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Capcom has confirmed that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies will not be released physically in Europe or North America. Historically it’s been tough to attract long term retail support for Ace Attorney titles,” a rep stated on the Capcom forums. With the release of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney …
Read More »Report: PS4 to launch in Europe this year
Sony targeting 2013 release to ensure the PlayStation 4 does not slip behind next Xbox sales, claims insider
Read More »WWE 2K14 release date, platforms revealed
WWE 2K14 will release on 29th October, Take-Two announced while revealing its annual financial results. WWE 2K14 will be the first WWE game in over a decade to not be published by THQ. 2K Sports acquired the WWE games license after THQ went out of business earlier this year. The …
Read More »PS4 WILL arrive in UK this year – report
Sony will not delay the launch of the PS4 in Europe, a new report has claimed. In February it was reported that PS4 would follow its predecessor’s lead by landing in Japan first and then rolling out in Europe after Christmas. This is not so, according to CVG, which cites …
Read More »GeForce GTX 780 to cost £425-£510, is based on Nvidia Titan
The upcoming high-end GeForce GTX 780 will likely retail for around 500 in the UK when it launches next month. The new graphics card is based on Nvidia’s premium Titan GPU, which is currently available for between 800-1,000. It won’t match the Titan’s specs, however, leaving the mammoth graphics powerhouse …
Read More »US investor makes ambitious Sony break-up call
Daniel Loeb calls for company to spin off part of its entertainment division
Read More »Now Shadow of the Eternals launches a Kickstarter
Consumers now have two ways to help fund the ‘spiritual successor’ to cult GameCube title Eternal Darkness. The controversial project went live with its own crowdfunding platform last week. It was subsequently revealed that Precursor Studios’ T&Cs allowed them to spend all ‘donations’ on whatever they liked with no legal …
Read More »VIDEO: PlayStation 4 hardware revealed in (fake) video
For a brief, brief moment this was the most exciting thing we’d seen all year. And even after Sony confirmed to Kotaku that it’s a fake, this PlayStation 4 reveal video is a hint of the excitement that awaits at E3 next month. The 44-second video is certainly slick but …
Read More »Take-Two wants to be "the most efficient company in the business"
Increased costs and diminishing returns – for many that was the story of this generation. And it’s not something that Take-Two wants to repeat. Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick has told investors that he wants his publisher to be the most efficient in the business as the industry prepares to …
Read More »Take-Two reduces losses; Max Payne ships 4m; BioShock ships 3.7m
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has reported a drop in losses for the year ending March 2013. Total net losses for the period reached $31.2m, significantly down on last year’s $107.7m loss. Revenues climbed from $825.8m in 2012 to $1.21bn. For the fourth quarter revenues doubled from $148.1m to $300m. …
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