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NPD reports 23% decline in US August video games market
The latest data from stats body NPD has shown that the US video games market suffered a 23 per cent year-on-year decline in August.
INTERVIEW: Roy Bahat, IGN
IGN’s ambitious president Roy Bahat tells Christopher Dring what the recent UGO acquisition brings to its business, why it sold Direct2Drive and how it plans to grow the entire video ...
Experts says digital will pass discs in two years
Sales of online games are expected to pass physical retail from 2013, an analyst at DFC Intelligence has claimed.
Digital chart would be 'pointless'
Publishers do not want to share data to make a download chart, says Paul Jackson OBE.
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FEATURE: Activision's toy challenge
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is probably the most retail-friendly game out this Christmas.
'Stop the price war'
The UK games market must stop slashing prices, or its worth will be eclipsed by other European territories, Konami has warned.
Former Activision exec calls for new consoles
Xbox 360 is approaching its sixth birthday, and the Wii and PS3 their fifth. This is when a new console cycle would traditionally begin.
Disney reveals video game movie Wreck-It Ralph
Disney used its recent D23 Expo to unveil a brand new animated film that revolves around the life of video game characters.
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UK CHARTS: Ten on the trot for Zumba
What an achievement. 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness has this week claimed its tenth successive UK No.1.
OPINION: Are the price cuts enough for UK games retail?
As the saying goes, it’s always darkest before the dawn. And, metaphorically speaking, the High Street and online outlets selling boxed games have faced one long, sleepy night during these last ...
Ten-year low for UK games retail
Looters kicked the UK games retail market while it was down last week, as the sector posted its worst results in ten years.
UK CHARTS: Yes, Zumba is still No.1
Nine consecutive weeks and 12 No.1’s in total. 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness has been THE big success story of the UK summer games market.
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US games market tumbles to five year low
After showing some impressive resilience over the last few months, the US games market has been brought crashing back to earth.
Publisher Mindscape abandons video games
Mindscape has, after thirty years in the games business, decided to work in other technology sectors.
NPD comes to the UK
Market research company NPD, which is best known for compiling the US video game charts, is coming to Europe.
Revamp for big Irish games chain
Ireland's leading entertainment rental and retail chain Xtra-vision is back from the brink with new funding.
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Games industry must "come together" to deal with riot fallout
With more violence and looting likely to come, one leading UK industry figure has called for the industry to unite in the face of unprecedented High Street disruption.
NPD and EEDAR join forces for digital charts
With the barebones bricks and mortar retail charts becoming increasingly redundant, two US bodies have joined forces to bring digital sales figures into the fray.
UK software sales monitor: Market makes £11.5m
The weekly entertainment UK software value rose to £11.5m, up slightly from the £11.2m generated from game sales last week.
Kinect and Wii U tempt BBC into retail games
The BBC wants some of its biggest brands to lead a new wave of boxed retail games, an executive at the company has said.
The 20 games that will save Christmas
SPECIAL REPORT: Half of all UK software revenues this year will come from a top-tier of select games - releases that might just offset a six month decline in the ...
OPINION: The hits keep on coming... eventually
In the middle of a summer slump, MCV hasn’t made pleasant reading. The weekly games retail market value is teetering worryingly close to an all time low.
UK Monthly Charts: June 2011
If the trade ever needed proof that Wii owners are still willing to put their hands in their pockets and buy games, 505 Gameshas it.
Danish games rental service branches out
The already competitive games rental sector is about to get a brand new competitor – Danish firm OnePlayS.
Consumers soon “won’t pay $60 for a game anymore”
Though such a radical transition is still some way off, the senior VP of worldwide development at Electronic Arts has hinted that the FIFA series will at some stage have ...
