http://www.screendigest.com/rss/ en-gb Copyright: (C) Screen Digest 240 A mixed bag of highly successful launches and digital content have driven revenue in the fourth quarter of 2011 for the major traditional publishers in the games space. Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Electronic Arts' Battlefield 3 have generated a high-profile stand-off over one of the most lucrative game categories in console and high-end PC gaming - near-future military shooters with heavyweight multiplayer components - that between them have generated shipments of over 37m units, according to IHS Screen Digest forecasts.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2012026a/2012_01_games_publishers_on_track_for_solid_q4/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2012026a/2012_01_games_publishers_on_track_for_solid_q4/view.html 2012-01-26  In 2011 the Japanese market suffered significant declines in software value compared to 2010 and continued its run of declines established since the peak of 2007. 2011's software value decline was...(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_japan_2011_market_performance_summary_/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_japan_2011_market_performance_summary_/view.html 2012-01-24 Electronic Arts has announced that it will close Facebook title Baking Life at the end of the month. Any accrued user currency, which is unique to the title, is not mooted to be transferrable to other titles within the EA portfolio. The title has been present in Facebook's top 200 games since mid-2010, the sole offering operated by ZipZapPlay across that period.(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_ea_sunsets_facebook_title_baking_life/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_ea_sunsets_facebook_title_baking_life/view.html 2012-01-20   Games: CES 2012 Round Up This year, the show floor at CES provided a suitable platform for publicising upcoming specialist games devices in the form of Nintendo's Wii U and Sony's PS Vita but it was...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_games_ces_2012_round_up/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_games_ces_2012_round_up/view.html 2012-01-20 2011 has seen an increasing number of console titles with significant online multiplayer components execute beta trials in the run-up to full product launch. The importance of launching in as robust a state as possible with regards to multiplayer components in core gaming has become key, and a reflection of a demanding marketplace.(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_beta_phases_on_rise_in_online_console/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_beta_phases_on_rise_in_online_console/view.html 2012-01-11 Epic Games said on January 5, 2012 that earnings from all properties in the Infinity Blade franchise have exceeded $30m. $23m of that came from the original game which was released for iOS in...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_epic_announces_infinity_blade_franchise_earnings_pass_30_million/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_epic_announces_infinity_blade_franchise_earnings_pass_30_million/view.html 2012-01-09 In early December OnLive announced that its service is now available for mobile phones and tablet PCs. The company has adapted 25 console level games to touch screen controls and says that it has opened its...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_onlive_launches_cloud_gaming_for_mobile_devices/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_onlive_launches_cloud_gaming_for_mobile_devices/view.html 2011-12-21 We are pleased to announce the addition of new online console data to the Games Intelligence service. The data added includes addressable online device data for upcoming platforms Wii U, 'PS4' and 'Xbox 720'....(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_new_data_additions_to_online_console/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_12_new_data_additions_to_online_console/view.html 2011-12-06