Many different video game developers have made their mark on the community giving hopeful gamers a chance at grabbing the perfect game for them. However, while many games for traditional platforms are priced at $60 there are many games with a much smaller price tag giving gamers a chance at some great gameplay without breaking the ban. One such developer of these games is PopCap who have popular games like Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle.
While PopCap games have grown to be quite popular it seems that the company may be more valuable than we had originally thought. According to recent reports, EA is planning to purchase the indie game developer for a whopping $1 billion. Of course, at this point these reports remain nothing more than rumors so we’ll have to see how this one pans out.
Like many software-based industries over the past few years, video games have seen a lot of studios shut down and downsized, and Australia was one of the hardest hit on that front. Over the past three years, Australia lost half its workforce in the video game sector, or over 1,000 jobs.
Now the Australian government is trying to do something about it, and is offering combined tax incentives to the video game development industry of $1.9 billion USD, to be spent on video game development and R&D. The new tax incentive has already attracted interest from publishers, according to Develop. We can hope they’ll set up or expand their Australian presence with the new incentives.
Trials HD developer RedLynx has announced that their motorcycle stunt game has passed 2 million in sales on Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace, making it one of the best selling games on the marketplace. Trials HD launched a year and a half ago, and has been selling steadily ever since. It’s safe to assume that RedLynx is working on a sequel, as the Finish based studio revealed that they have six different teams working on six different projects.
Crytek’s sci-fi shooter managed to hold on to the top sales spot in the UK market last week, barely beating out Zumba Fitness for the top spot — the no.1 spot separated Crysis and Zumba Fitness by less than 500 copies sold. The top 3 was finished by the latest entry in the LEGO Star Wars series, Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars.
Need for Speed Shift 2 (read our review of Shift 2) debuted on the no. 4 spot, which isn’t that bad. Sci-fi shooter Homefront finished fifth, after debuting at the no. 2 spot last week. The full top 10 best selling UK games for the week ending April 2:
- Crysis 2
- Zumba Fitness
- Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
- Shift 2: Unleashed
- Homefront
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
- WWE All Stars
- FIFA 11
- Pokemon White Version
- Art Academy
