Entries in 'stats' (40)

$10,000 App Store gift card up for grabs as Apple approaches 50bn app downloads

$10,000 App Store gift card up for grabs as Apple approaches 50bn app downloads

Apple’s App Store is on the verge of delivering its fifty billionth download.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 3rd 2013 at 9:55AM in News
MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up

MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up

Developers at KMM get laid off, 20% of Christmas sales were made online and several marketing jobs open up.

Leigh Harris
by Leigh Harris
on Apr 19th 2013 at 9:20AM in News
Retail narrowly avoids Christmas drop, grows 0.3% YOY

Retail narrowly avoids Christmas drop, grows 0.3% YOY

UK retail sales values were up ever so slightly by 0.3 per cent year-on-year fro December.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 8th 2013 at 11:49AM in News
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

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Borderlands 2 is the year's most played new game, according to Raptr

Borderlands 2 is the year's most played new game, according to Raptr

Online games community Raptr has revealed that Borderlands 2 was the Most Played New Game of the year on Xbox 360 and PC amongst its 15m members.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 17th 2012 at 10:44AM in News
League of Legends is "the most played video game in the world"

League of Legends is "the most played video game in the world"

Riot Games has released an infographic claiming that its free-to-play online RPG is “the most played video game in the world”.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 12th 2012 at 11:54AM in News
VIDEO: Gamesaid's epic Cologne-Brighton bike ride

VIDEO: Gamesaid's epic Cologne-Brighton bike ride

GamesAid has released an official video of its epic Cologne to Brighton bike ride.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 10th 2012 at 11:15AM in News
Ouya Kickstarter closes on $8,596,475, attracts 12 $10k pledges

Ouya Kickstarter closes on $8,596,475, attracts 12 $10k pledges

Having embarked on its Kickstarter journey with a lofty target of $950k, Ouya Kickstarter dream has reached a spectacular conclusion.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 9th 2012 at 11:33AM in News

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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
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
699 games kick started by Kickstarter

699 games kick started by Kickstarter

A total of 699 games projects have been successfully bankrolled by creative funding project Kickstarter.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 22nd 2012 at 12:51PM in News

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NPD: UK's Q4 used games market was £90m

NPD: UK's Q4 used games market was £90m

British gamers spent nearly £100m on pre-owned software during Q4 2011.

Michael French
by Michael French
on May 31st 2012 at 1:11PM in News
Brand Map: 51% of Professor Layton players are female

Brand Map: 51% of Professor Layton players are female

Over half of Professor Layton gamers are female – a much higher profile than seen for the average game.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on May 29th 2012 at 11:48AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Apr 13th 2012 at 9:00AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 9th 2012 at 9:30AM in News

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FEATURE: The rise of social games

FEATURE: The rise of social games

There are more UK consumers playing social games online than ever before, but how are they spending their money? With the help of PopCap Games and other industry experts, MCV ...

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Feb 2nd 2012 at 2:39PM in News
Five-Second Facts

Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 20th 2012 at 9:00AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 6th 2012 at 9:32AM 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
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 18th 2011 at 3:01PM in News
Brand Map: Assassin's Creed

Brand Map: Assassin's Creed

This week sees the release of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, the fourth full game in the series which has already gone on to beat the previous games in volumes of ...

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 18th 2011 at 10:00AM in News
EA has banned 'hundreds' of Battlefield 3 cheaters

EA has banned 'hundreds' of Battlefield 3 cheaters

Publisher EA has revealed that “hundreds” of players have been banned from playing Battlefield 3 due to cheating.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 14th 2011 at 3:40PM in News
MW3 vs BF3 - has EA won market share?

MW3 vs BF3 - has EA won market share?

Battlefield 3 sold really well. Modern Warfare 3 sold really, REALLY well. But who won the war?

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 11th 2011 at 2:41PM in News