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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

Warner Bros has confirmed a delay to the Xbox One version of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. The game had been scheduled to be a launch title on Xbox One. It’s still coming out on all other formats on November 15th, apart from on PS4 in Europe where it will arrive …

Warner Bros has a new Lord of the Rings game in the works for current and next-gen consoles. As revealed by GameInformer, it’s called Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and is being developed by FEAR, Condemned and Guardians of Middle-earth creators Monolith Productions. It depicts events set between those of The …