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| The Consoles Are Dying |  | Many people consider game consoles to be the future of gaming, but there are quite a few reasons to believe the opposite. Even more, there are some people who think that this generation of consoles is the last one and they will cease to exist as we know them. Of course that anybody could say something like that just for the sake of controversy, but what we're talking about now wasn't said by "anybody", but Wil ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 04:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Golden Axe Beast Rider Is Polished, Nice |  | Some of you might still remember the great arcade/PC title Golden Axe - it was sure fun playing the title back then and it will probably be even more fun doing it now, after so many years. Golden Axe Beast Rider is under development by Secret Level and it is set to be released sometime this year (no specific dates have been given, though) for the ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 02:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gamers Like Jon Stewart |  | At the MI6 Conference (San Francisco) that deals with the business side of the videogame industry, Gerardo Guzman, director of Nielsen Games, presented the results of an analysis made by one of his media studies. The presentation revealed video gamers’ shopping behavior, consumer insights and online, TV and print media consumption habits. It was a marketer’s paradise.
Gamers seem to watch less TV than the general North America ... [read more >>] | | 11 April 2008, 19:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 72% of US Population Plays Games |  | The latest reports from sales tracking group NPD claim that the US gaming population has grown to 72% in 2007, compared to 64% in 2006. Offline play still wins the battle against online play, with only 42% of those who spend their time enjoying a video game doing it online. Another interested aspect revealed by the study is the fact that only 2-3% of the total own multiple consoles – and things are quite unlikely to change in the ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| No Madden 09 for PC Sports Fans |  | Electronic Arts seems to favor the console over the PC more and more when it comes to everyone’s favorite EA games, the sports ones. While rumors have been flying for a while that American football wouldn't get a PC outing this year, Electronic Arts confirmed the said ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 05:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Die Hard FPS Players Are Leaving the PC |  | One of the most persistent images regarding games and gamers in the last 10 years has been that of the hardcore FPS player, with one hand on the WASD keys and the other on the mouse, playing one of the more iconic FPS games, be it Quake II or the most recent Unreal Tournament.
Recently a shift of FPS players from PCs to game consoles like the ... [read more >>] | | 20 March 2008, 05:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PlayStation3 Again Outselling the Xbox 360 |  | The NPD numbers for North American sales in the month of February are out and there are some clear surprises for anyone following the numbers. Overall, the videogame industry sales, accounting for both hardware and software sales, have grown by about 34% when compared to February 2007. Value wise sales are over 1.3 billion dollars.
NPD analyst Anita Frazier declared that: "Even following a red-hot 2007, the video games i ... [read more >>] | | 14 March 2008, 03:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Market for Casual Games on the Rise |  | A new report focusing on gaming habits among "casual gamers" has surfaced, from a newly launched firm named Interpret. Using its syndicated Gameasure service, which has been designed to track a variety of metrics for videogames across multiple gaming platforms, such as user demographics, reach and frequency, and duration of play, Interpret can report that, during 2007, ... [read more >>] | | 06 March 2008, 05:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Wanna Fight with Section 8? |  | Section 8 is part of the regulation of the US Military dealing with cases of a soldier being declared unfit for duty. The special part about section 8 is that it deals with insane soldiers. Getting a section 8 was one of the best ways to get to go home from Korea or Vietnam and movies like "Armage ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 05:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Rumor: World of Warcraft for Consoles |  | All the MMO community went crazy after the release of World of Warcraft, about four years ago and almost 10 million players worldwide are a strong enough reason to believe that, even though it's an ... [read more >>] | | 14 January 2008, 04:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 120 Inches of Pure Pleasure |  | The world's largest multi game home arcade, Dreamcade Vision 120, has been released by Dream Arcade, packed with more than145 classic arcade games. There is a ... [read more >>] | | 28 November 2007, 05:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mario Galaxy Sold Half a Million Copies in the First Week |  | Nintendo has announced that Super Mario Galaxy sold 500,000 copies in its debut week in the United States, becoming the fastest selling Nintendo Wii and Mario game in history.
But Mario Galaxy is not a bestseller worldwide. For instance, in Japan Mario Party 8 sales are still better, in the United Kingdom it only reached number 5 in the sales chart and these are not the only places where the game is not breaking any records. ... [read more >>] | | 22 November 2007, 11:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Pursuit of Geekiness... Brits Own 400 Million Gadgets |  | Nobody knew how gadget aficionados some people can be. Take Great Britain for example. Apparently, the Brits have become real gadget fans. This conclusion is the result of a recent survey, carried out by the fellows from "First Direct".
So, according to Webuser, the latest report of First Direct has shown that when it comes to telephone and Internet banking, the Brits own no less than 418 million electronic devices, ... [read more >>] | | 19 October 2007, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Women Have More Consoles than Men! |  | The result of a recent survey showed that females own more consoles than male gamers, a shocking statistic for a seemingly male-oriented industry. It turns out that 44% of the girls own consoles and just 39% of us males have such a device at home... Could it be that the huge number of masculine gamers who are always online play the newest titles on their girlfriends' consoles?
1,000 respondents took part in this online ... [read more >>] | | 25 September 2007, 04:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Take-Two Signs on Casual for Consoles with Nickelodeon |  | You can never have too many casual games, can you? Yes, even if you're a hardcore gamer, you still need your dose of casual games every now and then, so here's an announcement for you. Take-Two Interactive today has recently revealed to the press the formation of 2K ... [read more >>] | | 11 September 2007, 05:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Maxis Developing Spore for Consoles? |  | Spore, developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright is one of the most anticipated PC titles of the year. However, starting now, it may very well become one of the most anticipated console titles as well. That's right boys and girls, according to ... [read more >>] | | 27 August 2007, 08:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| EA Takes Hasbro Aboard for More Casual Games |  | Electronic Arts and Hasbro have just made available a strategic licensing agreement that promises to transform the interactive family entertainment landscape. Basically, what the agreement does is that it grants EA the exclusive worldwide rights to create digital games based upon a huge li ... [read more >>] | | 10 August 2007, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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