Sales of video games fall in January

Sales of video games fall in January
USA TODAY
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY Video game sales plummeted in January, in part because few new games were released during the month. Total sales of games, game systems and accessories dropped 34% for the month, accounting for $750.6 million, compared with ...

USA TODAY

David Jaffe: "Video Games and Movies Go Together Like Chocolate And Tuna Fish"
MTV.com (blog)
In that case, we as game developers have lost sight of the gamer mentality of what they brought to the game. It's not a lot of fun to spend $60 bucks and get home and realize that you can't do anything right away. A good story is a self-help book.

MTV.com (blog)

Gamer's Contribute $400000 in 8 Hours for New Game
Big Shiny Robot!
Gamer's can contribute as little as $1, per the Kickstarter policy, but the real rewards begin at $15.00. For a scant $15.00 you are given PC Beta access, a full copy of the completed game, access to the video series, and access to the private ...

Big Shiny Robot!

iBUYPOWER Gamer Extreme 569D3 Desktop PC
About - News & Issues
By Mark Kyrnin, About.com Guide Feb 10 2012 - Gaming PC's tend to be fairly expensive systems but iBUYPOWER's Gamer Extreme 569D3 offers an affordable alternative. It is not going to be a extremely high performance gaming rig but it gets the job done ...

Why Won't My Parents Play Video Games With Me?
Kotaku
The man was the original hardcore gamer of the family: building PCs, dabbling in every form of new technology released into the wild, and reveling in gadgetry and electronic advancements long before I was born. And everything he did with them from my ...

CHINESE GAMER IN January Sales Fall 39.49% (Table) : 3083 TT
Bloomberg
CHINESE GAMER IN said unconsolidated sales in January fell 39.49% to NT$100897000 from NT$166731000, according to a statement filed to the Taiwan Stock Exchange. (Figures are in thousands of New Taiwan dollars) ...

Local gamers use video games to cope with life
Portales News-Tribune
Sapp said he has been playing video games since he was a child and he plans to make a career out of it after graduating with a degree in digital arts. “To be a gamer is more than just sitting down and playing games every now and then.

Padilla: Donaire wins, para-gamer Ancheta scores, Kennon global run set
Sun.Star
On another sporting front, para-gamer Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta from Ifugao, in the recent ASEAN Para-games held in Indonesia, duplicated her feat by winning the women's powerlift event gold medal in the first PSC-PhilSPADA national games held at the ...

A Gamer's Take on Ho Chi Minh: The Videogame
MarketWatch
Kill Screen's Jamin Warren discusses a new Vietnamese videogame in which players fight off French colonists. Photo: Getty Images.

The Average Gamer 2.10.2012: Top Female Characters
411mania.com
From Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Samus of Metroid to Resident Evil's Jill Valentine and more, 411's Dan Watson looks at the top female characters in video games! Welcome back to the AverageGamer. This week begins a very grim week of no televised pro ...

New York Gamer Breaks Tetris Record
Nintendo Life
As reported by examiner.com, New York gamer Matthew Buco not only reached the promised land of 999999 points, but did so quicker than anyone before on Level 26. Much like the saga of Donkey Kong, Tetris high-score chasing has been documented in a film, ...

Nintendo Life

Digital game purchases: do we really "own" them?
TechSpot
By Lee Kaelin Gaming website Rock, Paper and Shotgun has published an interesting piece chronicling the ill-treatment received by one of its readers, a PC gamer by the name of Gimperial, from Valve.The gaming firm disabled his Steam account without ...

TechSpot

The greatest videogame endings of all time announced in the new guinness world ...
Gamasutra
Conducted for the new Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer's Edition book, the list will cause heated debate among passionate gamers and provide further evidence of the growing sophistication and popularity of videogames. Last year's best-selling ...

Museum exhibit casts video game art in a new light
GeekWire
But video games certainly have achieved that status. A new exhibit which opened Thursday night at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian American Experience showcases and celebrates the “creative power of this interactive medium,” featuring the art of ...

GeekWire

Saddle River boy creates smartphone app; donates proceeds to charity
NorthJersey.com
BY KAREN KLEIMANN For many 10 year olds, playing video games is a chance to avoid chores and homework, but for Saddle River resident Henry Maw, it was an opportunity to develop and market a game app and give back by donating 20 percent of the proceeds ...

NorthJersey.com

Special Report: What are gaming, texting doing to your body? - KTRE.com Lufkin ...
KTRE
And, they were spending 14 hours in a week playing on the video games. So, you can imagine the amount of sheer stress that's on the joints," said Rhuematology Doctor Swati Kumar of the Memorial Hospital System of East Texas. Young adults are starting ...

Activision says new Call of Duty looks “fantastic,” full of innovation
Lazygamer
What it generally lacks though, is innovation – and the Call of Duty games are getting dangerously close to pushing gamer fatigue and saturating the market – just like we saw with Guitar Hero. In an investor call, The publisher said that this year's ...

Lazygamer

GAME Unveils BAFTA GAME Audience Award Shortlist, and it Could Be a Real David ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Feb 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- With the awards season in full swing, excitement is growing around the games industry's own blue ribbon awards, the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards, which celebrates and rewards ...

Springwise: Japanese Restaurant Serves The Food From Popular Video Games
PSFK
Taking the idea of a game themed eatery to the next level, Capcom, the Japanese video gamesdeveloper, recently launched the Capcom Bar in Tokyo complete with in-house game kiosks and game-inspired dishes. Situated on the first floor of the Pasela ...

SOMD Fighting Game Club (Video Games)
Southern Maryland Online
This is just a calendar event to gauge interest in trying to start a fighting game scene in southern maryland (specifically the lower saint mary's county area). I know the DMV has a topic on SRK, but we're a little too south to be holding casuals in ...

Your Guide to the New Kotaku Network
Kotaku
We are still one built on a love for video games and a passion for both reporting and writing about them. (You probably shouldn't call us a blog, though, because that term lost meaning ages ago.) We'll still be right here at Kotaku.com, updating you ...

A Star Is Born (and Scorned)
New York Times (blog)
Since posting “Video Games” to YouTube last summer, she's amassed tens of millions of hits, sold out concerts to fashion's who's who and now, finally, has released her long-awaited album, which is currently No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 in America, ...

Why Does Apple Get Special Treatment When it Comes to Video Game Classification?
Aussie-Gamer.com
Daily, video games and movies that are in mass production for other countries are outright banned in Australia because of extreme violence or sexual themes. This is done under the intention to protect children from seeing or experiencing themes beyond...

Aussie-Gamer.com

Hands-on with Rayman Origins on PS Vita
Pocket Gamer
by James Gilmour When Pocket Gamer's deputy editor Will Wilson first previewed Rayman Origins on PS Vita back in November last year, the home console versions were a still few days from release. A couple of months have passed since then, and the quirky ...

Weekend Game Hunting: Heavy 'Metal' edition
USA TODAY
Although I'll be participating in most of these activities, I'll also spend some time showing my love for video games by blowing up trucks as a crazy clown. More on that in a bit. If you have a love for video games, be sure to check out the Game ...

USA TODAY

Android game bundle offers cheap variety
FHSU University Leader
It's rare to find a good deal involving video games, particularly when you decide how much you pay. So when you find one, it's wise to jump on the deal. The Humble Bundle for Android is the latest bundle of games from Humble Bundle, which contacts ...

Spacetime's Legends Mobile MMO Franchise Surpasses 100 Million Play Sessions
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Spacetime players spend about twice the number of hours playing Legends titles than the averagegamer spends across all mobile games each month. Users with iPhones play games for 14.7 hours per month while Android users play around 9.3 hours per month ...

Focus On The Family: Maintain Positive Attitude While Looking For New Job
Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers
Video games provide a virtual reality that is far more exciting than real life. A 120-pound guy who works in tech support during the day can be a conquering super-stud in the virtual world. Where real life seems mundane and depressing, video games ...

Video game sales crashed in January
UPI.com
A gamer plays a video game at the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on June 7, 2011. More than 45000 people are expected to attend the annual three-day E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo to see the latest games and announcements from the ...

UPI.com

Can I resell Blizzard promotional ampm cups?
Joystiq
by Mathew McCurley Feb 10th 2012 at 2:00PM Pop law abounds in The Lawbringer, your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. Mathew McCurley takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, ...

Core video games crash in January by 34 percent as free games ...
By Dean Takahashi
A year ago, there were a lot more releases of new video games in January. He added, “Outside of new physical retail sales, we estimate that the consumer spend on other ways to acquire content including used games, full game and add-on ...
VentureBeat

January Was A Bad Month For Video Games: Sales Down 34 ...
By G4TVLeah
Today, the NPD Group released its January sales figures, and the beginning of 2012 was not good at all. Total consumer spending on video games fell 34 percent to $750.6 million in the US. Video...
G4 TV - TheFeed

The Truth About Video Games and the Brain
Are there beneficial effects of video games? Learn what current research tells us about video gamesand the brain.
The Science of Learning Blog

Front Towards Gamer Radio, Episode 89: Misti Dawn "The Nerdiest ...
By dingledodie77
By far, the sexiest Front Towards Gamer Radio to date! Shanghai Six ogles video game porn star turned games industry gal Misti Dawn!
Front Towards Gamer

Biggest Enjoyment – On the web Flash Video games ...
By barryc
Biggest Enjoyment – On the web Flash Video games. Best Enjoyment – Internet Flash Video games. These days, acquiring a bored feeling is nearly unachievable when 1 can perform quite a few online games. Using the raising global ...
gunnithorvalds.com

WVAU.org » A Young Gypsy: “Video Games”
By General Manager
I have been in love very few times in my life. It is odd to say a few times because every happily married couple I have met (only one and they are my grandparents) has said they have only been in love once and that's only if you're lucky.
WVAU.org

Getting Enslaved by Realistic Conflict Games together with RPG ...
By mike
Getting Enslaved by Realistic Conflict Games together with RPG Video games. by mike on February 10, 2012 ... A whole new gamer can discover miniature and game rules web based, or within a local club shop. There are numerous websites ...
London Sports Authority

Top: Coolest & Best Video Games We Look Forward To in 2012
By hotonline
We have started to notice that exclusive Xbox 360 video games are also released, sooner or later, for the PC platform. Alan Wake follows this trend, and the PC version of the game is expected to be released next week, being distributed ...
What's Hot Online ? Hot Entertainment...

Spread the love with the Sega Sale | GGS Gamer
By Tom Mackenzie
10 Feb, 2012. Love is in the air, and Sega is saying 'I love you' by offering a heap of mobile games for discount prices. Whether you're looking to impress a potential Valentine or just treat yourself to a few new games, don't miss your date with ...
GGS Gamer

Knowing how Eighties Video Video games | ECIS 2010
By Rick
Knowing how Eighties Video Video games. Posted by Rick on February 10, 2012. Uncategorized. Easily the funniest factor brought on some very nice previous remembrances regarding 1980′s game game titles . Yesterday My partner and i ...
ECIS 2010

UK top 20 video games chart, week ending 4 February | Technology ...
No, it's not a fantasy ... Fifa 12 has been dethroned (and relegated to 4th place) by none other than Final Fantasy XIII-2.
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/.../feb/.../top-20-video-games

The PS3 trophies every self-respecting PS3 gamer should have | N4G
The PS3 trophies every self-respecting PS3 gamer should have. What makes a PS3 trophy essential? With an average of least fifty precious metals hiding ...
n4g.com/.../the-ps3-trophies-every-self-respecting-ps3-gamer-...

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