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The latest in the Assassin’s Creed franchise is off to a great start at retail. As part of Ubisoft’s half-year earnings report,CEO Yves Guillemot announced that AC3 has racked up 3.5m units sold in its first week. Guillemot specified that the figure relates to the number of purchases by consumers, …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: October 28 – November 3
Valve has revealed the past week’s top sellers on Steam. Football Manager 2013 makes a significant jump from last week’s fifth place finish to grab the top spot. Left 4 Dead 2 glided to the runner-up position thanks to a discount promotion falling within the period. Though XCOM was toppled …
Read More »THQ stocks dive 50% after Q2 report
Poor performance, game delays and possible sale of company spook investors
Read More »The Last Guardian will definitely be out in 2013, right? RIGHT?
ony worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida has refused to commit to a 2013 release date for troubled game The Last Guardian. Speaking toJeuxvideo, Yoshida said he did not want to commit to a specific schedule through fear of disappointing consumers waiting for the title. He added Team Ico was still …
Read More »Report: Microsoft building mini Xbox Surface tablet
New gaming-specific 7-inch device could arrive before Xbox 720
Read More »Yoshida refuses to date Last Guardian for 2013
Still nothing concrete to show as Team Ico continues work on engine and technical aspects of title
Read More »Capcom: Resident Evil 6 "has been successful to some degree"
Critics may have largely written the title off, but Capcom insists that Resident Evil 6 has achieved a level of commercial success. The publisher does admit, however, that it’s too early to make a definitive judgement. Resident Evil 6 continues to generate repeat sales in Japan and overseas,” it told …
Read More »UPDATE: Dark times ahead for THQ as stock drops 40%
Things could go from bad to worse for THQ, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. Last night the publisher delayed three key releases and scrapped its financial forecasts. Should its financial position continue to deteriorate, we expect THQ to raise financing through an equity sale that could lead to …
Read More »Sleeping Dogs ships 1.5m units as Square reports income drop
Square Enix has reported a moderate rise in net sales for the six months ending September, climbing 6.2 per cent to 61,055m. Other numbers were less positive, however. Operating income fell from 7,391m last year to an operating loss of 6,266m. Last year’s net income for the period of 3,704m …
Read More »Patent allows Kinect to watch you, monitor your content usage
A freshly unearthed Microsoft patent entitled ‘Content Distribution Regulation by Viewing User’ will likely not appeal to fans of 1984. The idea is that Kinect (or any compatible camera source) will effectively observe users viewing content they have acquired and ensure that they are complying with the license. Breaches of …
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