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StarCraft II Becomes 2010’s Bestselling PC Game

Game Mania — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:41:12 +0000

StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty has become 2010’s bestselling PC game to date, shifting over one million copies within its first 24 hours of availability and 1.5 million in its first 48 hours, according to publisher Activision Blizzard. read more

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80 to 90 Per Cent Of 2009 Game Sales On Physical Media

Game Mania — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:35:20 +0000

Trade association report finds that disc-based game sales vastly outweigh those of digital distribution. The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) have announced that 80 to 90 per cent of games purchased in 2009 were on physical media.

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Fable III For PC Delayed

Game Mania — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:27:08 +0000

Lionhead’s sequel no longer due for simultaneous release on PC and 360. Speaking to IGN , Microsoft has confirmed that the PC version of Fable III will not be released alongside the Xbox 360 version, due October 26. No details on a revised date were forthcoming, but the announcement follows Microsoft’s recent assertion that it would be investing more heavily in PC development.

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Kinect Development Not Cost Prohibitive

Game Mania — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:08:49 +0000

Kudo Tsunoda, general manager of Microsoft Game Studios, has told us that Kinect development isn’t cost prohibitive for smaller developers. read more

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Premium Multiplayer Services Will Boost Industry Sales – Analyst

Game Mania — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:36:26 +0000

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter thinks that the arrival of premium multiplayer services for console games “will be the event that turns the negative tide of industry sales around”. “The appropriate business model for online multiplayer has yet to emerge,” he said in a research note, adding that some multiplayer content for FPS games needs to be given away freely because the genre has evolved to be dominated by online play

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Nexon America Q2 Sales Up 26%

Game Mania — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:15:02 +0000

Nexon America has reported second quarter revenues up 26 per cent year-over-year. The free-to-play specialist behind MapleStory told VentureBeat that June sales alone were up 36 per cent from a year earlier, although it doesn’t disclose actual financial figures. read more

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Sega Games Business Slashes Q1 Losses

Game Mania — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:09:59 +0000

Sega parent Sega Sammy posted a profit and increased sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, but continued losses for its games division means the company will increase its focus on content geared towards social networking services and smartphones. read more

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Lovefilm Likely Headed To PS3, Wii

Game Mania — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:06:55 +0000

A newly signed deal between Lovefilm and streaming technology provider Widevine will enable the European film rental service to offer movies on demand via game consoles and other devices. read more

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ESA Q2 Lobbying Spend Down 5%

Game Mania — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:54:33 +0000

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) spent $1.1 million lobbying on behalf of US game publishers and developers in the second quarter of 2010. The figure is down five per cent on the trade association’s spend in the second quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of this year, the Associated Press reports .

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Force Unleashed Exec Producer Steps Down

Game Mania — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:25:25 +0000

Haden Blackman, executive producer and writer of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed series, has resigned from LucasArts. Blackman had served at the studio for over 13 years and is credited on games including The Force Unleashed ,