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Ubisoft has provided some more information about the latest entry in its Assassin’s Creed series, Syndicate. In a announcement video, the publisher revealed that the title is being developed by Ubisoft Quebec. This is the first Assassin’s Creed game that the Quebec studio has headed up development on, though it …
Read More »Watch Dogs success and digital boom see Ubisoft financials fly in 2014
The strength of Ubisoft’s core brands and the growth of its digital offerings have seen the publisher outperform its financial targets for the last year. According to the firm’s full report for the full 2014-2015 financial year, software sales generated €1.46 billion in FY2014-2015, up by 45 per cent compared …
Read More »Sales and income climb at Square Enix
Square Enix has reported an increase in sales and income for the year ending March 2015. Net sales were up 8.3 per cent at 168bn, with operating income up 55.8 per cent at 16bn and net income up 49 per cent at nearly 10bn. In isolation, digital entertainment division sales …
Read More »Konami profits are up year-on-year
Publisher Konami has reported a 147 per cent increase in net profit for the year ending March. The numbers don’t quite fit the wider narrative of a company in decline, what with the recent fallout with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and the cancellation of Silent Hills – both of …
Read More »ID@Xbox comes of age
Right now, most major publishers are chasing the booming indie market and Microsoft is no different with its ID@Xbox programme. The firm is coming off a busy few months. Earlier this year at GDC it announced that it was planning on having games from the scheme appear on both Xbox …
Read More »Angry Birds VR unveiled for Samsung’s Gear VR
Rovio has bought mobile sensation Angry Birds to virtual reality for the first time. The company this weekend unveiled Angry Birds VR for Samsung’s already available Gear VR. VR Focus reports that the game has been jointly developed by Rovio and Brazil’s Imgnation Studios. Road to VR adds that the …
Read More »Open-world dinosaur game Ark: Survival Evolved announced for PS4 and Xbox One
Indie developer Studio Wildcard has announced an open-world dinosaur survival game for next-gen consoles and PC. Called Ark: Survival Evolved, the game is built using Unreal Engine 4 and focuses around multiplayer co-op and a persistent ecosystem. Crafting, hunting, shelter building, tech developing and harvesting seem very much the order …
Read More »MTG has reportedly acquired ESL
Reports online suggest that Swedish media organisation Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired Germany’s Turtle Entertainment, owner of the Electronic Sports League (ESL). The Daily Dot reports that the claims stem from IT news channel Golem.de. The value of the deal is not known and while ESL has so far …
Read More »D3Publisher of America rebrands as D3 Go!
Bandai Namco owned D3 Publisher has announced that its subsidiary D3Publisher of America is rebranding and shifting focus to digital and mobile. The Marvel Puzzle Quest and Adventure Time Card Wars publisher will from this point be known as D3 Go! As many of our long-term fans and followers may …
Read More »Former BioShock devs shelve The Black Glove
The surreal first-person adventure from some of the creative minds behind BioShock has been temporarily canned. The Black Glove, a new title from Day For Night Games, was being developed by a team offormer Irrational Games staff. The studio set up aKickstarter campaignto fund the title, but it wasunsuccessful. We’ve …
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