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The release date for Capcom’s DmC: Definitive Edition has been moved forward by a week. The remastered version of Ninja Theory’s 2013 action title will now be released on March 10th. It had previously been due to hit PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 17th. As well as running …
Read More »COG Prime scoops $1.3m Smite World Championship win
The winners of the first ever Smite World Championships have been crowned, with American team COG Prime scooping the $1.3m prize. The US team bettered European rivals Titan in the final, although the losers still pocketed $522,452 thanks to the colossal $2.5m prize pool developer Hi-Rez Studios had previously raised …
Read More »GameStop enjoys bumper Christmas but expects Q4 sales to fall
Like-for-like sales in December grew 4.4 per cent at retailer GameStop, although total numbers for the nine weeks ending January 3rd were down year-on-year. Total sales for the period reached $2.95bn, down on the previous year’s $3.15bn. New hardware sales were surprisingly down 32 per cent from $1.05bn to $713m, …
Read More »Retail leak suggests February launch for New 3DS in US
The New 3DS may be released in under a month, if leaked promotional material is correct. A poster shared on Neogaf dates the New 3DS XL for February 13th in the US. Kotaku has word from a number of GameStop sources that the poster is real and that the chain …
Read More »‘Intense competition’ leads to GAME profit warning
Significant hardware bundle discounts have led to GAME warning investors that full year earnings will not meet expectations. Aggressive price cuts to PS4 and Xbox One consoles throughout Black Friday and in the run-up to Christmas saw GAME cut prices to maintain market share, meaning returns were lower than originally …
Read More »Crossy Road has generated $1m in-game ad revenue
Smartphone hit Crossy Road has proved that in-game ads can still pay the bills, even in games that have IAPs. The Guardian reports that, according to Unity, Hipster Whale’s title has made in excess of $1m from in-game ads alone since its launch on iOS in November 2014. And that …
Read More »Three senior execs leave AMD
GPU and CPU manufacturer AMD has parted company with three of its leading executives. Reuters reports that GM of AMD’s computing and graphics business group John Byrne, chief marketing officer Colette LaForce and chief strategy officer Raj Naik have all departed the firm. CEO Lisa Su, who was promoted to …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V has been delayed on PC
GTA V will now not arrive on PC until March, Rockstar has confirmed. The game had been due out on January 27th – indeed, just last week Rockstar was dismissing rumours of a delay following changes to the game’s release date on Steam. However, it seems the murmurings were correct. …
Read More »Pix the Cat releasing on PC this month
Former PlayStation-only arcade outing Pix the Cat is to make the jump to PC. The Pastagames title, published by Focus Interactive on PC, will be released on Steam on January 29th. The game was released on PS4 and Vita last year and has been played by over 1m people, when …
Read More »Minecraft: Pocket Edition hits 30m downloads as series attracts 1.4m concurrent players
It’s probably now fair to say that Minecraft is a bit popular”. Microsoft owned developer Mojang has revealed that Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which is available for iOS and Android, has now been downloaded more than 30m times. The feat is even more impressive considering that the title, released in 2011, …
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