Entries in 'q1' (39)
It's the six months of Christmas for UK games retail
Retailers have praised publishers for daring to release titles outside of the traditional Q4 sales bonanza.
GameStop sales fall but chain 'outperforms market'
Same-store sales at US retailer GameStop dropped 12.5 per cent year-on-year.
Revenue and income fall at Activision
Activision Blizzard has reported its financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal 2012.
Rising Star readies five games for 3DS
Rising Star Games will unleash more than ten releases in the first half of 2012, including a new Harvest Moon.
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Diablo III accessories go on sale
A branded mouse, headset and mats have hit shelves well ahead of the release of Blizzard’s PC RPG Diablo III.
Kalypso snaps up boxed Jurassic Park game
Publisher Kalypso Media has signed the rights to publish Telltale’s downloadable Jurassic Park game in boxed form early next year.
EA reports strong fiscal Q1
With John Riccitiello very much still in investors’ spotlights, the exec will be breathing a little easier this morning after EA reported jumps in both revenue and profit for its ...
SWTOR to miss Q2 release
Publisher EA has said close to 1.5m people have signed up to become potential beta testers for BioWare's upcoming MMO title Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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Apple posts record $6bn profit
Apple’s quarterly profit reached $6bn in the three months ending December 25th – a year-on-year rise of 77 per cent.
PS3 surge boosts Sony
An impressive year-on-year boost in PS3 sales has delivered a strong financial quarter for Sony for the three months ending June 30th 2010.
Nintendo income plummets
Slowing demand for the DS and the strength of the Japanese YEN have lead to a punishing quarter for platform holder Nintendo.
Sony expected to report profit
Sony’s financial Q1 is set to bring with it a significant boost in operating profit, according to a report in Japanese paper Nikkei, as spotted by Andriasang.
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GameStop reports earnings growth
In the face of one of the most hostile times in the history of games retail, global games retailer GameStop has reported net earnings of $75.2m for its fiscal Q1 ...
Arkham dealyed? Q1 is the new Q4
UK retail sources are suggesting that Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 is to see its release date pushed back from this Q4 to Q1 2011, paving the way for yet another ...
Q1 Blu-ray up 69% year-on-year
Surging sales of high-definition Blu-ray discs have seen the value of the UK home video market surge by 10 per cent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2010.
Sony: Q1 “as robust” as Q4
The days of cramming all your key releases into the lucrative Q4 release window are over, according to SCEA boss Jack Tretton.
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2009 offers 'most congested Q1 in history'
Leading publishers and retailers have called Q1 2010 the most congested first quarter the industry has ever seen.
Konami sales down 45%
The huge global success that was Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was always going to be tough act to follow – and so it has proved for ...
EA losses more than double
Electronic Arts has seen both its losses increase and its revenue fall for its fiscal Q1 ending June 30th 2009, with boss John Riccitiello admitting that the video games market ...
Sales and losses down at Sega
Japanese developer and publisher Sega has announced mixed results for the quarter ending June 30th 2009, with the period bringing a decrease in the firm’s operating losses – but also ...
Dark Void joins the 2010 club
For year’s retailers have been begging publishers to stop flooding the market at Q4 and instead spread their releases across the whole year – but at this rate, retail is ...
Capcom bucks financial trend
Flying in the face of disappointing financial results from both Nintendo and Sony, Japanese publisher Capcom has continued its fine momentum from the last fiscal year with a further ...
PlayStation revenues down 18%
Sony has joined fellow platform holder Nintendo is posting year-on-year sales declines for its financial quarter ending June 30th, with revenues in its PlayStation business down 18 per cent year-on-year.
Nintendo Q1 profits tumble 61%
Nintendo has become the latest video games company to suffer significant year-on-year declines, with net profits down 60.6 per cent in Q1 2009-2010 to YEN 42 billion, compared to YEN ...
Sales up 77% at THQ
American publisher THQ has reported a year-on-year sales increase for the quarter ending June 30th 2009, with revenue jumping 77 per cent to $243.5m.
