NPD recently released
their report on the video games industry at US retail for September 2015.
This move has sparked debate and news coverage, even from outlets that don't normally
report on video games.
Last week, Media Create published its weekly
report on video game sales in Japan during Week 16, 2017.
Media Create (Week 10) Today, Media Create published their weekly
report on video game sales in Japan during Week 10,...
I'm always cautious in
reporting on video game scuttlebutt.
Nintendo told us all about their record - setting sales month last week, but the NPD Group made it official today when they revealed their retail
report on the video game industry for March 2017.
Today, Media Create published their weekly
report on video game sales in Japan during Week 19, 2018.
The participants issued the fifth annual
report on video game violence, saying researchers now indicated there was a...
The participants issued the fifth annual
report on video game violence, saying researchers now indicated there was a direct correlation between video game violence and violent tendencies in children.
Not exact matches
Nintendo Switch owners have
reported that they have scratched the screens of their
video game consoles when putting it into the accompanying Dock to play
on their televisions.
Spending
on mobile
games, mostly for in -
game purchases, will account for 27 % of the $ 99.6 billion global
video gaming market in 2016, market tracker Newzoo
reported.
Video game maker Activision Blizzard announced
on Monday plans buy «Candy Crush Saga» creator King Digital Entertainment for $ 5.9 billion, Reuters
reported, as the heavyweight of console and PC gaming makes a major push into the faster - growing mobile market.
Just this week, CNET
reported that Apple secured a patent
on a similar product: goggles that enable people to play
video games and watch movies and TV shows.
Forbes
reports nearly half of her 2015 earnings came from her
video game, but her other past income sources range from paid appearances to her role
on «Keeping Up With the Kardashians.»
Video game producers are
on deck to
report earnings.
Surprisingly, researchers sometimes rely
on their research subjects» self -
reports of exposure to
video game violence even though members of the public are likely to define violence differently than the researchers.
The Portland Oregonian
reported that United Methodist leaders abandoned an attempt to gather signatures for a referendum
on video poker because the proposed initiative could have forced tribes to give up their lucrative
video games, and the tribes claimed that this was unfair to Native Americans struggling for economic growth.
For
video news
reports on the best goals and
games, visit fanatix.com or download the fanatix app
on your phone or device now.
While there has been some
reporting across the FFA Cup scene, it's often been the work of the Football NSW media team to deliver
video highlights of every NPL1
game and an NPL2
game of the round, a weekly preview show and comprehensive match
reports, and a few of us regulars across social media, particularly Eric Subijano, who have kept fans updated
on the progress of the competition.
But parents
report they're also spending an hour and a half per day playing
video games and another hour
on social media.
I want to update you
on yesterday's Lunch Tray post, in which I shared Nancy Huehnergarth's excellent
reporting on a Gatorade
video game which was explicitly designed to teach kids that «water is the enemy» of athletic performance.
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But perhaps the most bizarre favor came
on Christmas Day in 2013, when Reichberg and the witness
reported to be Rechntiz — who are both Jewish — dressed up as Christmas elves and swung by Grant's Staten Island home to drop off a
video game system for his kids and jewelery for his wife, according to the complaint.
Psychologist Anne McLaughlin can't remember exactly how she found out that her work
on improving older adults» cognitive function with
video games had been featured in Summertime Blues, a 2010
report by senators Tom Coburn (R - OK) and John McCain (R - AZ) about projects that «give taxpayers the blues.»
Based
on parent
reporting, one in five children played
video games more than 5 hours per week.
The authors of the study, published in PLoS ONE,
reported that
video games of the future could use information gleaned from a user's body positions to change the difficulty of a
game based
on the confidence implied by a player's posture.
«As people play
video games, their visual - spatial acuity improves — especially their peripheral vision — and their reaction times are much faster,»
reports Gary Small, director of the Center
on Aging at UCLA.
A new
report on how teachers use
video games in classrooms identifies features they find most useful to track student learning, as well as gaps where better tools could help link
games more closely to the curriculum.
The
report also focuses
on the need to explore «the relationship between exposure to media violence and real - life violence» — a topic that has caused bitter disagreement, with some researchers arguing that mayhem in movies and
video games incites violence, while others dispute any link.
Indeed, even outside the
video game world, people who trained with NeuroRacer saw improvements
on certain tests of memory and attention, the group
reports online today in Nature.
The enzyme, Tang's team
reports, resembles the
video -
game character «Pac - Man,» with two bowl - shaped halves joined by a hinge at one end and held closed, most of the time, by a latch of hydrogen bonds
on the other end.
«Media multitasking» — the simultaneous use of several different media, such as TV, internet,
video games and text messaging — is clearly
on the rise, according to a 2006
report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, with 26 per cent of media time spent multitasking.
Belgian website VTM is
reporting that the country's Gaming Commission is currently taking a look at loot boxes in
video games, with particular focus
on EA's inclusion of them in Star Wars: Battlefront II and Blizzard's use in Overwatch.
Last January, we
reported that Syriana director Stephen Gaghan had signed
on to direct The Division, an adaptation of the Ubisoft
video game about special military operatives sent in to a plague - ravaged Manhattan to execute gang members and troll other human players with high - tech gadgets and various different - colored...
Forza 7 or Forza Motorsport 7 will be released
on October 3
on Xbox One and Windows 10, Microsoft has made the preload available in recent hours, but there is a feature that is creating a lot of problems for those downloading from the Windows Store, as
reported by various players from the official
video game forum.
If you think that was a great list but you want to know what else to expect this week for
video game sales, head over to our latest weekly
report on the best deals for PS4, Xbox One, and Switch!
As
reported yesterday, legendary
video game designer and director Hideo Kojima allegedly left Konami, a
video game developer and publisher, earlier this month, apparently confirming rumors that the Metal Gear creator would be moving
on from the Japanese firm following the controversy between the company and the Kojima brand.
THR
reports that the Russo Brothers are teaming up with Henry Selick for a TV series based
on the popular
video game about a young girl trapped
on a terrifying ship named «The Maw.»
Deadline is
reporting that Fox 21 and Hulu are teaming up to bring Agent 47 to the small screen, with the two companies in development
on a TV series based upon the hit
video game franchise Hitman.
San Andreas director Brad Peyton is already set to direct a movie version of the old Rampage arcade
game, but now Deadline is
reporting that he has also signed
on to helm an adaptation of the Just Cause
video game series with Aquaman «s Jason Momoa in the lead.
As previously
reported this movie will not be based
on either of the manga, cartoon or
video games during the titles almost 20 year existence.The script is currently being penned by Captain Marvel writer Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch.
That Hashtag Show
reports Chris McKay is in talks to direct a live - action film based
on the popular
video game franchise, and already has castings calls for the main cast.
If you are still unconvinced about using
games for financial literacy instruction, or if you need research and data to convince stakeholders, Brian recommends reading D2D's research
report on how casual financial literacy
video games can lead to improvements in financial capability.
In this podcast for All Things Considered, Steve Hehn
reports on how some
video game creators are using gaming technology to strengthen children's social and emotional skills.
Similarly, a
report titled Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology, put out by the Alliance for Childhood last September, asserts that there's inadequate evidence to support claims that
video games improve student performance, while overreliance
on technology is contributing to rising childhood - obesity rates.
Children younger than 8 are spending triple the time
on mobile devices that they did in 2011, with playing
games, using educational apps and watching
videos among their most popular activities, the study
reports.
Here's Eugene Hickok, former Deputy Secretary of Education, cited in a Federation of American Scientists
report on the educational benefits of
video games:
This
report reviews evidence
on K - 12 classroom technology use and is organized according to media platforms: interactive whiteboards, classroom response systems (clickers),
video games, simulations, modeling, augmented reality, virtual worlds, mobile devices, data analysis tools, calculators, 1:1 ratio of computers to students, computer - assisted instruction (where a computer presents instruction or remediation), virtual learning, and educational television.
A story
on video game blog Kotaku is
reporting on a new in - store labeling practice by EB
Games in Canada that appears to be an attempt to deceive customers into believing used
games are actually new
games.
The announcement comes a day after a
video (below) apparently showing the series» new multiplayer focus made its way to the web, making me think EA wanted to clear up any misleading
reports of the development
on the
game being shut down along with Pandemic.