The US gaming market has a new console leader in the shape of the Nintendo Wii. The NPD Group, who are a market research company for several industries including entertainment and gaming, announced that Nintendo sold over 600,000 wii consoles in June, bringing a running total since it's launch of to over 10 million units.
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Pc Vs Console Gamine Part 2
PC Vs Console Gaming Part 2
PC Vs Console Gaming Part 1
PC Vs Console Gaming Part 1
SteelSeries to Sponsor Major e-sports events
SteelSeries to Sponsor Major eSports Events
SteelSeries have announced another e-sports partnership, this time with the world’s largest LAN event festival organisers, DreamHack. DreamHack are recognised across the world for staging some of the biggest and best LAN parties, demo-parties and general computer festivals.
Will the iphone kill dedicated hand-held gaming consoles?
With Apple recently announcing the launch of the iphone 3G plus itunes 7 around the corner with an iTunes application store allowing you to download, amongst other things, games, are Apple about to shake up the handheld gaming market?
Sony Signs Deal for In Game Advertising
Sony have agreed their first in-game advertising deal this week with IGA Worldwide to open up this so far untapped revenue potential for the PS3. IGA already serve hundreds of millions of ads a week within premium retail pc and console games and have no added PS3 gamers to their reach.
Gaming its all in your head
A recent study by the Stanford University School of Medicine researchers has demonstrated that the part of the human brain that gives us feelings of reward and accomplishment is more activated in men than women when playing video games. This goes to explain why males are more excited by, and more likely to become hooked on, video games than females.
Video games WONT make you blind
An American study actually found that playing video games is good for your eyes
A video games study conducted at the University of Rochester in the US has found that people who play video games, especially action games, for a couple of hours a day over the a month may see a 20 percent improvement in their vision. Video games, according to this study, changes the way the brain processes visual information.
Kids think games do make them more violent
Kids think games do make them more violent
Broadcasting regulator OFCOM has conducted a survey in the UK about violence in video games.
The survey has found that most children believe violent computer games do lead to aggressive behaviour, a hot topic again following GTA IVs release, which smashed the first week sales record in the UK and of course revolves around Nico Belic's rise in the criminal world of Libery City.
