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Fantasy MMO continues user decline

The Walt Disney Company India has formed DisneyUTV Digital, which will combine its various gaming, digital media and interactive entertainment businesses under one entity. On the gaming side, DisneyUTV Digital will include Indiagames, Disney and UTV’s gaming subsidiaries, such as Ignition Entertainment. The division will also include other media properties …

EA has made a surprise announcement of Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, the third game in its third-person co-op shooter franchise. Development of the franchise now changes hands from EA Montreal to Dead Space creator Visceral Games, and the new game will be developed using DICE’s famed Frostbite 2 …

Landmark figure reached a year after launch

Activision has seen its revenues fall, down from $1.15bn in 2011 to 1.08bn in 2012, for the quarter ending June 30th, 2012. Yet this is better than the company’s predictions, and as a result it has raised its net revenue outlook for the calendar year to 4.33bn (up from 4.2bn). …

Paul Meegan has quit his post as head of LucasArts. The George Lucas-owned studio has undergone a number of restructures and management changes – but Meegan it was hoped would push it forwards after one of many rounds of layoffs. He lead the studio to announcing Star Wars 1313, a …

FIFA 13 will be amongst the first titles to launch on Wii U this year. The franchise – which is only beaten by Call of Duty in sales each year – will be update for Wii U to feature GamePad controls. It even features ranked online play for the first …

AnvilNext trailer presents stunning battles featuring 2,000 non-player characters on screen at once

Ubisoft has released its newest Assassin’s Creed III trailer that showcases the AnvilNext engine. The engine allows in-game changing of seasons and battles with thousands of soldiers. The trailer also shows off the impressive animation style that sees over 1,000 new animations for just the hero alone. Assassin’s Creed III …

New OS takes a step closer to release