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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 …
Read More »EA Sports gives Movember $500k worth of in-game ad space
Prostate cancer charity Movember has received a $500,000 in-game ad gift from EA Sports. It has handed the charity half a million dollars worth of free in-game ad space throughout November. The spots will appear in titles such as FIFA 13, Madden 13 and NHL 13. Movember is all about …
Read More »DeNa rakes in $600m in revenue during record quarter
Virtual currency on Mobage platform brings in $700m in Japan
Read More »Monday December 3rd named as Amazon’s Cyber Monday
Amazon.co.uk has predicted that Monday December 3rd will be the busiest online shopping day of the year. Known as Cyber Monday, Amazon reckons orders will peak at 9:20pm and on what it believes could be its busiest ever day in the UK, The Huffington Post reports. In 2012 Cyber Monday …
Read More »DeNA’s influence grows as revenues and profits jump
Japanese social games giant DeNA has reported a 45 per cent jump in quarterly revenue to $627m. Profits were up 38 per cent year-on-year at $254m. The company’s Moba-coin virtual currency also set a new high, grossing $700m from mobile games in Japan. Coin consumption was for the first time …
Read More »Miyamoto on convincing third-party devs to join Wii U
Publishers do not lack understanding on next-gen console's capabilities, says dev icon
Read More »Worrying signs from THQ as it scraps guidance, shuns investor Q&A
THQ may have reported better than expected sales for its last quarter, but the signs are anything but positive for the troubled publisher. Sales for the quarter ending September 30th reached $91.8m, beating expectations. But that’s where the good news ends. Darksiders II sales stand at 1.4m copies, far below …
Read More »IN PICTURES: Halo 4 launch
Master Chief returned to London last night for the launch of the hotly anticipated Halo 4. Microsoft splashed its biggest outdoor budget ever on the marketing campaign, as well as a huge stunt and launch party in the heart of London. Celebrity guests such as Jonathan Ross, JLS, Dizzee Rascal …
Read More »Five games in one package: Assassin’s Creed Anthology spotted
All five home console Assassin’s Creed games, plus their DLC, are headed for release as part of the Assassin’s Creed Anthology, reveals a listing on Amazon France. Anthology will include Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and Assassin’s Creed III, plus all their downloadable content, …
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