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Company pushes against judge's ruling that prevents dismissal motions

Policy shouldn't come before consumer-friendliness, argues Take-Two CEO

Perfect World Entertainment has announced Cryptic Studios’ free-to-play MMO Neverwinter has run past the 2m player mark. Polygon reports the milestone for the Dungeons & Dragonsonline RPG– which officially launched last month after a long run in beta – is highlighted in a new trailer provided by the publisher. Expansion …

BioShock Infinite has crossed 4m sales since launching in March, according to Take-Two. Company CEO Strauss Zelnick mentioned the milestone for 2K and Irrational Games’ hit title during a call to investors, following the release of the publisher’s latest financial report. "BioShock Infinite is North America’s best-selling multiplatform release so …

Take-Two has reported better than expected” results for the first quarter of its current fiscal year, despite seeing a significant decline for the period. The firm earned $142.7m in total revenue during the three-month stretch ending on June 30th, a year-over-year decline of 37 per cent. The decline was expected …

London event aims to celebrate and recognise work of 'unsung heroes' in game development

Social network giant to promote selected titles to its 800 million monthly mobile users

The most bankable game studios in the world today, measured by retail sales data

A retail listing has suggested Capcom is preparing a very enticing $60 release on consoles. As spotted on the Canadian website of EB Games, the so-called Capcom Essentials release will apparently contain the following games – Resident Evil 6, Super Street Fighter IV, Dead Rising 2, Devil May Cry 4 …

Former Epic and Gears of War man Cliff Bleszinski has published an open letter to Fez creator Phil Fish appealing for the outspoken dev to return to the games industry. Fish made a typically spectacular and loud exit from games earlier this week when, following and argument with a journalist, …