
US game retail industry tanks in January - NPD
New physical channel sales fall 34 percent to $750.6 million; Xbox 360 leads hardware, Modern Warfare 3 tops software.
New physical channel sales fall 34 percent to $750.6 million; Xbox 360 leads hardware, Modern Warfare 3 tops software.
After six weeks at the top, FIFA 12 gets knocked down to four, and Final Fantasy XIII-2 is the first new release to go to number one in 2012.
EA Sports' football title spends all of January in the number one position on the UK chart, holding off new entry Resident Evil: Revelations.
FIFA 12 is still the only title to have topped the charts in 2012, while Star Wars: The Old Republic clings on at 37.
Ubisoft senior vice president of sales and marketing Tony Key says gamers coming around to Just Dance, doesn't fear the brand suffering same fate as Guitar Hero.
Ubisoft announces new sales figures for its popular dancing game franchise, reveals that gamers spend 23 million minutes playing Just Dance 3 every day.
Naughty Dog leads the pack with 12 nominations for AIAS-organized honors, joins Portal 2, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, and Zelda: Skyward Sword as Game of the Year candidates.
Physical software, hardware, accessories come in at $17.02 billion; total software including digital sales falls 2 percent.
Hardware revenues drop 28 percent year-over-year; software sales slide 14 percent with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 topping the charts.
French publisher anticipates better-than-expected sales during third quarter; full-year guidance upped to between $1.33B and $1.37B.
It's the last Start/Select of 2011, and in the absence of any real news, Mark goes off on one about SSX and Just Dance 3 for three minutes.
Mario shows off his moves in the Wii DLC Mario pack for Just Dance 3.
Last month's $3 billion US game industry haul up slightly year-over-year as Xbox 360 on top of hardware charts for fourth straight month.
The penguins of Happy Feet Two: The Videogame tap dance into stores around Australia.
This week, we check out Mario Kart 7, The Adventures of Tintin: The Game, Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights, Just Dance 3, and Final Fantasy VI.
DICE's shooter retains the top spot, while Uncharted 3 debuts at number two, Sonic Generations in the top 10.
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