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Apple’s App Store has hit 40 billion downloads, less than a year afterreaching 25bn downloads back in March.The announcement follows Flurry’s study that showed1.76bn Android and iOS apps were downloaded in the last week of 2012. Apple certainly had a bumper December as the App Store reached 2bn downloads during …
Read More »$8bn – the total losses made by Xbox 360 and PS3
The console sector is at a crossroads, and a look at the numbers behind Xbox 360 and PS3 make for uncomfortable reading. According to numbers presented by former EA and Sony man Ben Cousins on Kotaku, between them Xbox 360 and PS3 have left an $8bn black hole in the …
Read More »FIFA 13 grabs its fifth UK No.1
Having dropped off the top of the listings back in October, EA’s FIFA 13 is back at the top of the Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the game’s fifth No.1 since it was released last September. It has yet to drop below 4th place. Last week’s No.1, Ubisoft’s …
Read More »Play Arts Kai Raiden figure is a must-buy for Metal Gear fans
High-end figurine specialist Play Arts has revealed a highly detailed Raiden figure that will release around the same time as Konami’s Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Full Metal Hero reports that that ‘Play Arts Kai Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – Raiden’ will come in both black and white versions. No release …
Read More »Telltale "could do a great Star Wars story game"
Having single-handedly proven that episodic, narrative-driven gaming is very much a financial reality, Telltale has name-dropped some other key IP. Many of Telltale’s staff are former developers from LucasArts – a perfect reason, it argues, why it could do the Star Wars IP justice. Coming from LucasArts we always felt …
Read More »Del Toro in talks with "very big company" over InSane game trilogy
Being dropped by the troubled THQ was not the end of the road of Guillermo del Toro’s InSane trilogy, it seems. The revered film-maker and game fan has revealed that he’s in talks with a major player to bring the in-development games to market. We are in talks with a …
Read More »EA decides against Wii U port of Crysis 3 for "business" reasons
Crytek will not be bringing Crysis 3 to Wii U. CEO and founder Cevat Yerli would to, the exec claims, but EA has apparently told him it has no interest in publishing the game on Nintendo’s new platform. "There has been discussions between Nintendo and EA and Crytek, but the …
Read More »Nvidia amps up cloud gaming with Grid
Six firms sign up to streaming service
Read More »Sony to announce PS4 in February – rumour
A Sony press conference scheduled for February 25th could be the launch platform for PS4, one online report has claimed. Expert Reviews claims to have word that Sony will use the Destination PlayStation event to formally unveil its next-generation PlayStation 4 console for the first time, showing off pre-release hardware …
Read More »Judge backs THQ sale objections as Warner Bros comes sniffing
THQ will not be allowed to complete its pre-pack sale to Clearlake Capital, opening the door for a possible swoop by Warner Bros. That’s because US Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath has ruled in favour of creditors who last week objected to the arrangement, arguing that the process prevented other interested …
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