Love it or hate it, PlayStation's free-to-play business is booming

Love it or hate it, PlayStation's free-to-play business is booming :
The free-to-play business at PlayStation is booming. Today during a Game Developers Conference presentation, Sony revealed a handful of statistics that the company says speaks to the "huge potential" of free-to-play on

Ubisoft, Warner Bros., and GREE back BlueStacks’ GamePop

Ubisoft, Warner Bros., and GREE back BlueStacks’ GamePop :
Unconsole outfit BlueStacks has announced that top-tier developers Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, GREE, and Ubisoft have signed onto its GamePop service. The three companies have all signed up in order to bring

Xbox One, PS4 drive US retail sales up 9% in February - NPD

Xbox One, PS4 drive US retail sales up 9% in February - NPD :
Xbox One and PS4 were neck and neck for the month, helping to boost overall hardware sales by 42%

ZTE and The9 partner on new console for China

ZTE and The9 partner on new console for China :
The Tegra 4-powered Fun Box will launch this month

The numbers don't lie: home gaming consoles are in trouble (PC)

The numbers don't lie: home gaming consoles are in trouble (PC) :
With new console launches from Sony and Microsoft mere months in the rear view mirror, we won't blame you if you buy into the hype and consider 2014 to be a golden age for gaming machines; a veritable Renaissance for living

Neverwinter: PWE CEO Confirms PS4 & XBox One Versions

Neverwinter: PWE CEO Confirms PS4 & XBox One Versions:
From the better-late-than-never files, 2P.com reported that Perfect World Entertainment CEO Xiao Hong confirmed that Neverwinter will be arriving for both the PlayStation 4 and the XBox 1 consoles, though the timing is as yet

Most people won't pay for World of Tanks on Xbox 360

Most people won't pay for World of Tanks on Xbox 360:
The majority of World of Tanks players on PC never spend a penny on the free-to-play strategy game and this trend isn't expected to change for the Xbox 360 version, released worldwide today. Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi told

Xbox One and Xbox 360 combine to sell most games in January

Xbox One and Xbox 360 combine to sell most games in January:
The PlayStation 4 may have outsold Xbox One in the United States by a two-to-one ratio in January, but it was the Xbox...

Assassin's Creed 4 ships 10M copies, 2M below Assassin's Creed III

Assassin's Creed 4 ships 10M copies, 2M below Assassin's Creed III:
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag has shipped 10 million copies since launch, Ubisoft announced today as part of its earnings report for the quarter ended December 31. That's in-line with Ubisoft's internal expectations, but below the

Crytek's "free-to-play" Warface hits Xbox 360 today, but it's not exactly free

Crytek's "free-to-play" Warface hits Xbox 360 today, but it's not exactly free:
Crysis developer Crytek's free-to-play first-person shooter Warface launched on Xbox 360 today through a public beta. But while the game is free-to-play, you'll need an Xbox Live Gold subscription ($60/year) to actually partake in the

World of Tanks rolls onto Xbox 360 February 12th

World of Tanks rolls onto Xbox 360 February 12th:
Filed under: Historical, Launches, News Items, War, Free-to-Play, Consoles, World of Tanks, MOBA Grab your controllers tank drivers, World of Tanks: XBox 360 Edition will launch globally next week on February 12th. Players who

Nintendo: No smartphone games, Wii U to rebound

Nintendo: No smartphone games, Wii U to rebound:
Today in Tokyo, Nintendo held its first shareholder briefing following its disappointing third quarter results, which showed poor Wii U sales -- and here's the news that came out of it. ...

The Elder Scrolls Online won't require a PlayStation Plus membership

The Elder Scrolls Online won't require a PlayStation Plus membership:
Filed under: Fantasy, Launches, MMO Industry, News Items, Consoles, The Elder Scrolls Online, Subscription If you're looking forward to playing The Elder Scrolls Online on a console, it's going to be cheaper to do so on the

Microsoft acquires Gears of War IP from Epic

Microsoft acquires Gears of War IP from Epic:
Rod Fergusson leaves 2K to lead up franchise development at Vancouver-based Black Tusk

Grand Theft Auto V best-selling game of 2013 - NPD

Grand Theft Auto V best-selling game of 2013 - NPD:
Rockstar's latest snaps Call of Duty's four-year streak atop US retail chart as industry sales shrink by 2%

Microsoft's 'very strange view' of F2P keeping War Thunder off Xbox One

Microsoft's 'very strange view' of F2P keeping War Thunder off Xbox One:
Filed under: Historical, Business Models, MMO Industry, PvP, News Items, War, Free-to-Play I always feel like I should speak -- or type, I suppose -- in one of those monster truck rally commercial voices when I bring up War

China temporarily lifts ban on foreign consoles

China temporarily lifts ban on foreign consoles:
Deal requires machines to be made in Shanghai's free trade zone

RAPTR’S MOST PLAYED GAMES: NOVEMBER 2013 — CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS VERSUS BATTLEFIELD 4

RAPTR’S MOST PLAYED GAMES: NOVEMBER 2013 — CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS VERSUS BATTLEFIELD 4:
All hail our new Most Played overlord, Call of Duty: Ghosts, which bested Grand Theft Auto V by 1/100th of a share point even though it wasn’t on sale for the whole month (launched on November 5). We’ll see if it can hold — it’s tracking about 35% lower than Call of Duty: Black Ops II so far, though some of that is due to part of the playerbase moving to next-gen consoles.

Note: This list, based on playtime data from Raptr’s 19+ million users, includes PC and Xbox 360 games only — Sony and Nintendo don’t let players share gameplay data publicly. We can’t track Xbox One or PlayStation 4 gameplay time or achievements/trophies yet, but we’re working to change that. PC gamers must run the Raptr Desktop App or associate their Steam ID with Raptr to track playtime.

The Share number by each game represents that title’s gameplay time as a percentage of the total time spent on all the PC and Xbox 360 games played by Raptr members, and is useful for comparing the relative amount of playtime between particular games.

Perfect World – Company to expand business with new console division

Perfect World – Company to expand business with new console division:
[Source] First expanding from free-to-play client titles to social and mobile games, Perfect World Entertainment announced the formation of its new console division recently. According to the source, existing and future free-to-

Samsung launches Android controller that connects to your TV

Samsung launches Android controller that connects to your TV:
This year saw Apple introduce gamepad support for iOS devices. Now Android is about to get its own take on the mobile game controller, as Samsung today revealed its own controller hardware. ...