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Lifetime sales of Sony’s racing simulator series Gran Turismo have hit 55m, developer Polyphony Digital has revealed. Furthermore, sales of the latest instalment – the simply titled Gran Turismo on PSP – have now hit 1.8m. The only instalment of the series on PS3 to date, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, …
Read More »Profits up 68% at Square Enix
Square Enix has reported an operating income of YEN 21.4bn for the nine months ending December 31st 2009, a jump of 67.7 per cent year-on-year. Net sales for the period were up 30.0 per cent at YEN 135bn. Its games operations in isolation saw net sales jump 97 per cent …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Mass Effect 2 still top
It’s two weeks and counting at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for EA’s Mass Effect 2 this week – in fact, the top three remains exactly as it was, with Ubisoft’s Just Dance and Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 staying put in second and third respectively. …
Read More »Adobe in new Apple outburst
Obviously still sore from Apple’s ongoing strategy of locking Flash out of its iPhone OS products – including the new iPad – Flash creator Adobe has once again launched a scathing attack on the Mac platform holder. Some have been surprised at the lack of inclusion of Flash Player on …
Read More »Another digital conundrum
In short: Amazon briefly removed MacMillan books from sale when the publisher told the retailer to stop dropping the prices of its products on digital book reader the Kindle. The resultant stand-off didn’t last long, but it highlighted a key issue around the control over pricing for digital products. It’s …
Read More »PES gets World Cup Edition
With EA making plenty of noise about the April release of its FIFA World Cup South Africa tie-in, Konami has quietly announced a World Cup-themed Pro Evolution Soccer title scheduled to coincide with this summer’s tournament. More specifically, it has confirmed a spring release for Winning Eleven 2010 Aoki Samurai …
Read More »3D FPS coming to Facebook
Casual games are becoming increasingly popular. As a result, many devs hoping to make a standout product have been gradually complicating their titles. And thus we stand here today, faced with Facebook’s first ever 3D first person shooter. For the full story, head over to CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »ModNation Racers coming to PSP
Sony has confirmed that ModNation Racers will be released on PSP as well as PS3 later this year. The game is best described as a blend of Mario Kart and LittleBigPlanet, with the light-hearted racing action coupled with a heavy dose of user-created content. PSP owners will be able to …
Read More »Bayonetta sales hit 1.1m
Platinum Games’ much applauded hack ‘n’ slash title Bayonetta has sold a total of 1.1m units worldwide since it went on sale in October last year (in Japan). Despite this feat the game fails to become Sega’s best selling game in the nine months ending December 31st – that accolade …
Read More »Sega Sammy back in the black
Japanese publisher Sega Sammy has reported a net income of $189.5m for the nine months ending December 31st. The news is all the sweeter for the firm as in the same period a year before it suffered a $121.3m loss. There were also sharp increases in operating income, which hit …
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