Hands Up! It’s game on in the classroom

Hands Up! It’s game on in the classroom

Apr 29, 2012

Hands Up! It’s game on in the classroom Digital New Zealand report finds 7 out of 10 parents use computer and video games as an educational tool Auckland, New Zealand – 30 April 2012 – New Zealand parents are increasingly embracing computer and video games as an educational tool, according to the latest research commissioned by the Interactive Games &...

Hands Up! It’s Game On in the Classroom

Hands Up!  It’s Game On in the Classroom

Apr 29, 2012

Hands Up! It’s Game On In The Classroom Digital Australia report finds 7 out of 10 parents use computer and video games as an educational tool Sydney, Australia – 30 April 2012 – Australian parents are increasingly embracing computer and video games as an educational tool, according to the latest research commissioned by the Interactive Games &...

Video games industry widens market measurement ability

Video games industry widens market measurement ability

Feb 8, 2012

New Zealand  – 9 February 2012 – The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA), New Zealand’s interactive games  industry body, with its independent market research group NPD, are pleased to announce that their retail measurement has captured close to 100% of NZ’s video and computer game retail data for the first time.  The latest data...

Video games industry records $1.5 billion in 2011

Video games industry records $1.5 billion in 2011

Feb 5, 2012

Sydney, Australia – 6 February 2012 – Australia’s interactive games industry remains buoyant as the consumption of games continues to thrive, despite a 12.8 per cent contraction in ‘traditional retail’ computer and video games sales to $1.5 billion in 2011, according to the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA). The latest data from...

iGEA responds to Channel 7′s story – Video Games Under Fire

iGEA responds to Channel 7′s story – Video Games Under Fire

Nov 4, 2011

On Thursday 3 November, Channel 7 ran a story titled ‘Video Games Under Fire’.  Due to the one sided view and absence of fact, we felt compelled to write to them. To see our letter, click here Share this:

Video Games Industry Welcomes Proposed Classification Guidelines

Video Games Industry Welcomes Proposed Classification Guidelines

Nov 4, 2011

Sydney, Australia Friday, 4th November 2011 The video games industry welcomes the proposed Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games released today by The Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor. These Guidelines open the way for the introduction of an R18+ category for video games. According to Ron Curry, CEO of Interactive Games &...

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