PC Gaming Industry Improve $10.7 Billion

The PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA) today unveiled the key findings from its first “Horizons” Report, an exclusive research study of the PC gaming industry worldwide. Speaking at the Games Convention Developer’s Conference in Leipzig, PCGA president Randy Stude announced that PC gaming was a $10.7 billion industry during the year of 2007, with retail sales accounting for just 30 percent of total revenues. According to the report, growth was largely driven by online revenues from Asia, the world’s largest market, which is approaching half of total worldwide sales.

Online PC gaming revenue led the way in 2007 with $4.8 billion, nearly double the worldwide retail sales numbers for PC games. Digital distribution sales approached $2 billion, while advertising revenues from websites, portals, and in-game ads accounted for $800 million. Both are expected to grow substantially as major developers and publishers begin to adopt formal strategies to take advantage of new online opportunities.
“Our analysis clearly shows incredible growth in online PC gaming, proof that this industry is far stronger than anyone has reported,” said Stude. “Today’s consumers shop where they live - online.”

According to DFC Intelligence, there is even more room for growth as the broadband market matures.

“By pioneering new business models, the PC has quietly remained the single leading platform for games, not only in terms of consumer usage, but revenue generation,” said David Cole, an analyst with DFC Intelligence. “The most fascinating thing about PC gaming is its ability to attract such a diverse audience, both demographically and geographically. The real key has been the rapid growth in penetration of broadband-connected PCs in all markets around the world. Broadband-connected PCs are the key driver of growth for PC gaming. DFC Intelligence estimated that by the end of 2007 less than one-third of households in the top 20 markets for games had a high-speed Internet connection. That clearly indicates that there is still plenty of growth to come. The initiatives of the PCGA will be a key enabler of growth as they will help the industry identify key trends and opportunities in this rapidly emerging market.”

Updated bi-annually, the full Horizons Report is available to all PCGA members. It encompasses sales from every region around the world, and from every part of the PC gaming industry compiled by the PCGA from internal resources through a third party. This includes retail, online gaming, digital distribution, and online advertising. Those interested in joining can find membership details and additional information about the PCGA and its role as the voice of the PC gaming industry at www.pcgamingalliance.org.

Anyone interested in the state of the PC gaming industry will also be able to see Randy Stude present the key findings of the Horizons report during NVISION 08 in San Jose, Calif. on August 25 in the San Jose Hilton adjacent to the convention center at 3:30 p.m. in San Carlos rooms 1 & 2. More NVISION details can be found at www.nvision2008.com.

About the PCGA
The PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA) is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to drive worldwide growth of PC gaming. With high-profile members such as Microsoft, Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and Dell, the PCGA provides an open forum where companies can cooperate to develop and promote solutions that drive the PC gaming industry forward. The PCGA encourages the exchange of information and views to promote PC gaming, and shares promotional activity designed to grow the PC gaming industry.

Quatation : pcgamingalliance.org/

Crysis Warhead

In Crysis Warhead, players will don the Nanosuit of Sergeant Sykes, also known as 'Psycho', one of the most memorable characters from Crysis. More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, players will experience Psycho's parallel story during the events of the original game, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than they ever could have imagined. Luckily, Psycho's Nanosuit is just as capable and he's equipped with an even bigger arsenal of fully customizable weapons and new vehicles, giving players access to the tools they need to dominate any situation. Aside from this new, exciting single player campaign, Crysis Warhead will also feature new multiplayer content.

If you want to download crysis teaser trailer , click here .


Quatition :gamershell.com

Call of Duty 5 announced by Activision

Next Generation is reporting that the next addition to Activision's excellent shooter franchise will hit six platforms. The information was revealed during the publisher's recent earnings call. Publishing president and CEO Mike Griffith commented:

For Call of Duty, we're bringing the intensity of the recent Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare title to yet a new military theater to engage our significantly larger userbase which nearly doubled last year"

The new Call of Duty game is said to be coming later this financial year to PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, Nintendo DS and PS2. It was also noted that Infinity Ward will be releasing more downloadable content for Call of Duty 4 in the future. This news will surely please those gamers that delight in CoD4's online play. No mention was made as to whether the CoD4 DLC would be coming to platforms beyond the PS3 and Xbox 360 this time around.

Halo 3 ilk gününde 170 milyon $ hasılat elde etti

Microsoftun 25 eylülde piyasaya sürdüğü oyunu HALO 3 ilk gününde toplam 170 milyon $ hasılat elde etti.İlk defa bir bilgisayar oyununda bir günde bu denli bir satış rakamına ulaşıldı.Tabi bu hasılatın elde edilmesinde Microsoft'un başarılı reklam stratejisi uygulamasıda çok önemli.Daha Halo 3 oyunu çıkmadan piyasaya Halo 3 temalı Xbox 360'ların piyasaya sürülmeside etkili oldu.Ayrıca bu oyun büyük gişe hasılatları elde eden spiderman ve harry potter gibi pahalı yapımlardan bile daha fazla bir hasılat elde etmesi, artık pc oyunlarına bakışı biraz daha değiştirecektir.

Crysis demo delayed October 26

Lots of fps gamers waiting Crysis demo in the 25 September.But, Crysis demo dont releases today and Cevat Yerli CEO of Crysis developer Crytek sent a message to the gamers apologizing for delayed Crysis demo.He said new releases date October 26 for crysis demo.Unfortunaley, we'll wait more .

Bioshock Demosu yayınladı

Yavaş yavaş dx10 oyunların piyasaya inmeye başladı.Bioshock'ta bunlardan biri,oyun hem dx9 hemde dx10 grafikleriyle oynanabiliyor.Oyunun yapımcı firması Irrational Games , oyunun dağıtıcısı ise warrock,knight online'dan tanıdığımız firma 2K games.

Oyunun konusu ,bir uçak kazasından sonra sular altında ve harap bi şekilde makinelerin kontrolüne giren Rapture şehrine düşüyorsunuz ve şehri makineler temizlemeye çalışıyosunuz.Oyun türü Fps ve sistem gerenksinimleri
cpu : intel 2.4 ghz
ram : 1 gb
vga : NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better ( directx 9.0c)
ses kartı : directx 9 uyumlu ses kartı
hard disk : 8 gb boşluk

Eğer oyunu indirmek istiyorsanız oyunun demosunu bu linkten
indirebilirsiniz.(oyunu indirmek için fileplanet'a ücretsiz üye olmanız yeterli.)

Oyunu trailer'ini de aşağıdaki linkten izleyebilirsiniz.