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Square Enix saw significant revenue and profits increases in its most recent six-month fiscal period, the publisher’s latest financial results show. Mobile titles Dragon Quest Monsters Super Light and Schoolgirl Strikers were among the products mentioned as major revenue drivers for the period, with MMOs Final Fantasy XIV and Dragon …
Read More »Microsoft completes Mojang acquisition
Minecraft creator Mojang is now a Microsoft company. The news was confirmed by Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who said: It’s official, today we welcome Mojang to the Microsoft Studios family. We’re excited for the possibilities ahead with the Minecraft community.” The $2.5bn acquisition was announced in September, with a Mojang …
Read More »UPDATE: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare blocks SharePlay on PS4
PS4 owners are not able to use Sony’s new SharePlay feature to access Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. GameSpot reports that the gameplay footage is censored on the console owned by the user attempting to remotely stream the gameplay. Sony has previously said that the feature would be usable on …
Read More »No Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry 4 or The Crew on Steam in the UK, Ubisoft confirms
Ubisoft won’t be releasing its high-profile PC games on Steam in the UK this month. PCGamesN reports that Ubisoft will not be releasing Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Far Cry 4 or The Crew on Valve’s service, although they will be available on Steam in all other regions. We’ve been in discussions …
Read More »Dofus dev Ankama acquires mobile studio Wizcorp
Ankama has acquired social and mobile game studio Wizcorp. As well as developing games, the Tokyo-based developer also owns its own tech, including Node.js-based game engine MAGE. Camille Chafer, CTO at French publisher Ankama, said he hoped the studio’s expertise in HTML5 and mobile would support the publisher’s ambitions in …
Read More »Oculus warns Sony to make sure Project Morpheus solves nausea problem
Brendan Iribe has welcomed Oculus Rift’s inevitable rivals in the virtual reality market, but also urged them to ensure their product is up to scratch. We’re really looking forward to this as an industry that takes off… A number of companies will come in, even companies we haven’t heard of …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Unity DLC bundled free with… shaving gel
Ubisoft has brokered a new deal to extend the brand reach of its lucrative Assassin’s Creed franchise… to the bathroom. The Facebook page of Edge shaving gel, which is made by the folk who make Energizer batteries, pictures three limited edition cans. Each carries some Assassin’s Creed decoration and includes …
Read More »Study dismisses link between video game and real world violence
Two studies from Stetson University researcher Christopher Ferguson have downplayed any perceived link between video game and movie violence and real-world violence. In fact, as reported by Medical Daily, Ferguson’s findings suggest that a rise in violent video games use has actually coincided with a drop in youth violence. In …
Read More »EA cancels MOBA game Dawngate
'We’re not seeing the progress we’d hoped for'
Read More »Next-gen price wars continue as GameStop drops PS4 below £300
The somewhat surprising UK next-gen price war has intensified with one major retailer dropping the PS4 to below 300. GameStop is currently selling the white PS4 for just 299.97. And with Christmas still several weeks away, the question now is how far things will go as the next-gen consoles battle …
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