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The strategic postponement” of major titles and a drastic overhaul of the business” were blamed as the key reasons behind its poor financials. The publisher saw net income for the nine months ending December 31st 2001 fall 52.6 per cent to 3,242m. Operating income fell 47.2 per cent to 6,744m …
Read More »Mobile still less than a tenth of Capcom business
Consolidated revenues down by a third, financial documents show
Read More »Ngmoco exec Ben Cousins to keynote F2P Summit
NaturalMotion and Jagex to also host speaker sessions
Read More »EA digital revenue now a third of boxed sales
Mobile sales climb 17% to $70million; PopCap revenues up a third
Read More »Crytek cloud gaming service begins
GFACE enables users to stream 'console quality' games through their browser
Read More »Co-op mode means no Online Pass for Syndicate
Every Electronic Arts game over the past two years has included an Online Pass, but the upcoming Syndicate reboot will buck this trend. This is because the publisher wants more players to enjoy the online multiplayer modes – the sort of feature EA usually locks with a one-time code included …
Read More »Origin userbase now 25% the size of Steam
Digital platform makes $100 million in twelve months
Read More »Disney buys Ignition owner UTV
Quarrel's new publisher now owned by the House of Mouse
Read More »THQ to axe 240 staff
CEO to halve salary to $360,000
Read More »EA losses narrow as 2m buy Star Wars: Old Republic
You could almost smell the desperation in some quarters of the game press for EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic to fail. Well guess what? It’s been a huge hit. Since its release in December the game has sold in excess of 2m copies worldwide, with 1.7 players signing up …
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