Entries in 'fire' (11)

OPINION: Is the UK games market fighting fit or fighting fire?

OPINION: Is the UK games market fighting fit or fighting fire?

Rationally, a decline in UK industry Christmas marketing spend makes sense at a time when there are fewer games coming out, and the ones remaining are getting most of the ...

Michael French
by Michael French
on Oct 19th 2012 at 12:18PM in News
Forget the new Nokia - Amazon is about to launch a smartphone

Forget the new Nokia - Amazon is about to launch a smartphone

Nokia and Microsoft may have grabbed the headlines yesterday with the new Lumia 920, but their time in the spotlight may be short-lived.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 6th 2012 at 2:49PM in News
GameCircle service confirmed for Kindle Fire

GameCircle service confirmed for Kindle Fire

Amazon has announced GameCircle, its own answer to rival services such as Apple’s GameCenter and Microsoft’s Xbox Live.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 12th 2012 at 9:47AM in News
Sony DADC builds bigger distribution centre

Sony DADC builds bigger distribution centre

Sony DADC is building an ‘enhanced’ distribution centre in Enfield after the original was burnt down during the London riots last year.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 27th 2012 at 12:41PM in News

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Amazon's Kindle selling 1m units a week

Amazon's Kindle selling 1m units a week

Kindle e-book readers are apparently the hot gift this Christmas with Amazon reporting that the firm sold a million of the devices every week.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Dec 16th 2011 at 9:32AM in News
Estimated Kindle Fire sales reach 2m units

Estimated Kindle Fire sales reach 2m units

A market researcher has stated that Amazon may have sold as many as two million units of its Kindle Fire tablet.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Dec 2nd 2011 at 3:26PM in News
EA and Zynga back Amazon's Kindle Fire

EA and Zynga back Amazon's Kindle Fire

PopCap, Zynga, Gameloft, EA and Rovio are leading the charge to publish games for Amazon’s new iPad competitor Kindle Fire, the online merchant has revealed.

Craig Chapple
by Craig Chapple
on Nov 10th 2011 at 10:58AM in News
Amazon reveals Kindle Fire tablet PC

Amazon reveals Kindle Fire tablet PC

While competitors to Apple’s iPad continue to stumble, one company with the potential might to mount a serious challenge has finally stepped up the plate – Amazon.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 28th 2011 at 2:54PM in News

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New partnerships bolster Sony DADC after Enfield fire

New partnerships bolster Sony DADC after Enfield fire

Sony DADC has teamed up with fellow distributors Cert Octavian and Cinram to help get its operations back on track after its Enfield distribution centre was lost.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Aug 24th 2011 at 12:09PM in News
Sony DADC centre torched in London riots

Sony DADC centre torched in London riots

Though Enfield largely escaped the widespread violence and looting that swept the UK last night, the Sony DADC distribution centre in the town was set alight.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 9th 2011 at 9:23AM in News
PS3 launch was a ‘baptism under fire’

PS3 launch was a ‘baptism under fire’

SCEA president Jack Tretton has told MCV that the launch of PlayStation 3 was one of the toughest periods of his career so far.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 22nd 2008 at 3:10PM in News