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While some of the games press chooses to dwell on the odd notion that Call of Duty has lost its appeal, the public as a whole continue to go crazy for the franchise. Having released the first trailer for the game on YouTube on Tuesday (May 1st) the video has …
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What’s Out Today? w/e May 4th, 2012
505 Games kicks off May with its WWII shooter Sniper Elite V2. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title puts players behind the scope of a sniper rifle and tasks them with taking down key Nazi targets – including, if you buy the DLC, Hitler himself. Meanwhile Black Bean Games …
Read More »HMV poised to return to profitability
Sales at entertainment retailer HMV fell 19.4 per cent year-on-year for the 52 week ending April 28th. Like-for-like sales fell 11.7 per cent during the period. For the 17 weeks ending April 28th total sales fell 19.2 per cent and like-for-like sales fell 12.9 per cent. Profits are expected to …
Read More »Saints Row: The Third gets standalone superhero expansion
At times of trouble, all publishers turn to their most reliable IP – and this is exactly what THQ is doing with the announcement of a brand new expansion Saints Row: The Third. Called Enter the Dominatrix, the retail release adds what THQ describes as the most requested gameplay features …
Read More »Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse listed on Amazon for PS3/360
Retailer listings reveal a new Family Guy title is on the way to consoles later this year. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse has a release target and will be published by Activision, but beyond that not much is currently known. Amazon (via Joystiq) lists both a PS3 and Xbox …
Read More »EA expected to report $960m Q4 revenue
Highly anticipated quarterly earnings to be released Monday
Read More »Schappert: Why I left EA for Zynga
Industry must follow changes in player habits, industry exec claims
Read More »London Games Festival returns in September
Jobs fairs, educational summits, game quizzes and consumer exhibitions to feature at event
Read More »Green Man Gaming gets HMV vet Baxter
Renowned pre-owned games guru Martin Baxter has joined Green Man Gaming as head of trading. Baxter joins following four years at HMV, most recently as category manager for games. He introduced its RePlay pre-owned range. Previously he has held senior roles at Choices and Gamestation. At GMG he will work …
Read More »Schappert: "Social and mobile games ARE harming console biz"
Forget the recession: our depressed retail market is thanks to pressure from free apps and mobile games. That’s according to one of the US’ most influential games execs, John Schappert, who just a year ago was a key figure at EA. He also once ran Xbox Live – but has …
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