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Just Cause developer Avalanche has officially opened its new triple-A” studio in New York. Former Activision and Atari exec David Grijns will head the new team.The studio will focus on the development of large-scale, online-enabled original IP for next-generation consoles, handhelds and PC.” The Swedish developer said it plans to …
Read More »Couple name child after Skyrim, get free Bethesda games for life
Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer. Born on November 11th 2011. What a legacy. In February of this year publisher Bethesda said it would offer free games for life to anyone who had a child born on 11.11.11 (Skyrim’s release date) and named it Dovahkiin. Which in the world of Elder Scrolls translates …
Read More »Nordic Games acquires DreamCatcher’s product range
Popular PC shooting series Painkiller is now part of the Nordic Games IP stable following its acquisition of all product and brand rights from Ontario-based DreamCatcher. DreamCatcher will join JoWood and The Adventure Company in becoming one of Nordic’s publishing labels. The firm intends to re-launch as many of the …
Read More »Next Xbox due 2013… No, wait, 2012
Yes. More rumours. More rumours about the successor to the Xbox 360. And this time, 2012 is being pegged as the likely release date. An Edge source” reckons that Ubisoft Montreal is currently working with target boxes” – PC kits thrown together in a way as to best resemble the …
Read More »Bethesda ships 7m copies of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Over 7m copies of console and PC adventure game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have been shipped by Bethesda. The publisher estimates an approximate return of $450m on the numbers. More than 50 per cent of the game’s launch units were sold in its first 48 hours on sale following …
Read More »Club Penguin embraces German market
Disney has today opened the digital doors to a fully localised version of its Club Penguin website for the German market. It will be the fifth fully localised version of the site to be rolled out. The launch of clubpenguin.de is part of our strategy to make Club Penguin even …
Read More »Entire MMO vanishes from the internet
An entire MMO has been wiped from the internet after the game’s server was damaged beyond repair, according to translated reports. It has emerged that Japanese firm Sankando had shut down its MMO, called M2, late in October to perform emergency maintenance on a set of servers. Despite efforts by …
Read More »Sly Cooper HD Collection getting individual PSN release
Sony is to release the three titles included in its Sly Cooper HD Collection as individual downloads on the PlayStation Network, Siliconera reports. The retail SKU contained three games – Sly Racoon, Sly 2: Band of Thieves and Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves. All three have been given a full …
Read More »Minecraft hitting iOS tomorrow
Having amazingly only gone gold on PC yesterday, tomorrow will see the long-awaited arrival of Minecraft on iOS. Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which is a cut-down version of the PC title, has been available on Android for three months and was initially exclusive to Sony Ericsson’s ‘PlayStation Phone’ the Xperia Play. …
Read More »Vivendi reduces Activision Blizzard stake
Media conglomerate Vivendi has divested 35 million of its shares in Activision Blizzard, the company said yesterday. The communications giant said it remains committed to being the principal shareholder of Activision Blizzard.Vivendi, based in Paris, sold off about 3 per cent of its shares to bring its total stake down …
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