UK gamers spend Â£1.5bn on titles
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Sales of video games in the UK are at an all-time high, with more than 78 million titles sold in 2007.
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US gaming giant Harrah's Entertainment plans to invest up to $1 billion (519 million pounds) to snare three of the eight super-casinos to be built in Britain under relaxed gaming laws.
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Five million people, or one in 10 adults, spend more than they earn on a monthly basis, a survey suggests.
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Game addicts meet a potentially addictive new game. Will profit ensue?
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The UK loses five times more money to VAT cheats in one year than any other EU country, according to a report.
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Demand - supply = profit lost The global Christmas Wii shortage may have saved individual gamers a few quid, but one analyst thinks itâs cost Nintendo up to $1.3bn (Â£637m/â¬888m).â¦
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The gaming industry is set to court the swelling ranks of casual gamers who favor the ease-of-gameplay offered by platforms like the Wii and Nintendo DS, along with the varied selection and lower prices offered through downloadable games.
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An Australian gamer spends $26,500 on a virtual island that exists only in a PC role-playing game.
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Supply outstripping demand The global Christmas Wii shortage may have saved individual gamers a few quid, but one analyst thinks itâs cost Nintendo up to $1.3bn (Â£637m/â¬888m).â¦
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It&#39;s the first of the festive season duels and it&#39;s one of high stakes and even higher interest. The two major videogame consoles, Sony&#39;s Playstation 2 (PS2) and Microsoft&#39;s Xbox, are involved in a multi-million
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Shoppers in America spend more than $6 billion a year on video games according to a Software Association survey. Holiday sales bring an extra boost to game
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Bounty should go to a good home, says report The UK is missing out on more than Â£1bn in lost taxes and the creation of over 13,000 new high-paying jobs over four years if we all took software piracy more seriously, according to a new report.â¦
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Sony PlayStation 2's slimmer shape has proved popular with UK gamers, with 50,000 sold in its first week on sale.
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Inhabitants of virtual worlds are giving the games they play real economic power, a study has found.
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Acute coughs cost the UK economy almost Â£1 billion every year, experts warn.
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One of the UK's gaming clans has scored a double success at the Olympics of the gaming world.
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How the world of online gaming spawned a multimillion-dollar shadow economy.