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Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has recovered from surgery on a growth in his bile duct and has returned to work. Reuters reports that the colourful exec this morning presented Nintendo’s most recent financial report – the first time he has appeared before the press since undergoing the procedure in June. …
Read More »Zuckerberg: Oculus Rift needs to sell 50-100m units to become meaningful
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said that he hopes to sell between 50m and 100m Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets over the next ten years. It needs to reach a very large scale – 50m to 100m units – before it will really be a meaningful thing as a computing …
Read More »FIFA 15 boasting massive online growth as digital blossoms at EA
EA says that on average FIFA 15 is attracting 50 per cent more players online than the numbers achieved by predecessor FIFA 14. FIFA 15 also attracted 3.4m unique players in its first day of availability – a record for the series. Boss Andrew Wilson told investors that overall Ultimate …
Read More »Destiny’s first DLC will cost £19.99, is out in December
The first expansion for Destiny, The Dark Below, has been priced and dated. The content will arrive on December 9th and will cost a not unsubstantial 19.99, although those who have already paid out for the 34.99 Season Pass will receive both this release and next year’s House of Wolves. …
Read More »Sony drops big Uncharted PS4 re-release hint
Some are chalking this up as a mistake. We’re not quite as convinced. In a blog post detailing the new YouTube sharing functionality now available on PS4 as part of the 2.00 firmware update, Sony used a screenshot showing someone uploading an Uncharted 3 clip. Uncharted 3 is only available …
Read More »Revenue and income climb at EA
EA has reported $990m in net revenue for the quarter ending September, up from the $695m reported last year. Net income hit $3m, which although small was a big improvement on the $273m loss reported in the same period a year prior. On a non-GAAP basis net revenue grew from …
Read More »Dying Light scrapped on PS3 and Xbox 360
Techland has abandoned the last-gen versions of upcoming first person zombie slasher Dying Light. The studio says that it was dissatisfied with its inability to implement a number of its more advanced techs – such as physics-based lighting and high numbers of on-screen objects – on older hardware. We spent …
Read More »Sony investigating PS4 update complaints as Driveclub PS+ Edition is put on hold
The ongoing problems with DriveClub and SingStar have now been compounded with several issues affecting PS4 owners who have downloaded the 2.00 firmware update. We are aware of issues reported by some PS4 users following the release of PS4’s latest system software update, v2.00,” Sony told MCV. We are investigating …
Read More »UPDATED: Wii U sales double year-on-year
Sales of the Wii U in the half year ending September hit 1.12m – over double the 460k sold in the same period the year before. Wii U software sales grew from 6.3m units to 9.4m units. Lifetime sales of the Wii U, which Nintendo describes as enjoying improved sales …
Read More »Walmart introduces pre-owned games to 1,700 US stores
Pre-owned games are now available on the shelves of 1,700 of Walmart’s 4,800 US outlets. Bloomberg reports that the move, seemingly designed to face off directly with market leader GameStop, will see typical stores offer between 40 and 100 pre-owned titles at any one time. GameStop, however, claims not to …
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