12/11/2008 by swordfish.

Videogame sales dropped 21 percent in Japan in the third quarter of the year but continued to rocket in the United States and Britain, according to a study released Tuesday.

In a sign that the industry is prospering despite global financial woes, the NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Ltd. and Enterbrain Inc. report said that videogame sales grew by 15 percent in Britain during the period and eight percent in the United States.

Overall, sales of videogames in the three largest markets rose by just one percent during the three months ending September 30 as compared with the same period last year.

Analysts attributed the 21 percent decline in sales in Japan to a lack of popular titles during the third quarter and other factors.

Source: ‘Yahoo News UK‘

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27/08/2008 by swordfish.

Eidos has dispatched a sensational new teaser showcasing Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Underworld.

(Tomb Raider Underworld sees Lara undertake her riskiest mission yet, descending to the depths of the underworlds. For generations, stories have been told of the fearsome weapon of the Norse god, Thor.)

Watch this on YouTube and be amazed! Here’s the link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=s0S2Wk2MuCw

Source: ‘Tombraider Chronicles‘

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18/08/2008 by swordfish.

Playing video games improves manual dexterity among surgeons, making them faster and less likely to make mistakes, US researchers have said.

The findings were contained in a raft of research about how video games effect the people who play them, discussed Sunday at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in Boston.

“The big picture is that there are several dimensions in which games have effects,” including their content, how they are played, and how much, said psychologist Douglas Gentile of Iowa State University.

Studies involving high school and college students confirmed previous findings about the social effects of playing violent video games, the Iowa State researchers said. Students who played violent games were more hostile, less forgiving, and more apt to view violence as normal, than peers who played non-violent games.

Source: ‘Yahoo Technology News‘

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25/07/2008 by swordfish.

A truly breathtaking and stunning Tombraider Underworld teaser trailer has been released. If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, you’ve been missing out big time! Sit back and enjoy - but beware, it will ask more questions than it answers, especially as Lara’s home, Croft Manor, is involved!

This is the first of a series of official teaser trailers leading up to the UK release of Tombraider Underworld on the  21st November 2008!

View it at the Tombraider Chronicles web site - www.tombraiderchronicles.com/underworld/trailers_01.html

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22/07/2008 by swordfish.

A new survey by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has shown that women now make up 40 per cent of computer gamers.

Gaming has traditionally been seen as the preserve of young males, but the study of 1,200 American households found that the number of female players is growing fast and that the average age of computer gamers is 35.

“This new data underscores the fundamental principle that computer and video games are a mainstream entertainment form which captures the imagination of every segment of our society,” said Michael D. Gallagher, chief executive of the ESA. “No longer is there a stereotypical gamer. With deeper market penetration and the broadening of our audience base, video games have incorporated themselves into America’s cultural and social fabric.”

Overall, nearly double the number of women aged 18 or older played computer games (33 per cent) than boys aged 17 or younger (18 per cent).

Source: Yahoo Technology

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