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Final departures see the end of Microsoft division dedicated to original programming

Rhythm and fitness games continue to be great crowd-pleasers, with a variety of accessible titles on offer to those looking to keep moving. MCVgets down to the beat. The fitness games market is fittingly in good shape. Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus are the 22nd and 23rd best-selling games …

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 …

Take-Two has once again beaten its quarterly predictions, and has revised its estimations for the fiscal year. The publisher’s revenue (GAAP) was $126.3m, a decline of 15 per cent compared to the same period last year. The firm’s net losses narrowed to $41.1m. In terms of non-GAAP, revenue grew to …

Japanese video game company Gungho Online Entertainment has brought in around $4.5m in revenue per day during the first nine months of 2014. Gamasutra reports on the astounding figure, adding that the firm has made $1.22bn in revenue and $680m in operating profits this year as well. Revenue is still …

Humble Bundle’s in-house port team has ported more than 100 games to the Linux platform, the company announced today. A new post on the Humble Bundle Blog explains that the porting of PC titles to other platforms like Linux, Mac and Android has played a big part in the success …

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 …

There’s a new craze in the games publishing scene. A number of companies, from 505 Games and Mastertronic to Team 17 and Green Man Gaming, have been wooing indie developers with a desire to find the next big independent hit. But Curve Digital, a sister business to developer Curve Studios, …

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 …

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has recovered from surgery on a growth in his bile duct and has returned to work. Reuters reports that the colourful exec this morning presented Nintendo’s most recent financial report – the first time he has appeared before the press since undergoing the procedure in June. …