Publishing

Activision’s Prototype 2 is No.1 in the UK, the latest UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 reveals. Despite the success, the game actually fell short of beating the week one sales of its predecessor from 2009. The Xbox 360 SKU accounted for 63 per cent of sales, with PS3 …

The Wii U functionality detailed in last week’s leaked Rayman Legends video was never intended to go public, Ubisoft has said. A video, which can be seen here, was leaked online last week confirming not only the game itself but also some NFC-based Syklanders tyle tech for the new game …

A sequel to Xbox 360 title Kinect Joy Ride has been announced and surprisingly this time the game will not use the console’s motion sensor. Although it will now require the use of a joypad to play, Joy Ride Turbo remains familiar to its predecessor in nearly every other way, …

Reports of organisational reshuffle 'unfounded', claims media giant

Call of Duty is past it. The latest sales data revealed that Modern Warfare 3 has (so far) sold fewer copies than 2010’s Black Ops. A whole 4.2 per cent less. According to some corners of the press, the shooter series has peaked. Except it hasn’t. Not one bit. A …

Sony has last officially announced multiplayer PS3 title PlayStation All Stars: Battle Royale. The game, which is a tad more than a little reminiscent of Nintendo’s Smash Bros series, is being developed by SuperBot Entertainment. Confirmed IP include Kratos (God of War), Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal), Parappa (Parappa the Rappa), …

EA has filed a trademark for ‘SimOcean.’ Silconera (via Shacknews) spotted the filing yesterday by the publisher. Unfortunately little is known beyond that bit of info at the moment, but it seems a strong hint to what new direction at least one potentially upcoming Sim game is looking to go. …

Wedbush Securities analyst says takeover 'cannot happen'

Rory Donnelly is the latest high-profile departure from THQ. He was a THQ veteran, having joined the firm in 1999 as MD for France. His most recent role was SVP of European publishing. He has been instrumental in growing THQ’s Southern European business. A company statement read: THQ confirms that …

New joint-venture named Synthesis Germany