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Elder Scrolls Online Spends 5 Weeks at #1 in U.K.

August 18, 2014

AUG. 18, 2014 • The Elder Scrolls Online, the MMO from Zenimax Online Studios, has spent the last five weeks as the No. 1 PC game in the United Kingdom. According to GfK Chart-Track data, the title debuted at the top rank during the week ending April 5, but three weeks later started to.....

PlayStation 4 Sales Top 10 Million

August 13, 2014

AUG. 13, 2014 • During the Gamescom conference this week in Cologne, Germany, Sony Computer Ent. announced that PlayStation 4 sales have reached 10 million units worldwide through August 10 since the console’s launch last November. More than 30 million units of first- and third-party PS4 software have been sold via retail and digital distribution globally during the same period. In related news, Sony said it was launching the PlayStation TV micro console i.....

Thailand Government Bans Tropico 5

August 4, 2014

AUG. 4, 2014 • The Cultural Promotion Department of Thailand’s Culture Ministry has declined to allow Kalypso Media’s Tropico 5 PC game to be sold in the country. The distributor New Era Thailand told the Associated Press that the game could be dangerous to peace and order .....

DFC Intelligence President David Cole on CNBC

August 1, 2014

AUG. 1, 2014 • DFC Intelligence president David Cole appeared on CNBC’s Street Signs Asia show this week. Cole was interviewed ab.....

New Joe Montana Football Game Teased

July 14, 2014

JULY 14, 2014 • During the World Cup finals weekend American pro football star quarterback Joe Montana tweeted a tease for a new football video game, Joe Montana Football 16. The original series ran from 1991 to 1995 on the Sega Genesis and was published by Electronic Arts. That franchise embraced more arcade gameplay elements and featured 16 fictitious teams in its first two years before obtaining an NFL license for NFL Sports Talk Football ’93. If Montan.....

Video Game Forecasts Raised After E3

July 1, 2014

JULY 1, 2014 • Following this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, DFC Intelligence is now projecting significant gains for core hardware and software products worldwide. As a result DFC continues to raise its video game forecasts for 2014 and beyond in both the console and PC segment. Overall game software revenue from PC games, console games and mobile games are expected to go from $64 billion in 2014 to $100 billion in 2018. With .....

$100 Billion Video Game Market by 2018

June 26, 2014December 15, 2022

JUNE 25, 2014 • DFC Intelligence has announced that for the second time this year they are significantly raising their five-year video game forecast. Overall game software revenue is expected to go from $64 billion in 2014 to $100 billion in 2018. This includes revenue from PC games, console games and mobile games, but does not include hardware spending on game devices. By 2018 the game market is likely to be split fairly evenly between console, PC and mobil.....

Destiny Franchise Has $500 Million Price Tag

May 7, 2014

MAY 6, 2014 • Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick told financial executives at this week’s Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles last week that with the $500 million bet his company was making on Bungie Inc.’s Destiny franchise could only be made on owned IP. The $500 million figure includes production, promotion and marketing, royalties, packaging, merchandising and other costs. Destiny is a futuristic science fiction vid.....

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