Looking ahead to the big titles of 2009 - Ashtabula Star-Beacon

Most gamers spend the early part of the year catching up on software they couldn’t get around to during the holiday glut. Maybe you’ve been meaning to check out “Fallout 3� or “Fable II,� or dig in and finish up that “LittleBigPlanet ...

UK games market worth £4 billion in 2008 - Digital Spy

The video game industry received its largest growth to date in 2008. Figures by game chart trackers ELSPA / GFK Chart-Track show that the software market was worth £4.03 billion, against £3.4 billion in 2007, according to MCV . Around 82 million ...

It’s Easy Being Green: How to Use Less Energy While Playing Video ... - American Progress

Turns out your addiction to the game Rock Band, the new Wii, or an Xbox could be costing you both money and energy. A report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council in November of last year found that popular video game consoles have a lot ...

UK spent £1.9bn on games in 2008 - PC Advisor

More than 82 million video games were sold in the UK last year, says the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) . The industry body says the sales, which totaled £1.9bn, were 23 percent higher than the previous year. Of ...

UK Video Game Sales Soar 23%: Wii Sales More Than 360 + PS3 - Digital Lifestyles

UK sales of video game hardware and software in 2008 have lept to £4.034 billion, so say industry body ELSPA. Looks like fans of video games are refusing to listen to the doom-sayers and have been buying video games in ever larger numbers taking ...

Cage: Games violence no worse than TV - MCV

Quantic Dreams founder and CEO David Cage has spoken out again criticisms of mature content in video games, claiming their effect is no different to that of TV, films or books. In an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine UK, Cage said: “I ...

Record Year for UK Games Business - Spong

The UK's video game publishers' representative body ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) is announcing a record-breaking year for its members. Using data from Gfk Chart-Track, ELSPA states that, "Total videogames software ...