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The profile of female Mass Effect players is weak in comparison to the average game – with only 14 per cent of all players female. The final instalment of the successful Mass Effect trilogy – Mass Effect 3 – is out next week (Friday, March 9th). This week we’re going …
Read More »Capcom’s net income falls 53.6%
The strategic postponement” of major titles and a drastic overhaul of the business” were blamed as the key reasons behind its poor financials. The publisher saw net income for the nine months ending December 31st 2001 fall 52.6 per cent to 3,242m. Operating income fell 47.2 per cent to 6,744m …
Read More »Brand Map: Super Mario Bros
This week we look at playing habits for one of the biggest game franchises of all time. In the past five years, Super Mario Bros has enjoyed a new life on the Nintendo DS and Wii.With the 3DS now available we haven’t had to wait long for news of a …
Read More »Brand Map: Call of Duty
This week we’re going to look at playing habits for Call of Duty using the GameVision Brand Map. The Brand Map is available to download from the MCV?Reports page online. We asked 6,722 gamers about the games, of whom 1,789 had played one in the last six months; 556 of …
Read More »Should your game be published on tablets?
iPads and Tablets 2011 is published by MCV’s stablemate Mobile Entertainment. It’s the essential guide to the tablet market, featuring projections, user habits, format shares, outstanding apps and more. This downloadable guide costs 39.99 is the second publication from the ME Reports division, launched last week. It forms an invaluable …
Read More »Which format is the future of the tablet space?
iPad? Android? webOS? New ME report is filled with market data on this hot sector. Let it be your guide â?? for less than £40
Read More »‘Pay by mobile’ billing for games downloads explained in new ME report
MCV’s sister publication ME launched its reports division last week, and the first publication explains developments in one of the mobile world’s most scrutinised sectors: payments. Mobile Payments 2011 costs 39.99, and looks at technologies, business models, leading companies, case studies and revenue projections in this dynamic market. To download …
Read More »Nintendo: Iwatas DS2 comments were misinterpreted
Nintendo has rubbished reports that Nintendo’s next DS will boast highly detailed graphics and motion sensing capabilities. The information about the firm’s new handheld apparently came from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata himself, in an interview with Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun. But Nintendo has issued a statement to Kotaku saying …
Read More »Nvidia reports large losses
Graphics chips vendor Nvidia’s results for fiscal Q4 revealed a $147.7 million net loss, while for the year as a whole the firm made a loss of 30 million. Q4 revenue was $481.1 million, compared to $1.2 billion for the same period the previous year. The firm blamed a ‘difficult …
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