The Base Block, or Core Module, is the heart of Mir. First launched into orbit in 1986, it comprised the entire space station for over a year, before the other modules were launched. Built of two ...

On Thursday, the NPD Group released new data that illuminates who is actually spending that money. This consumer group, the “core” gamer, is the financial lifeblood of the traditional video ...

NPD has put together a study of that rare beast of "core" gamers we hear about so often these days. That's likely to included many of you reading this, so listen up, you're going to learn some ...

Of the US population age 9 and older, 37 percent of people play games on the PC, the NPD reports in its new study, Understanding PC Gaming: 2014. PC players game for an average of 6.4 hours per week.

The NPD Group considered anyone who plays games for at least five hours per week on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC, or Mac to be a core gamer.

An NPD report states that 29% of the 887 "core" participants polled by the firm plan on buying a next-gen console at launch. Those polled in the US were between the ages of nine and over which ...

New NPD data shows that while core gamers are embracing digital distribution, the method hasn’t overtaken purchasing new and used physical copies of titles at retail. The analysis group’s ...