Archive: Handheld

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  • 20May

  Video Games Create Ever Changing Worlds

  Families can be put off video-games because they see them as overly competitive or combative experiences. However, there are many games that offer a wide range of ways to play. A good example here are video-games that offer an experience that evolve over time. These attract players by offering a constantly changing world that is [...]

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  • 15May

  Top Selling Games by PEGI Rating (Week Ending 11th May)

  Here is our look at the top selling video games for each PEGI age rating for the week ending 11th May 2013. We break down the top selling games into the five PEGI age ratings. The PEGI 3+ chart is unchanged this week. In the PEGI 7+ list Nintendo holds the top two spots again [...]

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  • 14May

  Top Selling Games by PEGI Rating (Week Ending 4th May)

  Here is our look at the top selling video games for each PEGI age rating for the week ending 4th May 2013. We break down the top selling games into the five PEGI age ratings. The PEGI 3+ chart see FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 re-enter at number two. In the PEGI 7+ list Nintendo holds the [...]

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  • 21Apr

  Fact File: In App Purchases

  In-App Purchases offers users the ability to buy new functionality or upgrades for a particular game or application on a Smart phone or Tablet device. They are a way for developers to charge players for only the parts of the game they are using. Because these transactions can range in value from a few pence [...]

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  • 29Mar

  Fact File: Lego City Undercover

  The Lego games are often popular with families. They combine puzzle and action elements with exploration and platforming. They usually offer a two player co-operative mode that suites living room play. Here’s our fact file run down on the upcoming new Lego game Lego City Undercover. Fact 1: Lego City Undercover offers more exploration and [...]

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  • 25Mar

  Viewers vote for favourite family game

  New Super Mario Bros U has been voted the top family game in 2012 by viewers of FGTV Game of the Year. New Super Mario Bros U was closely followed by both Just Dance 4 and Skylanders Giants. The awards vote on games in each of the following age groups: Infants: New Super Mario Bros [...]

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  • 18Feb

  The Toy Business Embraces Skylanders Swap Force and Disney Infinity

  One of the subjects we get most questions about in our Ask a Question feature are titles that cross-over between toys and video-games.These range from Skylanders to Wonderbook to Disney Infinity and even the upcoming Lego City Undercover title for Wii U. We had the opportunity to put some of these questions to the CEO’s [...]

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  • 01Feb

  Playing Safe Online, Useful Information for Parents

  This is our guide to the wide range of information and advice about online safety for families. This complements advice about how to use parental controls to set limits on behaviour, with helpful guidance and good practice for video games use. It also provides a starting point for when things go wrong. The best place [...]

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  • 15Jan

  Disney Infinity New Game and Toy Line

  At an event today Disney Interactive announced a game of interest to families who have enjoyed Skylanders. Disney Infinity uses a range of toy figures in a similar way to Activision’s game while also offering a way for children and parents to create their own games in a Toy Box mode. The toy figures enable [...]

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  • 26Nov

  Top Selling Games by PEGI Rating (Week Ending 24th Nov)

  Here is our look at the top selling video games for each PEGI age rating for the week ending 24th November 2012. We break down the top selling games into the five PEGI age ratings. PEGI 3 sees the new Moshi Monsters 3DS/DS game enter at number three. The PEGI 7 chart’s top two spots [...]