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Month one sales for Call of Duty: Black Ops II were down 14 per cent on the 2011 November sales of Modern Warfare 3, a report has claimed. Gamasutra reckons that the game shifted 4.5m on Xbox 360 and 2.9m on PS3. Sales of the Wii U and PlayStation Vita …

Longbow Research’s James Hardiman believes that the Wii U has achieved just 1.2 software attach ratio in the US. This means that for every console sold consumers bought an average of 1.2 games. Another way of looking at it is that only one in five Wii U buyers bought an …

$5,000 to go with just 12 hours remaining in crowdfunding campaign

Grammy-nominated Austin Wintory on the challenges of the medium

New, less promising, info on the Playstation Vita Bioshock game last mentioned back in April has come about. Irrational Games head honcho Ken Levine tells IGN that the game remains something he’s interested in, but its fate is currently out of his hands. That is in the hands of business …

It looks as if the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft has a good chance of running down its PC predecessor in terms of sales. Gamasutra reports the XBLA version is still selling between 40,000 and 60,000 copies a week just over half a year from launch. As of the end …

Burnaby studio hiring for Frostbite 2 powered 'TF2-inspired Plants vs. Zombies game'

Steam's Big Picture mode could see PCs competing with consoles for the living room

Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles for the past week, with the release of Far Cry 3 vaulting Ubisoft’s sequel to the top of the list. Black Ops II finished in the runner-up spot, ahead of several titles who made the list thanks to Steam’s Big Picture launch sale. …

Bioshock Infinite has been pushed back by a month, Irrational Games creative director Ken Levine has announced. The game, which was previously scheduled for 26th February 2013, will now arrive on 26th March. Levine said that the extra month will give the team enough time to add some extra polish …