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There’s a healthy spate of new releases on shelves this week, including supernatural shooters, surreal puzzle games and sprawling RPGs. 2K Games’ The Darkness II follows up the success of the 2007 FPS, once again putting players in the shoes of Jackie Estacado, who takes on demons with both ordinary …

Activision Blizzard has posted record breaking revenue of $4.76bn for the financial year. $1.6bn of this was generated from digital markets. That’s 34 per cent of the company’s total revenues. The $4.76bn is well ahead of Activision’s projections (almost $800m more) and is up over the previous year’s $4.45bn. Net …

Double Fine on the front line of a game financing revolution

Likelihood of recovery low, says credit agency

Investing group says changes will enable support to a wider array of projects

Studio shrinks as EA moves to digital formats

Michael Pachter predicts strong growth for social gaming company

Increase in meeting numbers credited to ease of scheduling application

Campaign raises more money with more backers in less time than any in platform's history

Online indie ShopTo.net has seen its profit leap 254 per cent for the six months ending January 31st. The company says it has ‘defied’ the slowdown seen in games by posting record results. Its market share in hardware also leapt during the period, with sales of consoles accounting for 8m …