Entries in 'purchase' (17)
NPD: Only 29 per cent of core gamers plan on buying a next-gen console
The traditional games industry needs PS4 and Xbox 720 to be a big hit, so these new stats from NPD make for grim reading.
Apple ready to compensate parents for accidental child IAP purchases
Parents who’ve felt the pain of an unexpected Apple App Store bill after letting their most dearest loose with their iDevice are in luck.
Nintendo details trio of 3DS retail options
Nintendo has detailed the three ways in which consumers will be able to purchases digital games for the 3DS.
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Analyst questions OpCapita motivations
With a firm offer from OpCapita to acquire GAME Group understood to be on the table, one analyst has questioned the motivations behind the potential deal.
Blueshore Global Equity acquires 8% of GAME's shares
A company called Blueshore Global Equity has today acquired 29m GAME Group shares, giving it an 8.35 per cent stake in the retailer and limited voting rights.
Gem swoops for digital distributor Ztorm
MCV understands that Gem has agreed a deal to acquire digital distributor Ztorm.
1 in 5 Brits regret iPhone purchase
Is the Apple halo slipping? Although the firm sold 4m units of the iPhone 4S in its opening weekend, there is evidence of some disenchantment with its devices.
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Zenimax buys Mikami studio
Zenimax Media has acquired Shinji Mikami’s new Tokyo-based studio, Tango.
DeNA buys ngmoco for $400m
Japanese social games firm DeNA is to acquire ngmoco for $400 million, the company has confirmed.
Amazon moves to aquire LoveFilm
Amazon.com has made a £200 million bid to acquire movie rental company LoveFilm.
UK unconvinced by 3D TV
A Deloitte survey has found that just 2 per cent of British consumers are planning to buy a 3D-enabled TV set in the next year.
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How much did GameStop pay for Kongregate?
Though the price GameStop paid for casual games portal giant Kongregate wasn’t divulged as part of the surprise announcement of the acquisition earlier today, one analyst has had a ...
EA eying mobile dev IronMonkey?
EA has acquired Australian mobile game developer IronMonkey Studios, reports allege.
Microsoft linked to social gaming buyout
US news agency Bloomberg claims to have word that Xbox 360 and Windows platform holder Microsoft is one of a number of companies preparing to swoop for social games developer ...
Halo 3: ODST heads consumer E3 interest race
Whilst games such as Final Fantasy XIII, Agent and New Super Mario Bros may have been getting the lion’s share of the column inches post-E3, research claims that Microsoft’s Halo ...
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Nvidia acquires Ageia
PC and console graphics hardware firm Nvidia has signed an agreement to purchase Ageia, the creators of popular physics engine PhysX.
