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The Activision versus former Infinity Ward devs Vince Zampella and Jason West case has unearthed yet another interesting nugget, a hard number of nearly $500m in bonuses passed from publisher to developer. To elaborate, $493m over eight Call of Duty titles has been paid to Infinity Ward by Activision since …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 20-26
Valve has reported the top ten selling titles for the previous week. Dead Island grabs top honors thanks to a 60 per cent off mid-week sale. ArmA II continues to thrive thanks to its DayZ mod, taking the runner-up spot as a follow up to its out-of-nowhere rise to number …
Read More »VIDEO: Harry Potter Kinect apparates onto Xbox 360
Microsoft and Warner Bros have announced Harry Potter Kinect for Xbox 360. The game will recreate a number of the key scenes from the seven books (or eight films, if you prefer) and see players casting spells by mimicking the famous wand-flick action with their hands. Also expect to be …
Read More »UPDATE: i-Globe enters liquidation
Derby-based video games accessory manufacturer I-Globe has entered liquidation. The firm was best known as once being the exclusive accessories supplier to High Street chain Blockbuster, though has had little exposure at UK retail for some time. It’s website has been taken down. There has been no activity on its …
Read More »Jet Set Radio confirmed for Vita
Sega has announced that cult Dreamcast hit Jet Set Radio is coming to PlayStation Vita. The game will be shown off to the public for the first time at E3 the week after next. It boasts HD visuals but doesn’t alter the popular original soundtrack, which will be present and …
Read More »Minecraft sales close in on 10m
Total global sales of indie PC hit Minecraft are rapidly approaching 10m. The actual sales figure stands at maybe” 9.2m sales, according to Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan. Earlier today Mojang founder and Minecraft creator Markus Persson revealed that sales of the PC original had hit 6m. This means that total sales …
Read More »Sega delays "finished" Anarchy Reigns in the West
Developer Platinum Games has said that publisher Sega has delayed Anarchy Reigns in Europe and North America – despite the fact that the game is finished. The date for the game has been changed to TBC even though, in Platinum’s words our work on the game is finished, localized, and …
Read More »OPINION: A moment in chart history
When the trade clicked open its Monday morning UKIE charts update this week, the big story was the data that wasn’t listed. Max Payne may be a worthy No.1. But with a three day headstart and a passionately connected PC audience Blizzard’s DiabloIII was undoubtedly the ‘real’ No.1 thanks to …
Read More »Asia next as IGN widens global reach
IGN is preparing to launch in the Asia Pacific region, which will see the online firm have a presence in almost 40 markets. It follows the arrival of IGN Middle East last week, which was launched in partnership with T-Break Media. The Middle East is a massive opportunity for IGN …
Read More »Ads that pause gameplay – coming to PS3?
Technology that pauses gameplay to display advertisements has been filed in a patent by Sony Computer Entertainment America. The tech would work by effectively pausing any in-progress game and forcing an ad to be displayed on screen for a pre-defined period of time. It is described by SCEA as "a …
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