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The Mass Effect game currently in development will not star Commander Shepard and will likely not be a prequel or a sequel to the existing trilogy. "To call the next game Mass Effect 4 or ME4 is doing it a disservice and seems to cause a lot of confusion here," …
Read More »Activision boasts $5bn revenue in record year
Call of Duty and Skylanders lead the charge for publishing giant
Read More »Activision Blizzard posts record revenue, lowers expectation for CoD 2013
Activision Blizzard has released its full year financial report for 2012, recording revenue of $4.8bn thanks to Call of Duty, Diablo, and Skylanders. For the past quarter, ending on December 31st of last year, net revenue was a record $1.77bn – up from 2011’s net revenue of $1.41bn during the …
Read More »Rayman Legends headed to Xbox 360, PS3; delayed to September
Rayman Legends, which was revealed as a Wii-U exclusive and was scheduled for release this month, is set to got multi-platform. The successor to the brilliant Rayman Origins has been pushed back to September and will now release simultaneously for Wii-U, Xbox 360 and PS3. We heard from many Xbox …
Read More »Guillemot: This year is a turning point for Ubisoft
Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has declared the current financial year is "a turning point" for the publisher after higher-than-expected Q4 sales. The exec said the company’s decision to strengthen its core gamer offering, venture into free-to-play and grow its online revenues is paying off. His comments follow today’s announcement of …
Read More »Activision agrees to multi-year Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles deal
The heroes in a half shell are heading back to your consoles. Activision has agreed a multi-year deal with Nickelodeon to produce three games based on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IP, the first of which will be released this summer. The publisher now has the global rights to …
Read More »Civilization V lead designer opens new PC studio
Conifer Games takes on crowdfunding with $40,000 empire building game
Read More »FSA approves support for funding site Crowdcube
Crowdcube investors will now be able to claim compensation from the FSA if needed
Read More »FSA approves crowdfunding portal Crowdcube
The Financial Services Authority has for the second time offered official backing to a crowdfunding site. Crowdcube investors will now be able to claim compensation from the FSA should the project they invest in run into trouble, The Telegraph reports. To date Crowdcube, which operates very much like its higher-profile …
Read More »Next Xbox to kill pre-owned, requires always on net connection – report
Could we about to see the death of the pre-owned software market? Edge claims to have word that the next Xbox will require an always-on internet connection and will block the use of pre-owned games. The site says that a source with first hand experience” of the console itself adds …
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