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Sales and profits at Capcom dipped sharply during the last quarter, with a lack of major releases contributing to the negative results. The company posted revenues of $239.8m, a year-on-year decline of 51.3 per cent—while profits were down 39.9 per cent, coming in at $27.8m. Capcom saw revenues and profits …
Read More »Noriega’s Black Ops II lawsuit thrown out of court
The LA Superior Court has dismissed a lawsuit from former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega aimed at Call of Duty: Black Ops II publisher Activision. Noriega filed a lawsuit in July claiming that the publisher had of the "blatant misuse, unlawful exploitation and misappropriation” of his image for economic gain" in …
Read More »National Videogame Arcade will be UK’s first cultural games centre
A 2.5m national video game centre is to open in Nottingham in March next year on Carlton Street. The National Videogame Arcade will include over 12,000 objects on display across five floors, exhibition space, educational facilities, as well as acting as a research and learning hub. The centre will be …
Read More »FIFA 15 boasting massive online growth as digital blossoms at EA
EA says that on average FIFA 15 is attracting 50 per cent more players online than the numbers achieved by predecessor FIFA 14. FIFA 15 also attracted 3.4m unique players in its first day of availability – a record for the series. Boss Andrew Wilson told investors that overall Ultimate …
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National Videogame Arcade to act as exhibition, research and education facility
Read More »Sony investigating PS4 update complaints as Driveclub PS+ Edition is put on hold
The ongoing problems with DriveClub and SingStar have now been compounded with several issues affecting PS4 owners who have downloaded the 2.00 firmware update. We are aware of issues reported by some PS4 users following the release of PS4’s latest system software update, v2.00,” Sony told MCV. We are investigating …
Read More »GCAP 2014 kicks off with Siobhan Reddy
In Melbourne today, Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) 2014 opened with a keynote address by the Media Molecule studio director and some welcome news from Antony Reed, head of the Game Developers' Association of Australia
Read More »What’s next for the Xbox 360 at UK retail?
In June last year, GfK Chart-Track announced that the Xbox 360 had overtaken Nintendo’s Wii to become the UK’s best-selling home console for that generation. With almost nine million units sold, the machine is second only to the monolithic PS2 in terms of home console sales in the UK. Launched …
Read More »Five reasons to visit Backspace this week
Annual event celebrates games development in Royal Leamington Spa
Read More »Far Cry 4 dev baffled by fascination with resolution
The creative director of Far Cry 4 has questioned whether the debate surrounding 1080p support on next-gen consoles has any impact on commercial performance. Alex Hutchinson told OPM that the 1080p debate, in face, is far more the preoccupation of the media and a select group of core gamers than …
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