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EA Sports has unveiled Ultimate Edition versions of the studio’s upcoming Madden NFL 15, FIFA 15 and NHL 15 releases. IGN reports the premium offerings will retail individually for $70 USD, and as one would expect each offers extras in addition to the base game. FIFA 15 Ultimate Team Edition …
Read More »Goat Simulator North American distribution rights acquired by Deep Silver
Deep Silver has picked up the North American retail distribution rights for downloadable PC hit Goat Simulator, the publisher has announced. Participating retailers in North America will begin carrying Coffee Stain Studio’s Steam chart-topper in mid-July. The boxed version will happily match the title’s digital price tag of $9.99. Next …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 22-28
Borderlands 2 came out on top of Steam’s latest top sellers chart, as the Summer Sale rages on. The title’s Game of the Year edition finished ahead of last week’s winner, Skyrim – though its Legendary edition was still able to nab the runner-up slot. Payday 2 surged to third …
Read More »The World Ends with You mobile port arrives on Android
The World Ends with You: Solo Remix is now available on Android, Square Enix announced earlier today. Solo Remix can be purchased via Google Play for $17.99 / 12.99 / €15.99 – the same relatively steep price carried by the mobile port of Square’s action RPG when it first launched …
Read More »Bohemia raises $50k for Red Cross with Arma III Karts DLC
Arma III’s April Fools’ Day joke turned content add-on has brought in 1m Czech koruna – around $50k USD – for the Czech Red Cross. Developer Bohemia Interactive announced the milestone in a release on its website, and also discussed the success of the military shooter franchise’s new approach to …
Read More »Destiny beta on Xbox One and 360 kicks off in late July
The Xbox One and Xbox 360 Destiny beta will launch sometime late next month, Bungie has revealed. Eurogamer points to a new trailer for the game on the Xbox dashboard that states the beta will arrive in late July.” The upcoming title racked up 6.5m games played during its PlayStation-exclusive …
Read More »Game software market to reach $100bn by 2018 – report
The games industry is expected to hit $100bn in software revenue alone by 2018, new research from DFC Intelligence suggests. Games Industry reports on DFC’s findings, which state software revenue in 2014 should be around $64bn globally, but that the dedication of core gamers paired with the exploding mobile market …
Read More »Oculus: Zenimax suit a transparent attempt to take advantage of Facebook deal
Oculus VR has issued a legal statement denying Zenimax Media’s recent claims that former employee John Carmack developed key VR technology for Oculus prior to his resignation from id Software. Further, the statement asserts that Zenimax’s suit is nothing more than an obvious smoke and mirrors attempt to profit from …
Read More »Minecraft console sales exceed lifetime PC figures
The console editions of Minecraft have sold past the life to date total of its original PC platform. Developer Mojang took to Twitter today to announce Xbox 360 and PS3 versions have combined to surpass Minecraft’s Windows PC and Mac offerings in sales. Microsoft debuted the title on Xbox 360 …
Read More »Oculus buys Xbox 360 controller designers Carbon
Oculus VR has swooped up Carbon Design Group in its latest talent grab, purchasing the Xbox 360 controller creators for an unknown amount and under undisclosed terms. Oculus announced in a post on the company’s official blog that the deal is expected to close this summer, adding that the VR …
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