The force is with digital, mobile games
Two trends clear in Facebook’s IPO filing on Wednesday were the inexorable rise in importance of digital-based gaming revenues and the growth in mobile – we learned Zynga was a key revenue-generator for Facebook and half of Facebook’s members...
Wii needs U as sales plummet
Nintendo was demonstrating its forthcoming Wii U next-generation console and Sony its PlayStation Vita handheld at CES in Vegas this week and they cannot come soon enough for the video game industry. Cowen and Company analysts, mulling December’s NPD...
Zynga’s early wake-up call
Zynga employees showed up for work in their hundreds at least three hours early on Friday – encouragement perhaps for all its new shareholders on its opening day on the market that the social gaming company is already working hard …Continue...
Game sales break November record
Video game publishers have had their best November on record in the US, according to the NPD research firm, with hard-core gamers loading up on two first-person shooters and a classic role-playing game. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from …Contin...
OnLive adds console games to tablets
OnLive has announced a major extension of its console-quality cloud gaming service with a launch on tablets and smartphones. OnLive, available on PCs and TVs thus far, is releasing a free app for mobile platforms that will allow instant play …Con...
Sony, Microsoft report Black Friday boom
The Black Friday glad tidings from consumer electronics makers continued on Tuesday, with Sony announcing a big rise in US sales and Microsoft reporting a record week for its Xbox 360 console and Kinect controller. The news followed Nintendo’s announ...
Nintendo Wii, 3DS set sales records
Nintendo has received a Black Friday boost after a black year for sales – shifting more than 500,000 Wii consoles on the biggest shopping day of the year in the US. Sales of the 3DS handheld console have also been …Continue reading: "Ninten...
