British Petroleum Stocks Nintendo 3DS

MARCH 28, 2011 • Novel for non-traditional game retailer at the launch of a new console, British Petroleum is stocking the £229.99 Nintendo 3DS, and a selection of games for the system, at more than 100 of its service stations in the United Kingdom. Impact: Retail expansion of video games has been slowly occurring on a global basis.  Games bring consumers in the door and they can be used as .....

HTC Invests in OnLive

FEB. 8, 2011 • Taiwan-based mobile phone manufacturer HTC invested $40 million in cloud streaming game service Onlive Inc. The investment gives HTC 5.3 million preferential shares of OnLive, each share priced at $7.50. The move was speculated to support content for HTC’s .....

Interview: InComm Primes Online Commerce

DEC. 14, 2010 • The emergence of the free-to-play online model as a major growth sector in the games business in recent years could not have happened as smoothy without companies such as InComm. Given the ranges of ages and incomes of people who play games online, the tried and true credit card payment systems was not sufficient. Many consumers would rather pay as they go, and are not comfortable with offering up their debit c.....

GameStop Tries Social Games With Jolt Online Gaming

DEC. 14, 2010 • GameStop has jumped into the publishing of F2P social network games. Working with Jolt Online Gaming, GameStop announced the launch of Utopia Kingdoms on Facebook. The game has similarities to games from Blizzard’s Warcraft series. GameStop sees its arrival on Facebook as a great example of how to provide its customers with online games they can play anytime, anywhere and on any device. .....

OnLive Micro Console Pre-Order

NOV. 19, 2010 • OnLive began taking pre-orders for its TV-compatible OnLive micro console unit. For $99, consumers receive one OnLive wireless controller plus a $50 credit. Earlier in the year the firm scrapped its $14.95 paid subscription model that forced user to pay just for the privilege to buy titles. New releases games can be purchased a la carte, but starting Jan.15 OnLive will put in place a $9.99 per month PlayPack subscription that gives users 24/7 acc.....

Interview: Spoon Buoys Cloud Gaming

OCT. 22, 2010 • The trend in free-to-play online games is for more involved titles that mirror the depth and quality of retail products. DFC Intelligence recently published a major report on client-based free-to-play games. This report forecasts the number of registered users for these games to reach 633 million by 2015, just for English language games. However, much of this depends on improvements in the technology infrastructure. .....