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The fate of BioShock Vita can certainly be described as ‘uncertain’. The game was announced in June 2011 at E3 but has been MIA ever since. The first worrying noises began emerging in late 2012 when Ken Levine said that the SKU’s future was in the hands of business people”. …
Read More »Evolve or die: Turtle Rock’s bid to move out of Valve’s shadow
There’s a good chance that you’ve never heard of Turtle Rock Studios. For a long time the Californian outfit has lived under the shadow of Half-Life creators Valve. It worked on the Counter Strike series before launching one of the biggest new IPs of recent times, Left 4 Dead. Valve …
Read More »Why don’t analysts believe in Take-Two?
Do shareholders know something we don’t? Last year was a triumph for Take-Two. Critically, it was named the No.1 games publisher by review aggregator Metacritic. Commercially, it was the biggest boxed games firm in the US and No.2 in the UK. GTA V’s launch was the largest in entertainment history. …
Read More »NBA shows EA support following NBA Live 14 disappointment
The NBA isn’t walking away from future publishing deals with EA – in spite of the disappointing launch of its most recent licensed effort, NBA Live 14. Speaking with A-List Daily, NBA merchandising executive Vicky Picca spoke positively of the publisher – acknowledging NBA Live 14’s shortcomings, but referring to …
Read More »BioShock developer Irrational reduced to just 15 staff
BioShock developer Irrational Games has laid off most of its staff, the firm’s creative director Ken Levine has announced. In a statement on the official website, Levine said he was "winding down Irrational Games as you know it". The studio will retain 15 members of the original team. He added …
Read More »Borderlands 2 Vita revealed alongside slim Vita bundle
Borderlands 2 is heading to PS Vita – alongside a hardware bundle packaging the game with the new, slimmer Vita. Sony’s John Koller announced the news at California PlayStation event this week, adding that a Vita Borderlands 2 hardware bundle will launch alongside the game this spring. The package includes …
Read More »Civilization V Complete Pack heads to retail this week
PC GAMING WEEK: Civilization V will be re-released at retail this week, with all the expansion packs and DLC included. Sid Meier’s Civilization V: The Complete Edition arrives on PC on Friday, February 7th for Windows. It includes the two expansion packs: Gods & Kings and Brave New World, and …
Read More »Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 2 arrives in March
The second episode of Bioshock Infinite’s Burial at Sea DLC will arrive on March 25th, publisher 2K Games has announced. The date for the game’s third DLC offering is confirmed to be a worldwide release of the downloadable add-on that will launch simultaneously on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. The …
Read More »Borderlands 2 is 2K’s best-ever selling game
No, BioShock is not the best selling game to come from the 2K stable. That honour falls to Borderlands 2, which as revealed by Take-Two in its financials last night has now sold over 8.5m copies meaning it has surpassed every title in the BioShock series and also beaten the …
Read More »Take-Two reports better than expected Q3 results as GTA V tops 32.5m
Take-Two has smashed its predicted earnings and has raised its outlook as GTA V shipments surpass 32.5m. The firm’s Q3 revenue (Non-GAAP) has reached $767.7m (470m) (GAAP revenue hit 1.86bn), with a net income of $578m. The results are primarily down to the performance of GTA V and Grand Theft …
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