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Diablo III has sold a lifetime total of 15m units, Activision Blizzard has revealed. The announcement came during the publisher’s annual earnings call this week. The game had moved 14m as of November—meaning it’s racked up another million copies sold between then and now. The steady numbers this far out …

The Xbox 360 version of Titanfall has suffered a slight delay, publisher EA has announced. EA’s executive vice president Patrick Sderlund confirmed on the firm’s website that the 360 version will arrive two weeks after the game’s original launch on Xbox One and Windows PC. "[It gives Xbox 360 developer …

New versions of Grand Theft Auto V could come to other platforms, if that’s where the gamers are, says Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick. The publisher boss would not be drawn on whether the game will arrive on PC and next-gen consoles, or not, which isn’t surprising as the firm leaves …

Mamoru Samuragochi, the famous Japanese composer behind the Resident Evil and Onimusha soundtracks, is a fraud. Once dubbed as a digital-age Beethoven by Time magazine, Samuragochi – whom has for years claimed to be deaf – has now admitted to hiring someone else to pen his most famous works under …

PS4 now have more control of their gameplay experience in Killzone: Shadow Fall. Today’s v1.90 patch introduces amongst other things the option to lock the game’s campaign mode to 30 frames per second. Said Guerrilla: To guarantee a steadier framerate in the campaign mode, players can now lock their game …

Investment to go toward expanding studio and operations

Capcom’s Strider reboot will be with us very shortly. The digital-only sci-fi ninja romp will arrive on February 19th across PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. It’s made by Double Helix, the studio behind Xbox One exclusive Killer Instinct that was this morning acquired by Amazon as part …

After launching Euro 2012 as an expansion to FIFA 12, EA Sports will once again go the standalone physical route for its next tournament release – 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. The big surprise, however, is that the game will only release on PS3 and Xbox 360, skipping PS4, Xbox …

The popular Batman: Arkham series is to form the basis of an animated movie. CBR reports that Warner has three animated DC films in the works – Justice League: War and one other from within the official Justice League arc and then one other, non-cannon movie – that’s the Arkham …

Developer aware of controversy and is working on fine-tuning game based on player feedback, says producer