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The new-look Game Retail was forced to pay owners OpCapita a significant sum in the months following its buyout despite continuing to post a loss. The Telegraphreports that GAME posted a loss of 18.2m in the four months following its buyout last April – but in the same period still …

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2013 a mixed bag for publisher, shows annual earnings report

Patrice Desilets, the creator of Assassin’s Creed, has parted company with Ubisoft for a second time. The news is shrouded in an air of controversy, however, with the developer claiming that he was fired and frogmarched out of the building. Contrary to any statements made earlier today, this morning I …

Interim CEO Larry Probst says coming transition will determine market leadership

Shuhei Yoshida says not enough countries have enough internet access for such a move

FIFA 13 has topped its predecessor, selling 14.5m units during EA’s fiscal year 2013. As part of EA’s latest financial results, the publisher revealed the sales for the game were up 30 per cert when stacked up against FIFA 12 sales for the prior year. Digital sales were particularly strong …

Battlefield 3 Premium has generated $120m for EA since its launch. The subscription-based program currently boasts over 3.5m players, according to EA’s latest financial results. In the report, the publisher specifically points to the service as one of the reasons for a strong showing in its most recent fiscal quarter. …

SimCity has sold 1.6m copies since navigating through and recovering from a challenging” launch –according to the game’s publisher, EA. Speaking during an earnings call yesterday, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau touched briefly on how the game has moved on from the title’s rocky start with consumers – adding that …

EA has bounced back from its less than stellar third quarter performance, reporting a solid fourth quarter that brought in $1.2bn for the publisher. The figure relates to what was earned during the three month period leading up to March 31st of this year. The period’s overall revenue showed a …