Entries in 'numbers' (66)

EA will return to Wii U if Nintendo "can sell more boxes"

EA will return to Wii U if Nintendo "can sell more boxes"

Nintendo has been told that it must sell more Wii U’s if it wishes to win back the affections of third party publisher EA.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 17th 2013 at 12:30PM in News
King.com now has 70m daily users

King.com now has 70m daily users

Cross-platform casual games company King.com has revealed some impressive numbers.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 17th 2013 at 12:01PM in News
Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut smashes Rising Star's pre-order records

Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut smashes Rising Star's pre-order records

Today’s release of Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut brings with it word of a very well deserved accomplishment for publisher Rising Star Games.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 26th 2013 at 3:18PM in News
Tesco surprises city with blockbuster Christmas

Tesco surprises city with blockbuster Christmas

The UK’s leading retailer Tesco has reported its strongest Christmas in the UK for three years.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 10th 2013 at 9:32AM in News

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App Store vitals: 40bn downloads, 500m active accounts

App Store vitals: 40bn downloads, 500m active accounts

Apple's App Store has hit 40 billion downloads, less than a year after reaching 25bn downloads back in March. The announcement follows Flurry's study that showed 1.76bn Android and iOS ...

Zen Terrelonge
by Zen Terrelonge
on Jan 7th 2013 at 3:24PM in News
Overall UK games market down 17.4% in 2012

Overall UK games market down 17.4% in 2012

The ERA has said that the UK video games market declined 17.4 per cent to £1.598bn in 2012.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 2nd 2013 at 10:19AM in News
World of Warcraft subscriber numbers bounce back

World of Warcraft subscriber numbers bounce back

The subscription MMO is dead, is it?

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 8th 2012 at 9:24AM in News
iPhone 5 registers 2m pre-orders in one day

iPhone 5 registers 2m pre-orders in one day

Apple has stated that it received over two million pre-orders for the iPhone 5 in its first 24 hours of availability.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 17th 2012 at 2:27PM in News

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Gamescom celebrates trade success, announces 2013 dates

Gamescom celebrates trade success, announces 2013 dates

The organisers of Gamescom 2012 have hailed the event’s success, while confirming the date for next year’s European expo.

on Aug 20th 2012 at 3:34PM in News
UPDATED: 1,600 users - the story of OnLive's collapse starts to emerge

UPDATED: 1,600 users - the story of OnLive's collapse starts to emerge

The truth about OnLive's demise will take time to emerge – but already a solid picture is being formed.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 18th 2012 at 3:18PM in News
UPDATED: 3DS XL registers decent launch sales in UK and Japan

UPDATED: 3DS XL registers decent launch sales in UK and Japan

The launch of the 3DS XL is pivotal to the future fortunes of the Nintendo 3DS and early sales numbers for the handheld are encouraging.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 1st 2012 at 8:29AM in News
UK games retail down 40% in June

UK games retail down 40% in June

2.1m games were sold at retail last month – a drop of more than 40 per cent compared with June 2011.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Jul 12th 2012 at 11:16AM in News

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The Witcher franchise surpasses 4m units sold

The Witcher franchise surpasses 4m units sold

The Witcher franchise has sold over 4m units across all platforms, developer CD Projekt Red has announced.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Jul 12th 2012 at 6:22AM in News
EA says NPD stats "totally irrelevant"; NPD defends itself

EA says NPD stats "totally irrelevant"; NPD defends itself

“It's an irrelevant measure on the industry. It's totally irrelevant. We don't even really look at it internally anymore.”

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 3rd 2012 at 8:32AM in News
Io: Only 20% of players will finish Hitman: Absolution

Io: Only 20% of players will finish Hitman: Absolution

Developer Io Interactive predicts that just one in five players will finish the upcoming Hitman: Absolution.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 27th 2012 at 2:06PM in News
E3 2012: OnLive claims "millions" of users, 100% uptime since launch

E3 2012: OnLive claims "millions" of users, 100% uptime since launch

OnLive has claimed that it has “millions of subscribers worldwide”, but has once again decided not to reveal the number of gamers paying to use its service.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 5th 2012 at 5:00PM in News

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Draw Something user numbers nosedive

Draw Something user numbers nosedive

Mobile games sensation Draw Something has lost about five million daily active users in a single month, and is steadily dropping down the App Store charts on both iPhone and ...

Rob Crossley
by Rob Crossley
on May 2nd 2012 at 3:14PM in News
Slight decline in UK games store numbers

Slight decline in UK games store numbers

There are fewer stores than ever selling games, ERA and Chart-Track says.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Mar 22nd 2012 at 11:06AM in News
Facebook gaming on the decline

Facebook gaming on the decline

Just one year ago it seemed that Facebook WAS gaming, but 12 months down the line and it looks as if playing games on the world’s leading social network is ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 27th 2012 at 3:31PM in News
Relaunched APB attracts 3m users in first week

Relaunched APB attracts 3m users in first week

In the first week since it officially relaunched, GamersFirst MMO title APB Reloaded has attracted 3m users.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 16th 2011 at 9:51AM in News
1m gamers sign up for premium Call of Duty: Elite membership

1m gamers sign up for premium Call of Duty: Elite membership

Activision has announced that over 1m consumers paid up for the premium version of the Call of Duty: Elite service within its first six days of availability.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 22nd 2011 at 1:47PM in News
Minecraft by numbers

Minecraft by numbers

As part of the inaugural Minecon event at the weekend, developer Mojang has released a handful of impressive stats about the 4m+ selling Minecraft.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 21st 2011 at 2:03PM in News
OnLive claims UK audience of 'millions'

OnLive claims UK audience of 'millions'

THE UK launch of games streaming service OnLive reached ‘millions’ of users, says CEO Steve Perlman.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 10th 2011 at 8:29AM in News
2m leave World of Warcraft in one year

2m leave World of Warcraft in one year

The number of World of Warcraft subscribers has fallen from over 12m to 10.3m in one year.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 9th 2011 at 10:08AM in News
EA's Origin draws 5m users

EA's Origin draws 5m users

More than five million gamers use EA’s online download platform Origin every day, says the publisher’s COO Peter Moore.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Oct 19th 2011 at 9:55AM in News