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US publisher Activision has pledged to reassess its Tony Hawk’s franchise and introduce a number of new innovations into the next instalment, which is expected to hit shelves later this year. EA recently claimed that its new extreme-sports contender Skate had outsold Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground by a ratio …
Read More »New Call of Duty on the way in fiscal 09
As part of its third quarter financial statement , US publisher Activision also confirmed that a new instalment to its Call of Duty series will be with us in fiscal 2009 – in other words between April this year and March next. Furthermore, the next game will also be released …
Read More »Steam reaches 15 million accounts
Valve’s digital entertainment platform has surpassed the 15 million account milestone. Valve confirmed that it has seen a sales growth of 158 per cent over the 2007 holiday period, citing the launch of Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and The Orange Box as the reason for the growth. "PC gaming …
Read More »ELSPA crackdown on R4 piracy
The R4 device gives gamers free reign to pick and choose which DS titles to download for free over the web – and is widely available through online retailers like Amazon. Amid growing concerns at retail that it is increasingly affecting sales, ELSPA has responded by preparing to crackdown on …
Read More »Vision Engine 6.4 to launch at GDC08
Lua scripting and console optimisations come to Trinigy's engine
Read More »Kojima Productions targets girl market
Launches monthly mobile drama 'The Twelve Gentle Hitmen'
Read More »Guillemot: ‘Bring on the media giants’
The world’s biggest media conglomerates will snap up publishers left, right and centre in the coming months – but they would be wasting their time by tapping up Ubisoft. That’s according to Yves Guillemot, who this week told MCV that he was chomping at the bit to take on the …
Read More »Activision reveals record $1.48bn revenues
Activision has announced record financial results for the third fiscal quarter, with net revenues of $1.48 billion. An 80 per cent increase over the previous year, with net income at $272.2 million. Nine month net revenues were $2.3 billion, over $1 billion more than the previous fiscal year. Net income …
Read More »Madden lead producer leaves EA
David Ortiz departs Tiburon studio
Read More »Electroplankton creator’s Tenori-On gets design award nod
Toshio Iwai's Yamaha collaboration nominated alongside Nintendo Wii and iPhone
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