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US retail results have arrived for April. NPD’s latest report states hardware sales accounted for $189.7m, accessories brought in $148.6m, and software sales contributed $292.1m. In terms of year-over-year, accessories saw a very marginal increase, while hardware and software sales saw dramatic drops. Microsoft continued to dominate the US hardware …
Read More »UPDATED: Atari revenue down, Eden Games closes doors
Atari has reported a decrease in revenue for its fiscal 2012, and in the wake of the results the publisher has begun some major restructuring. The company’s reached $51.3m in revenue for FY 2012, down from $77.8m the year prior. Atari was able to decrease its losses from $8m to …
Read More »The people’s Republique
The man who dedicated his life creating Metal Gear Solid 4 needs something back from the community
Read More »Tapjoy $5m fund for Asian mobile investment
Second fund offered by company in a year available for iOS and Android
Read More »Konami to remove controversial mechanic
Company says the removal of 'kompu gacha' will have little effect on virtual good sales
Read More »Dishonored gets UK release date
Bethesda has put a firm UK release date on original looking action stealth adventure Dishonored. The game will be released in the UK on October 12th. It will hit North American retail a few days earlier on October 9th and Australian gamers will be able to buy it on October …
Read More »Nintendo cuts DSi and DSI XL price in US
The age of the 3DS is upon us, so it seems only right that Nintendo moves now to slash the price of its last generation handheld. The DSi will be cut to $99 and its bigger brother, the DSi XL, is to drop to $129. That’s represents a saving of …
Read More »Kid Icarus sequel looks unlikely
A sequel to recent 3DS release Kid Icarus: Uprising looks incredibly unlikely. The 3DS game itself is 25 years in the making, with the original release of the NES game dating back to December 1986. However, after a prolonged development period for Uprising – which was initially presumed to be …
Read More »CA mobile boss: iOS dev effort to hit ‘console complexity’
Increasing intricacy could rapidly see making mobile games mimic the triple-A console space, predicts Total War Battles lead
Read More »OPINION: Smart Square’s shooter surprise
Hitman’s hybrid marketing-development tricks like this won’t happen often, but is sure to raise some eyebrows, says Michael French Do game announcements still wow you? I’m probably not alone in feeling a bit lackadaisical about the announcement of Game X or Sequel Y, sometimes a year or more before anyone …
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