APRIL 30, 2009 • The same Monster Hunter franchise that has done wonders for PSP sales in Japan has finally come to the Wii. Monster Hunter G, a port of the same PS2 game that served as the basis of Monster Hunter Freedom on the PSP, moved 132,000 units in its first week of release in Japan. The real .....

APRIL 30, 2009 • The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple Inc. will likely begin designing its own processors for use in future iPods and iPhones. The company is said to be concerned about sharing sensitive details of its upcoming technology with outside chip suppliers that might find its way into microprocessors sold to Apple competitors. Such a move might also allow Apple to create chips more tailored to its products that could generate less heat, and use less energy. An important consi.....

APRIL 28, 2009 • Having lost the Chinese World of Warcraft contract to Netease, The9 Ltd. has decided to compete with a new MMO of its own design: World of Fight. A temporary web site announcing the new MMO went live at www.wofchina.com. Other Chinese publishers in the past .....

APRIL 28, 2009 • In the year since the Wii was released in South Korea, retailers there have sold 500,000 units. Wii software has not sold so well, however. The best selling game, Wii Sports, which isn’t bundled with the console in Korea and Japan, has sold 210,000 units in South Korea since April 26. .....

APRIL 27, 2009 • GameFly has filed an official complaint against the U.S. Postal service accusing the latter of discrimination. The accusation is that the USPS manually culls many of Netflix’s and Blockbuster Video’s mailings from the automated sorting systems in order to avoid damage. GameFly says it has .....

APRIL 24, 2009 • U.K.-based Empire Interactive closed its doors after not being able to find a buyer to take over the publisher’s operations. Russian publisher and distributor Noviy Disk was reported to be interested in acquiring Empire, but terms were never finalized. Impact: More.....

APRIL 24, 2009 • Casual games have been around since the dawn of video games and have been an essential part of every game platform. However, the actual definition of casual games has proven elusive. DFC Intelligence has developed its own classification system for what it considers casual games. However, even our classification system needs a bit of narrowing to account for platform and business model. In our upcoming report on the casual PC game business, we look more specifically at busin.....