http://www.screendigest.com/rss/ en-gb Copyright: (C) Screen Digest 240 In late January EA announced that it will add titles from 11 more publishers to its Origin online store. Publishers added to the distribution environment are Trion Worlds, Robot Entertainment, CD PROJEKT RED,...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_ea_adds_11_publishers_to_origin/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_ea_adds_11_publishers_to_origin/view.html 2012-01-27 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 The performance of four of the biggest traditional game publishers - Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Take Two - is forecast for C3Q 2011, the third quarter of the calendar year. As well as packaged retail results, we offer forecasts that break out and detail the vital, fast-evolving spheres of digital, online and mobile segments.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2011101a/2011_11_third_party_game_publisher_quarterly_assessment_and_forecasts_-_c3q_2011/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2011101a/2011_11_third_party_game_publisher_quarterly_assessment_and_forecasts_-_c3q_2011/view.html 2011-11-01 Many years ago back in the late 1990s, when games were pretty much wholly seen as products and digital download solutions started to make some headway in the PC games market, many industry commentators extrapolated this development to the console sector and proclaimed the decline of the bricks and mortar specialist retailer would come sooner rather than later. Fast forward to 2011 and these retailers are still very much here albeit having suffered some uncomfortable times in the last 18 months or so. Are retailers still in their death throes or are the emerging strategies of the biggest chains reversing the inevitable and carving out a long-term future for the specialist games shop?(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2011927a/2011_10_games_retailers_go_digital/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2011927a/2011_10_games_retailers_go_digital/view.html 2011-10-27 This report examines and details our forecasts of EA's upcoming quarterly results due on 27th October, 2011. The report breaks down EA's business during the quarter with IHS Screen Digest estimates for boxed, digital/online and mobile sales. EA is forecast to hit its guidance for the quarter which will lay a strong foundation for what is expected to be a bumper Christmas sales season for the publisher.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2011921a/2011_10_electronic_arts_quarterly_assessment_and_forecasts_-_c3q_2011/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2011921a/2011_10_electronic_arts_quarterly_assessment_and_forecasts_-_c3q_2011/view.html 2011-10-21 Facebook has updated its mobile services to offer increased support for Facebook applications and games on mobile devices as well as launching its long-awaited iPad application (as part of an updated unified...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_10_facebook_games_and_apps_come_to_mobile/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_10_facebook_games_and_apps_come_to_mobile/view.html 2011-10-11 A new series of market monitor reports looks at total spend on games content across all segments of the market: boxed, digital and mobile. This first report examines the USA market and shows that games content spend across all segments actually increased in 2010, beating the previous market high of 2008. Our data shows that the next few years are likely to be bumpy, but with the expectation that the market will exceed this new high-point in 2014 when the next generation of TV consoles hit the market.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201196a/2011_10_usa_total_games_content_overview_boxed_digital__mobile_2010_spend_beats_2008_high_but_bumpy_ride_ahead/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201196a/2011_10_usa_total_games_content_overview_boxed_digital__mobile_2010_spend_beats_2008_high_but_bumpy_ride_ahead/view.html 2011-10-06