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NPD Group: Xbox 360 Makes It 28 Months at the Top in the US

The NPD Group, the organization that tracks sales in the gaming industry on the United States market, says that the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft has once more been the bestselling device for the month of May. The overall value of the hardware market has gone down 42 percent when compared to the same period i...

17 May 2013
03:29 GMT

NPD Group: Injustice Is Best Selling Game of April

The NPD Group says that Injustice: Gods Among Us, the fighting game from NetherRealm and Warner Bros, is the best selling video game for the month of April in the United States. The rest of the top ten is made up of: Dead Island: Riptide – Techland BioShock Infinite – irrational Games Call of Duty: Blac...

17 May 2013
03:11 GMT

The Longest Journey Saga Continues on Linux with Dreamfall Chapters

Dreamfall Chapters, the final game in The Longest Journey saga, will be out on all major platforms, including Linux. The Longest Journey is considered by the gaming community as one of the best point-and-click adventures ever made. This is a direct sequel for the first two games in the saga, The Longest Journey an...

3 March 2013
13:20 GMT

Rumor Mill: Xbox 720 Reveal Set for April 26

The PlayStation 4 is now an official project and it seems that Microsoft is also ready to reveal its upcoming Xbox 720 platform, with an event that’s set to take place on April 26. Citing a trusted source that is said to be working on the Xbox 720, Rob Crossley, from CVG, announced the new rumored date via Tw...

25 February 2013
04:51 GMT

Analyst: Limited Publisher Release Schedules Drive Gaming Industry Down

The NPD Group posted its results for April for the United States market late during last week, showing yet another decline of over 30 percent in sales when it comes to both hardware and software sales, and it seems that the drop is a symptom of a wider shift in the number of games that big publishers are ready to rel...

14 May 2012
16:51 GMT

Analyst: Mass Effect 3 Will Outsell Prototype 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles During April

An analysis firm suggests that upcoming sales figures for the United States video game market from the NPD Group will show a decline of 25 percent when it comes to both hardware and software, compared to the month of April in 2011. A report from the analysis firm Piper Jaffray, from Michael Olson and Andrew Connor, ...

4 May 2012
09:32 GMT

Analyst: Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat Push Industry Forward in April

Michael Pachter, who is an analyst for Wedbush Morgan and often comments on video game industry matters, has said that a slew of high-quality game launches will push the market forward for the month of April, which is expected to see an increase in overall sales for the first time since November 2010. The analyst ...

10 May 2011
16:41 GMT

Late April Saw Rapid Arctic Ice Decline

In their monthly report on the situation of ices in the Arctic, experts in the United States show that overall ice decline for the month of April was less significant than the one recorded in March. Still, things got a little out of hand at the end of the month, they add. That is to say, while melt rates maintained r...

5 May 2011
09:50 GMT

PlayStation Plus April Offers Showcased

Sony has just revealed the special offers and content that will appear at the beginning of this month for PlayStation Plus subscribers, ranging from free games to large discounts and bonus goodies. PlayStation Plus subscribers are getting quite a few bonus things this month for their paid membership, with Sony add...

1 April 2011
02:35 GMT

This April Was Warmest on Record

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announces that last month was the warmest on record. The agency also shows that the period of time spanning from January to April was also the warmest ever recorded. The new report is based on numerous datasets, which combine global land and ocean surface ...

18 May 2010
02:35 GMT

Killzone 2 Only Sells 58,000 Copies in April

Sony has high hopes for Killzone 2, the shooter developed by Guerrilla Games, which was hailed as being a Halo killer showing the true capabilities of the PlayStation 3 when it came to first person action. And when the game debuted in the final days of February, it registered good sales, reaching the fifth place in t...

21 May 2009
03:50 GMT

PlayStation Store Upgrade Detailed

The PlayStation Store, part of the PlayStation Network, is getting a facelift in April. While rumors have been flying around since February, Sony has now made it official after the latest update to the Store was released late on Friday.The new redesigned look of the store will offer "better interface and easier navig...

1 April 2008
18:06 GMT


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