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The active player base for Star Wars: The Old Republic has dropped from 1.7m to 1.3m, EA revealed today in an earnings statement. The 400,000 figure marks a subscriber decline of nearly 25% for the MMO since numbers were last shared in February. EA explained in a conference call earlier …

EA has revealed its financial results for Q4 of fiscal 2012, as well as fiscal 2012 as a whole. EA’s total net revenue hit $1.36bn during Q4, a 24 per cent increase over the $1.09bn reported at the end of this same period in fiscal 2011. Net revenue of packaged …

Edmund McMillen speaks out against 'manipulative money making tactics'

Codemasters’ decision to abandon the shooter genre was made last September. Bodycount – the firm’s bold attempt at an FPS – had failed. And the game’s Guildford studio was shut. Its racing studios are all that remain. And last month the publisher made it official. The days of Operation Flashpoint …

Sony expects its upcoming Move game Sorcery to be a flagship product for the motion accessory. The company says it raises the bar” for Move games, and has kicked off an ad campaign to get it in front of kids this summer. TV advertising will run around Cartoon Network programmes …

Pay attention. One of the most popular online ‘teen hangouts’ says digital games need to fight harder to battle brief attention spans. The man in charge of Habbo says that the migration of games to the web is inevitable, but makes fighting for consumers’ time more difficult. 10 years ago, …

Electronic Arts took to London last month to show the press its upcoming triple-A blockbusters. And alongside the core console shooters, it demonstrated its latest PC, Facebook and iOS titles. The biggest games on display were shooters including upcoming modern day blaster Medal of Honor Warfighter (October 23rd). EA also …

Warner is cutting through to core gamers with ads for its zombie cheerleader action title Lollipop Chainsaw. The 360 and PS3 game – due on June 15th – is one of the few eye-catching releases in a relatively quiet summer. A?large-scale TV campaign will advertise the title during during Family …

The Australian Classification Board has rated Rabbids Rumble, unveiling the currently unannounced title. Ubisoft’s apparent latest Rabbids effort has been issued a G rating by the organization (spotted by Nintendo Life), citing ‘very mild crude humour.’ No other pertinent info, such as launch window or release platforms, was provided. Ubisoft …

Valve has released the latest Steam top ten sellers chart for the week ending on May 5th. Sniper Elite V2 sold well in its launch week, ending up in the runner-up position; however, this weekend’s big Arkham sale was not to be denied. Batman: Arkham City earned the top slot …