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E3 is to open its doors to the public for the first time in its 22-year history, event organisers the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today. 15,000 tickets will be available for the event, with tickets going on sale on Monday February 13th. Tickets will be priced at $250, but …
Read More »Milwaukee bans geotagging AR locations in county parks without a permit
Thousands of dollars worth of damage caused in Milkwaukee's Lake Park blamed on Pokémon Go
Read More »Final Fantasy 15 dev costs broke even on Day One after just 5m units
Director Hajima Tabata has revealed that Final Fantasy XV broke even after just one day on shop shelves. According to DualShockers, who visited Square Enix in Tokyo, Tabata said the 5m units Final Fantasy XV sold on Day One was enough to cover the game’s entire development costs. The game …
Read More »Nintendo’s Kimishima says 3DS will ‘co-exist’ with Switch
Nintendo has once again stated that the 3DS has a long life ahead of it, despite the company’s upcoming Switch launch. Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima told investors at a Q&A meeting that he believes the 3DS can continue to "co-exist" with the Switch for the foreseeable future. "Nintendo 3DS is …
Read More »Nintendo to release 2-3 mobile games per year
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has revealed more details about Nintendo’s future mobile strategy, stating the company plans to release multiple games each year going forward. Speaking at an investor Q&A session, Kimishima said: "We plan to continue releasing two to three titles per year that consumers can enjoy as Nintendo’s …
Read More »Take-Two net revenue up 15% for fiscal Q3
Take-Two once again saw better than expected results for the quarter ending December 31st. The 2K Games and Rockstar parent firm reports net revenue rising 15 per cent to $476.5m, thanks to GTA V, Grand Theft Auto Online, WWE 2K17, NBA 2K17 and Civilization VI. Meanwhile digital revenue soared 64 …
Read More »Physical game sales drive Sega profits for 2016
Sega has released its consolidated results for the nine months ended December 31st 2016, and its sales and profits are both up year-on-year. Net sales rose by 16.6 per cent to 285.7bn (2.05bn) year-on-year, while profits increased by 462.1 per cent to 36.5bn (262m). As for Sega’s Entertainment Contents Business, …
Read More »Bird Song – The music of Eagle Flight
With a new kind of reality comes a new challenge in the world of games music. Sean Cleaver speaks to composer Inon Zur about his latest work on Ubisoft’s VR title, Eagle Flight
Read More »FIFA 18 coming to Switch, Moore confirms
EA’s FIFA title for the Nintendo Switch will be FIFA 18, EA’s chief competition officer Peter Moore has confirmed. Speaking to GameReactor at a FIFA event in Paris this weekend, Moore said that the custom-built Switch title will indeed be the next entry in EA’s long-running football franchise rather than …
Read More »Playground Games to build new team to develop non-racing title
Forza Horizon 3 developer Playground Games has said it plans to build a new team in its hometown of Leamington Spa in order to work on a new, non-racing title, MCV’s sister site Develop has revealed. "One of the things we did recently, which was beforeHorizoncame out was really look …
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