General
China’s online market grows by 40%
Who still thinks of the current economic climate when it comes to gaming? China certainly doesn’t! Revenues are up 39,5% in Q2 of 2009, with the first two places in terms of market shares going to Tencent Holding, operating China’s largest online messaging platform and Shanda Games who both hold about 20% of the market. Read more…
Guitar Hero makes download revenue interesting
In an interview with Gamingindustry.biz, Guitar Hero CEO Dan Rosensweig elaborates on one of the biggest IP’s in the business and its latest installment; Guitar Hero 5. Most worth noting is the fact that he considers the download revenue entering the ‘interesting’ level by each month being record-breaking over the last. Read more…
New Blizzard Entertainment Website
Blizzard has launched its new website; greatly focusing on the new titles Diablo 3/Starcraft 2 and the upcoming World of Warcraft Expansion Cataclysm. Great looks and a solid interface make this a great website to check out! http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/index.html
Activision Blizzard will pass by consoles
I already wrote about Activision Blizzard and their new upcoming MMO, but they have even more ideas to share. How about a future without consoles? They do acknowledge the fact that consoles are a big part of the business, but services like OnLive make a console-less future very possible! Read more…
Bill Hicks
In light of this day I would like to quote Bill Hicks.
- Bill Hicks November 11, 1992“So there, we have figured it out, go back to bed America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed America, your government is in control again. Here’s American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. Go back to bed America, here’s American Gladiators. Here’s 56 channels of it. Watch these pituitary retards bang their fuckin skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go America, you are free… to do as we tell you. You are free, to do as we tell you.”
New Design
You might notice I’ve finally switched designs! Hopefully this one’ll stick, but I doubt it. Let me know what you think.
Wired.com discusses craigslist
Stunning article on one of the most out-of-sync websites of the net. And one of the biggest!