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Video Game Sales Way Down
If there was any doubt that the video game industry isn’t feeling recession pangs, let them be cast aside. According to a report from market research firm NPD group, U.S. video game sales dropped to $1.07 billion in October, 19 per cent lower than last year. This continues a downward trend in the industry. “The continued [...]
Continue reading...Xbox Hits Milestone Across the Pond
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Ten million strong and growing. In an effort to rival the popularity of even Flintstones vitamins, Xbox 360 has sold 10 million units to consumers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in only four years. This is the highest of any console for year-on-year growth in the region. “Xbox 360 continues to pull ahead of [...]
Continue reading...EA Reels in Playfish for $400M
Thursday, November 12, 2009
EA Interactive has acquired the social games developer Playfish for $275 million in cash, along with $25 million in equity retention arrangements and $100 million in performance-based considerations through the end of 2011. Playfish was founded in 2007 and now boasts over 60 million active players each month for its ten games, including Restaurant City, Pet [...]
Continue reading...Blizzard Prints Money with New Pet Store
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Blizzard has introduced a new pet shop to its popular World of Warcraft MMO franchise, allowing players to purchase cosmetic pets with real-world money. This marks the first time Blizzard has allowed players to pay for in-game content, unless you count expansions. The Money Printer, I mean Pet Store, opens with two $10 items for sale. [...]
Continue reading...Top Five Multiplayer Halloween Horrors
Saturday, October 31, 2009
There comes a point in everyone’s life when it is no longer acceptable to knock on a stranger’s door and demand free candy. For me, that time came years ago in an awkward and somewhat humiliating event in which my haphazard costume was mocked by a little old lady, standing in her doorway with a [...]
Continue reading...2010 MMO Fundraiser Calendar Has Arrived
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
In the average male’s bedroom, you might find a calendar littered with barely clad women, seductively posing month-to-month, sporting their best “come-hither” expressions. Alternatively, some women might pin up a firefighter calendar, complete with bare-chested behemoths, holding their fire-hoses (and also equipment used to fight fire.) What if instead of bikini models, you found Blizzard’s night [...]
Continue reading...Users Fork Over $1 Billion in Real Money For Fake Stuff
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
While the real world may have experienced a recession this year, the economy in which we all purchase make-believe products is booming. A recent report by Inside Network says the total US market size for virtual goods is expected to soar to $1 billion by the end of the year. By 2010, that figure could [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Responds to LIVE Gold Price Hike Rumor
Monday, October 26, 2009
As a panellist on GameTrailer’s Bonus Round once again, Analyst and often-quoted gaming figure Michael Pachter spun the rumor mill at full speed last week. When a viewer asked the guest panel why Microsoft did not port more games to the PC, instead of keeping them console exclusives, Pachter launched into a myriad of generalities: “It’s a [...]
Continue reading...Free Killing Floor Content Update and Free Weekend
Monday, October 19, 2009
Killing Floor, the co-op survival horror first-person shooter published by Tripwire Interactive, will release their free “Level Up” content pack. Arriving on Steam Oct. 22, it will be the largest free content pack to date. Full details on the update are not yet available, but previous content updates typically included a few new weapons and [...]
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