JULY 03, 2008 • Headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany with an office in San Francisco, Calif., Gameforge focuses on both browserand client-based massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). Gameforge products are in a category that DFC Intelligence is now calling MMOG Lite. This is a rapidly emerging area and features products that are not as complex as traditional MMOGs and do not have the $10+ monthly subscription fees associated with high-end MMOGs. Gameforge’s products are mainly .....

JULY 1, 2008 • The Entertainment Merchants Association released its annual report and noted that the video game industry has surpassed DVD sales in U.S. revenue for the first time. Compared to the $18.85 billion in video game revenue the NPD Group reported for calendar year 2007, DVD revenue for last year totaled $16 billion, .....

JULY 1, 2008 • Flagship Studios, the developer of the recently released Hellgate London, laid off substantial numbers of its Northern California staff. Some reports cited financial difficulties despite sales of more than 1 million units of Hellgate London. Lawyers representing the game’s Korean publisher, Hanbi.....

JUNE 30, 2008 • A big theme of recent DFC Intelligence research has been platform diversity.  In 2007, four game platforms shipped over 10 million units, the Nintendo DS and Wii and the Sony PSP and PlayStation 2.  The Nintendo DS alone shipped nearly 30 million units.  Notably absent from that list was the Microsoft Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.  However, if you look at most the biggest budget games in development they are almost all being developed for either the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3.....

JUNE 23, 2008 • Since its 2006 launch, Sony reported to the SEC that the PlayStation 3 has cost the consumer electronics manufacturer $3.3 billion (¥316.3 billion). Worldwide sales to date of the console are approximately 13 million. In related news, the company has signed up 9.8 million PS3 and PSP subscribers to the.....

JUNE 20, 2008 • “A New Game Everyday.”  That is the slogan and general mantra at Big Fish Games in Seattle. The company was founded by Paul Thelen in May, 2002 with $10,000 of his own money.  Prior to starting Big Fish, Thelen was the Group Product Manager at RealNetworks where he helped launch RealArcade......

JUNE 20, 2008 • The PC game market is dead. Again. At least that’s what’s often been reported. If there has been a steep decline over the past few years, many people now are beginning to realize that this “decline” is actually just referring to sales of traditional boxed PC games at retail. .....

JUNE 18, 2008 • Nintendo is opening 30 new DS centers within U.K. retailers such as Argos, ASDA, GAME, HMV, Toys “R” Us, and Zavvi. Consumers can check out DS offering, as well as download special demo content that remains on their DSs until the units are switched off. I.....