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Who’d have thought that Call of Duty: Ghosts would prove to be one of the most controversial games of 2013? Activision’s shooter found itself at the centre of a next-gen storm earlier this month when it was confirmed that it will run at 1080p on PS4 and 720p on Xbox …

President of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has said that a healthy and successful Nintendo is vital to the overall video games industry. When you look at the situation around Nintendo that way, do you characterize Nintendo as our competition?” he told IGN, as transcribed by MyNintendoNews. I think in …

There have been more pre-orders for PS4 than Xbox One, Ubisoft chief executive Yves Guillemot has suggested. CVG reports that the exec told investors last night that: "Even if the PS4 is in front of Xbox One pre-orders… we are not worried at all. We think [Xbox One] will be …

Publisher benefits from solid critical performance, but increased R&D costs mean losses are growing

The Assassin’s Creed film has been scheduled for a summer 2015 release. The Hollywood Reporter has word that the film’s distributor Fox has dated the debut August 7th, 2015, after earlier reports had the movie arriving in theaters during late May of that year. The adaptation has the late summer …

Ubisoft has reported its half-year financial results, posting sales revenue of €293m for the period. The figure represents a five per cent year-over-year increase, with Q2 sales specifically showing an increase of 46.6 per cent and exceeding Ubisoft’s own expectations by €17m. Digital sales saw significant growth as well, up …

The Humble Store becomes permanent digital distribution service after years on the back-end

Valve’s track record with its distribution platform Steam has Blizzard COO Paul Sams excited about the potential surrounding the company’s Steam Machines initiative. Speaking with GameSpot at Blizzard’s annual BlizzCon gathering, Sams explained that Valve’s proven itself to be the only organization that could pull off its mission statement to …

Korean publisher's profits fall in spite of climbing revenues thanks to costs of acquisitions and royalties

Tom Ohle explains how his team of two is navigating the dangerous waters of indie publishing