games
Vanquishing strangers boosts testosterone
The discussion goes back and forth, this time it’s a suggestive title that might imply needless aggression. Which is not it; researchers at the University of Missouri in Columbia linked the testosterone levels to whether or not the gamer knows his opponent. Read more…
Turbine to focus on console MMO
Where I wrote that Activision Blizzard will pass by console, Turbine is looking to do the exact opposite! Craig Alexander, Turbine´s vice president of product developmment states that the MMO´s revolutionized the PC as a gaming platform and it is going to do the same for consoles. Read more…
Zune HD to fail?
Microsoft has launched its latest installment of the iPod copying device Zune. The Zune HD seems to be the same as the iPod Touch which latest version I wrote about earlier, but with one major problem; no app store. Read more…
iPod Touch; gaming device of the near future?
With just short of 22.000 games available on its App Store, the position of the iPod Touch as a gaming device is really taking off. With the two major competitors only having 3680 (Nintendo DS) and 607 (Sony’s PSP) Apple is taking the lead as one of the biggest mobile gaming platforms. The recent iPod Touch price cut only reinforces Apple’s position by allowing for more people to own their entry-level device. Read more…
Monopoly on Google Maps!
The world is your playing field, and what do you do with it? Exactly, play one of the best known games on it, Monopoly!
Buy your own street? Nah, just buy the street with the White House on it for a mere $2.000.000! This is what more people then just you and me thought and the result was the following messageon the official blog at http://blog.monopolycitystreets.com/ Read more…
Gaming & E-Sports: Games in UK grow 20 percent
This staggering number is based in the following article on Gamindustry.biz:
Games growth over 20 per cent at HMV
Based on sales numbers from 2008, HMV concludes that its current activities, selling new and also used games at their stores is paying off. It is outgrowing both CD, DVD and other media sales by far and while these deserve big discounts in sales prices and proposed media attentoin, gaming is one of the strongest markets in the industry.
Further adding to the significancy of these numbers is the extremely strong 2007 Q4 that the numbers are being compared to. Even hardware sales are up to par, with particularly Nintendo’s Wii and DS performing great.
Earlier I commented on the stability of the gaming market in terms of spending, and these latest figures comfirm that even for the UK market.
It remains to be seen if the more traditional market; Europe, will perform like the US, UK and China are doing and keep up strong growth figures, in a time where the economic situation cautions customers on their expenses.
It remains to be concluded that the gaming market is the one market that keeps steady spending, allowing for in-house activities that are relatively cheap. The price of a game is roughly compareable to a night in a bar!
Anyone can offer some insight on the old world’s market performance?
Best Dutch e-sporter
Short update:
E-sports; ‘competitive playing of videogames’, has Grubby as its most famous Dutch community member. He has been interviewed by his team’s website, mymym.com, by using photographs instead of words. Good character piece by the website and worth checking out. By searching through Google you are sure to run into more pieces on this great player to get more insight!