Market Research firm Insight Media has released details of a study that predicts the 3D gaming market is poised to grow from “a handful of 3D-capable displays and a few thousand gamers, to an expected worldwide market of over 40 million 3D-capable displays by 2014.”
Microsoft’s internal development studio, Turn 10, has said that its Xbox 360-exclusive racing game Forza Motorsport 3 sold one million copies in its first month of release.
According to the studio the Forza community has collectively logged over 6.6 million hours playing online in over 64 million connected sessions. Other fun facts from developer say that 590 million miles (or 952 million kilometers) have also been driven in the game to date.
Confirming recent rumours, Sony has announced that PSP Minis, the range of downloadable, bite-sized games that launched for the handheld in October, will be made available for PS3 before Christmas.
The service will be introduced to Sony's home console via an optional system software update, version 3.15, later this month.
Ubisoft believes that new online and in-game service Uplay can help it establish a stronger connection with its consumers.
“One of the problems of large scale publishers with lots of different titles is that they don’t necessarily have an identity or connection to the consumer,” Josh Milligan, director of digital marketing for Ubisoft San Francisco, told us.
God Of War creator David Jaffe has slammed the methods employed by the Australian classification board to rate games.
"There's a government board and if they say it's too offensive, in that case there's no fight to fight — it is what it is," he told the audience at the Game Connect: Asia Pacific conference in Melbourne, according to IGN.
In the second part of our look at CCP's Dust 514 (read part one here), creative director Atli Mar Sveinsson elaborates on how the game will intersect with the world of Eve Online, with Eve's corporations ordering battles in Dust to claim control of planets.
I have a special power. I don’t know how or exactly when it happened, but for as long as I can remember, I have been able to predict video game review scores.
Brazil’s government could reportedly move to outlaw the creation, importation and distribution of “offensive” videogames.
The measure was raised in a bill drafted by Senator Valdir Raupp, which was subsequently approved by the South American country’s Education Commission of the Senate, reports Brazilian website UOL (via GamePolitics).
Game Developers Conference Canada organiser Think Services has issued a call for lecture submissions for next year’s event.
Taking place at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia from May 6-7, 2010, the second edition of the industry focused event will feature insights on new distribution models, managing established franchises and developing global titles.
In a new report to the US congress, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has praised the videogame industry for continuing “to have the strongest self-regulatory code" of all the entertainment sectors.
Level 5’s Professor Layton And The Flute Of Malevolent Destiny debuted atop the Japanese software chart during the week ended November 29.
The DS title sold 306,000 copies – slightly more than the rest of the top ten combined – according to data from sales tracker Media Create (via el33tonline).
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Thanks, NASA. In return for just a handful of the brainier Nazis and an ever-diminishing chunk of the federal budget, you’ve given us non-stick frying pans, memory foam, and those funny pens that can write underwater, which they used to sell in the Innovations catalogue.
PSP Minis, the range of downloadable, bite-sized games that launched for Sony’s handheld in October, will reportedly be playable on PS3 by the end of the year.
[Update: Developer Rebellion says it's disappointed with the ruling, but that it won't release a "sanitised" version to secure release]
Sega’s Aliens vs Predator has been refused classification in Australia, outlawing the sale of the Rebellion developed action title.
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Release: 1993
Publisher: EA
Developer: Bullfrog
Québec minister of economic development, innovation and export trade, Clément Gignac, has announced that US-based THQ will open a facility in Québec. THQ’s Montréal studio will employ around 60 people in the first year and ramp up to 400 within five years, says the firm.
According to The NPD Group’s Kids and Gaming 2009 study, of all kids in the U.S. aged 2-17, 82 percent (55.7 million) are gamers.
Of these gamers, 9.7 million are ages 2-5, which represents the smallest group, with 12.4 million aged 9-11, representing the largest.
Earlier today Take-Two reported that its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 will be below its forecast “due to several factors,” the largest being the performance of its Major League Baseball series. But the firm has also released news of a delay to Max Payne 3.
GTA publisher Take-Two anticipates that its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 will be below its forecast “due to several factors” with the largest being the performance of its Major League Baseball titles.
Electronic Arts has issued a short and to the point statement regarding its lucrative sponsorship deal and recent tabloid events surrounding the world’s most famous golfer, Tiger Woods.
Electronic Arts has launched an EA Sports branded prepaid debit card that enables users to receive a per cent back from every purchase at high-street and online retailers in the form of redeemable points.
Games for Windows – Live will now include a portal for accessing and downloading Live-enabled titles via the firm’s Games on Demand service.
The service, similar to the function that’s available on Xbox 360, will allow PC gamers to purchase and download titles from the Games for Windows – Live library.
Every week, the Edge Games Index, produced in association with Brandwatch, rates games according to the volume of positive and negative buzz they're inspiring on the web.
EA CEO John Riccitiello has spoken of his desire to see the publisher regain the leadership position in the first person shooter market.
Sony’s original PlayStation celebrates its 15th birthday today, having gone on sale in Japan on December 3, 1994.
The PSone went on to launch in the US and Europe in September of 1995.
Sony said at last year’s E3 that sales of the console had reached 102 million units.