
App Store downloads hit 10bn
Just two and a half years after its debut in July 2008, over the weekend the Apple App Store saw its ten billionth app downloaded.
Mac App Store downloads reach 1m
Apple has confirmed that 1m apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in its first 24 hours.
Minecraft enters beta
One of 2010's biggest indie games hits Minecraft has finally exited alpha and officially gone into beta.
Cataclysm shatters PC sales records
PC MMO title World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sold 3.3m copies in its first 24 hours on sale, developer Blizzard has announced.
FIFA DLC makes $45m in two years
Electronic Arts has revealed its Ultimate Team DLC packs for FIFA have generated $45 million in the last two years.







































