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A brand new 320GB Red PS3 console will be released in the UK at the beginning of May. As well as the high-capacity console it will also include a red Dualshock 3 controller. It can currently be pre-ordered at three retailers. Amazon is asking 249.99 for the machine, which it …
Read More »Valve IS making hardware… but it’s not a console
In a very un-Valve-like move, the Seattle-based Half-Life 2 creator has revealed all of its plans for its mysterious new hardware project. But the rumours were wrong. Valve is not making a games console or under-the-TV PC box. It is, in fact, developing some sort of wearable computer. Writing on …
Read More »Familiar names plot Indian games push
The games industry’s biggest names are currently plotting a path into one of the fastest growing regions in the world of modern gaming. Key distributors in India include Milestone Interactive (who handlefirst party PlayStation games, EA, Namco Bandai and Capcom), E-Xpress Interactive (Ubisoft, Sega, THQ, Bethesda, Square-Enix, Warner Bros, Take-Two …
Read More »Huge growth predicted for Indian games industry
The Indian games industry is expected to grow by 38 per cent to Rs 18 billion ($359m) in 2012 and to a staggering Rs 46 billion ($917m) by 2016. Console gaming was the biggest revenue earner in 2011, accounting for 55 per cent of the market.But this does not include …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Iceland
Iceland is only 40,000 square miles in size, and its population – and therefore its retail landscape – is even more consolidated. Civilisation in this volcanic land is focused around the capital city, meaning that publishers, retailers and distributors alike can concentrate their business on this one area to efficiently …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Denmark
The southernmost Nordic nation is home to a strong retail market, where games are sold in everything from specialists and hypermarts to bookstores and indie music chains. But the high tax rate makes it a challenging market for companies without the capital to support them. Denmark is just as complex …
Read More »Valve: We could create our own game hardware
Half-Life developer ponders 'hardware as a service'
Read More »Valve would consider own-brand hardware
Steam owner and digital PC giant Valve has said that it would consider entering the games hardware race. Well, if we have to sell hardware we will,” co-founder and Valve MD Gabe Newell told Penny Arcade. We have no reason to believe we’re any good at it, it’s more we …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Sweden
Sweden has the largest games market in the Nordic region, and as a result a strong presence from the world’s biggest games companies. It also has an impressive development community, home to the likes of Battlefield studio EA DICE, Just Cause creators Avalanche Studios and The Darkness dev Starbreeze. But …
Read More »‘Expect platform consolidation’ says Tim Sweeney
Epic boss says there are too many platforms on the market
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