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Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare suffered a similar High Street sales decline in the US as it did in the UK. CNBC reports that physical sales of the game were down by around 50 per cent in November compared to its predecessor Black Ops III. That’s virtually the same …
Read More »Sea of Solitude named as second EA Originals title
EA has announced that Sea of Solitude will be the second game to benefit from its EA Originals program. Developed by Cornelia Geppert and her team at Jo-Mei Games in Berlin, Sea of Solitude was first unveiled last year via a series of online GIFs that depicted a young girl …
Read More »Nintendo Classic Mini: NES demand was "greater than we anticipated," says Fils-Aime
Demand for Nintendo’s Classic Mini: NES was greater than we anticipated,” Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted. Speaking with CNET, Fils-Aime said that Nintendo was aware of the console shortages and that the company was doing everything it could to help ease consumer demand. "Every day there’s more …
Read More »The Last Guardian – How did Sony market 5-year delayed PS4 exclusive
The Last Guardian is both the game everyone’s been waiting for and the game no one ever expected to arrive – much like Half Life 3. The title began its development journey in 2007 and was announced by Sony at E3 2009 as the game which would demonstrate everything the …
Read More »Xbox: It’s been a challenging year for UK games market
Platform holder Xbox has said that 2016 has been a mixed year for the games market. UK marketing boss Harvey Eagle said that the performance of this year’s releases has varied wildly. A number of titles, including Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Titanfall 2, Watch Dogs 2 and Dishonored 2 …
Read More »Capcom targets 4m Day One sales for Resident Evil 7
Publisher Capcom has said that Resident Evil 7 will be its biggest launch on the current generation of hardware. Speaking to MCV, EMEA marketing director Antoine Molant said that the firm’s ambition is to sell 4m units in its first day on shelves worldwide. The exec cites strong pre-orders for …
Read More »Vivendi increases stake in Ubisoft to over 25%
Vivendi upped its stake in Ubisoft this week, exceeding the 25 per cent legal threshold of the company’s share capital. According to the official press release on Vivendi’s website, the company increased its share capital in Ubisoft to 25.15 per cent on December 7th, and increased its voting rights to …
Read More »DoomRL creator makes free roguelike open-source to try and counter Zenimax legal threat
"I planned to release the source code of DoomRL as a "thank you" after a successful Jupiter Hell Kickstarter, but ZeniMax forced my hand."
Read More »Tech giants join together to create Global Virtual Reality Association
Facebook's Oculus, Google, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Samsung and Acer all involved
Read More »Vivendi’s slow acquisition of Ubisoft shares continues, as their stake passes 25%
Vivendi will be required under French law to make an offer for the company when they hit 30%
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