Activision Blizzard, the game industry giant, apparently had an especially successful last year. According to the yearly numbers put forth by the company, it was able to manage a revenue of $4.86 billion during 2012, bagging a handsome $1.1 billion in profits.
Do you know what is the fastest growing mobile game currently? It’s Imangi Studios’ Temple Run 2, that was released on January 17 for iOS devices for free. The game has garnered 50M downloads within 2 weeks.
Avid PlayStation gamers have long waited for Sony to come up with its next-generation gaming console. It now seems that the wait is finally over. Sony has rolled out invitations for a February 20th PlayStation-related event which, the Wall Street Journal has confirmed, is going to include the unveiling of the next PlayStation.
Back in 2000, China had imposed a ban on the sale of video-game consoles. The ban was put in place to ‘save’ the young people from the harmful effects of indulging in a video games. Apparently, China is now considering uplifting the ban, a prospect which has left both Sony and Nintendo very hopeful.
Back in the first half of 2011, Sony ran into a lot of troubles when the PlayStation network was hacked and a bulk of user details were compromised by the hackers. Although Sony has ramped up its security features since, the regulators in U.K. have no intentions of letting this slide and have fined Sony £250,000.
President Obama seems fairly determined to go after gun violence and devise measures to ensure gun control. To this end, he elucidated a number of proposals in a recent speech. The Vice President, Joe Biden, is also supporting the Premier on this issue. Biden will hold a Google+ Hangout session on the issue of gun violence on Thursday.
The gaming industry has undergone a rather radical change in recent years. Mobile gaming and social gaming has gained major portion of the market whereas the sales of regular consoles and standard video game discs have declined. In 2012 alone, the sales of video game discs and consoles fell by 22%.
Mad Catz was able to pique the interest of gamers and developers alike last week when it announced its GameStart initiative. The initiative allows a number of GameStart products to work perfectly with a wide range of devices and machines. Now, the company has unveiled the lineup of gaming peripherals that are part of the initiative.