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2K’s shooter reboot of the XCOM franchise appears to be a long ways off. Announcement of the delay comes from Take-Two’s latest financial report, following word that XCOM: Enemy Unknown has been confirmed for an October 2012 release. The report dates the game for ‘fiscal year 2014′, slating it for …
Read More »Sony’s Music Unlimited app hits iPhone this week
Sony’s cloud-based music service application Music Unlimited will arrive on the Apple App Store this Friday, the company has announced. The new app allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to listen to their music library, channels, and playlists, add songs to said playlists, discover related artists and tracks, and browse …
Read More »Max Payne 3 ships 3m units, PC launch moved back to June
Take-Two has revealed Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 has shipped 3m units since its release last week. The publisher announced the launch numbers in its fiscal 2012/Q4 2012 financial report released earlier today. Take-Two also revealed a slight delay for the PC version of the third-person shooter sequel, with an international …
Read More »Take-Two sees $107m loss in fiscal 2012, sets bar high for 2013
Take-Two Interactive hasreportedfourth quarter and full-year results for its fiscal 2012. Fourth quarter revenue dropped to $148.1m compared to $182.3m in fiscal 2011, with net losses hitting $66m compared to a $22.4m profit the year prior. For the full year results, net revenue fell to $825.8m from $1.14bn last year; …
Read More »FTC to investigate Nexon for Gemania takeover
Alleged hostile takeover by South Korean firm draws fire from fair trade commission
Read More »MCV’s Sacco joins Toy News team
Dominic Sacco, currently staff writer for MCV, has been announced as the new deputy editor of sister publication Toy News. Sacco joined Intent Media in February 2010 as staff writer on MCV. Prior to this, he was a senior web journalist and copywriter for over two years at Trader Media …
Read More »Activision’s Destiny timeline reveals Xbox 720 and PS4 launch dates
The transition between Xbox 360 and Xbox 720 will take place between 2013 and 2015, Activision anticipates. It does not expect to make titles for PS4 until 2016, however. As revealed by court documents detailing the publishing deal between Activision and Bungie, the title known as Destiny Games #1 IS …
Read More »Activision thinks Bungie deal may outlive boxed games
Boxed retail may not survive beyond 2019 and perhaps end as early as 2013, Activision believes. That’s the latest revelation to emerge from court documents detailing the publishing agreement between Bungie and Activision. As revealed earlier today, the pair currently have a deal spanning four title the ‘Destiny’ series, with …
Read More »XCOM: Enemy Unknown gets October release
2K Games has at last confirmed a 2012 release date for IP revamp XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The Firaxis title for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC game will be released in the UK on October 12th. It will arrive in North America a few days earlier on October 9th. Those who …
Read More »Sequel rumoured for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Konami is said to be working on a sequel to 3D hack ‘n’ slash title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Eurogamer reports that the Wii U version had originally been planned as being more or less the same as another rumoured release – 2D outing Castelvania: Mirror of Fate on 3DS. …
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