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Activision has again beaten financial expectations, but that hasn’t stopped boss Bobby Kotick issuing a number of blunt warnings about the challenges ahead. There’s a certain irony in the fact that earlier this week EA reported weaker than expected results and then went on to hype up next-gen’s potential. Now …

Publishing giant cautious over uncertainties surrounding next generation hardware

Activision Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft lost 1.3m subscribers during the first three months of 2013. The firm revealed the decline in its quarterly financial report, adding that the game still boasts 8m subs and remains the number one subscription-based MMORPG in the world.” The majority of the drop-off occurred …

Activison has reported better-than-expected earnings for its Q1 2013, but remains cautious about the hurdles that still lie ahead for the rest of the year. The publisher brought in net revenues of $1.32bn during the three month period that ended March 31st. The result was a 13 per cent improvement …

Sony has introduced a new indie games category on the PlayStation Store, aiming to give indie devs additional exposure for their titles. This week, together with the Sony Network Entertainment team, we are happy to introduce a new indie game area to the PlayStation Store,” SCEE director of publisher and …

Sixth annual award show comes to Unite 2013 in Vancouver on August 29th

Developing titles for PS4 and the new Xbox will be significantly more expensive than current-gen programming, according to Capcom. The result, it has told investors, is that release schedules – which are already experiencing quite severe levels of drought – are liable to become even leaner in the future. Even …

Three projects in the running for Best use of Interactive media/apps/computer games accolade

High Street giant GAME says it will reach out to software-starved consumers with a series of major events this summer. The firm responded to MCV’s story last week about a lack of games coming out over the next four months. It said it would work ‘smarter’ to entice consumers, before …

Former THQ marketing boss Jon Rooke has crossed over to the development sector as brand director at Creative Assembly. Sega has been building dedicated PR and brand teams around its key studios, and Creative Assembly already has a growing team that includes global PR manager Rebecca Attard and communications manager …