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A new study into scary console claims has named EA’s Dead Space 2 as the scariest game on Xbox 360. The Vertical Slice study, published on Gamasutra, also drew a number of other conclusions about the nature of scary games and the most effective means of frightening players. For instance, …
Read More »The Sims Social passes Farmville on Facebook
EA title The Sims Social has seen its MAUs surpass that of Facebook giant Farmville on the social network. In total it now has an MAU base of 36m users. VentureBeat reports that EA’s title picked up 1.7m new users yesterday alone, taking its weekly MAU gain over 8m users. …
Read More »Crysis for Xbox 360 and PS3 to be digital release
The freshly announced Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of 2007 PC shooter Crysis will be digital-only releases. The game, which was only announced this morning, will cost 1600 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Games on Demand (around 13.70) or 15.99 on the PlayStation Network. It will differ from the original …
Read More »3DS sales up 260% since price drop
Nintendo has revealed that following its global price drop for the 3DS, sales of the machine have dramatically improved in the US. Prior to the cut, the console was retailing for around $250. Now it has an RRP of $169.99. Throughout August the company sold a total of 235k units. …
Read More »GAME rolls out digital Xbox games nationwide
As of today every GAME and Gamestation store in the UK has a range of Xbox Live digital titles on their shelves. In February this year the range was trailed in 44 stores, with customers receiving a code to download the content either on a paper receipt, email or SMS …
Read More »Experts says digital will pass discs in two years
Sales of online games are expected to pass physical retail from 2013, an analyst at DFC Intelligence has claimed. The report predicts that online sales will increase from $19.3 billion in 2010 to $37.9 billion by 2016, driving the overall industry value to $81 billion.It also states that traditional retail …
Read More »Sonic Generations Collector’s Edition confirmed
Sega has announced a limited edition Sonic Generations game will come packed with a plethora of Sonic goodies when it arrives later this year. The Collector’s Edition for Xbox 360 and PS3 will include retro Sonic and modern-day Sonic figures, an art book celebrating 20 years of Sonic, lenticular packaging …
Read More »Online Pass generates $10m-$15m for EA
Electronic Arts may have invited negativity over the past year with its divisive Online Pass system, but it has turned out to be a nice little earner for the firm. During this week’s Citi 2011 Tech Conference in New York, EA CFO Eric Brown discussed the impact of its one-time …
Read More »Rising Star Games exceeds 1m Harvest Moon sales
Publisher Rising Star has managed to sell more than 1m units of the Harvest Moon series across PAL territories. Over the last decade, the UK firm has handled 13 games in Natsume’s farming series which has become the flagship of its portfolio. Reaching 1m sales of Harvest Moon is certainly …
Read More »GAME announces Call of Duty: MW3 pre-order dog tags
Customers pre-ordering and purchasing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from GAME will receive 4Gb USB dog tags containing ‘classified Call of Duty content’. The offer is available to purchasers of the Hardened edition (which contains the steelbook case, limited edition journal, founder status on Call of Duty: Elite plus …
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