Video Game Spending Declines in 2011
The NPD Group announced it estimates that U.S. consumers spent somewhere between $16.3 to $16.6 billion on video games and game-related content in 2011.
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I3DS Announces 3D Technology Award Winners
The International 3D Society (I3DS) announced the honourees for its 2nd Annual 3D Technology Awards.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Tops $1 Billion Mark
Activision Publishing announced that its Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 video game has achieved more than $1 billion in sales since launching November 8, 2011.
BitTorrent Launches µTorrent Plus
BitTorrent, Inc. announced that it has released µTorrent Plus ($24.95/year), a premium version of the company’s µTorrent client.
Crackle, Ustream and RadioIO Boost LOOT
Sony DADC New Media Solutions announced that its LOOT development team is working with Crackle, Ustream, RadioIO and other digital media companies to bring virtual world experiences to feature films, television, radio and live events on the PlayStation Home social game platform.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Grosses $775 Million
Activision Publishing announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has racked up worldwide sales of more than $775 million in its first five days of release.
Games Consoles Popular for Watching Online Content
Strategy Analytics announced it reckons that 12% of U.S. households use games consoles to watch online content.
Blu-ray Growing Big Time
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) published its U.S. third Quarter 2011 Home Entertainment Report.
Sony DADC Replicates PS3 Discs in Russia
Sony DADC announced that it is now manufacturing PlayStation 3 (PS3) discs at its new facility in Borovsk, Kaluga (near Moscow) Russia.
Sony Battles Online Brigands
Sony announced that it has detected a large amount of unauthorized sign-in attempts on its PlayStation Network (PSN), Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) services.
Kids Rule Video Games
The NPD Group announced its latest survey suggests that the video game industry is adding 2-17 year-olds at a rate greater than that age group’s population growth.