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Minecraft’s PC version has sold 15m copies, creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has announced. The figure was confirmed by Notch on Twitter – adding to the 21m Pocket Edition sales, and another 12m Xbox 360 sales totaled earlier this month. The game is also out on PS3, already selling 1m copies …
Read More »Ubisoft details Watch Dogs season pass content
Ubisoft has revealed the innards of the DLC season pass offering for its upcoming multi-platform release Watch Dogs. The pass will cost $19.99 and includes a variety of downloadable add-ons – including is a new single-player campaign centered around character T-Bone, along with three other single-player mission content drops. Conspiracy …
Read More »Respawn’s Zampella founds mobile studio Nuclear Division
Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella has formed a new studio that will will focus on developing games for smartphones and tablets. Nuclear Division is a joint venture between Zampella – who plans to remain on full-time at Respawn – and Larry Pacey of WMS gaming. Speaking with Venture Beat, Zampella explained …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare PC release set for June
PopCap’s multiplayer-focused shooter Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare will arrive on PC this June, publisher EA has announced. The Windows version will launch on June 24th, and will be distrusted through Origin as well as other retailers.” It’ll pack the Garden Variety and Zomboss Down DLC already available for the …
Read More »Rovio profits cut in half during 2013
Angry Birds studio Rovio saw little growth in revenue and a significant dip in profits last year, the company’s annual financial report reveals. The company saw a year-on-year rise of just 2.5 per cent in total revenue for 2013, while profits before interest and taxes dropped to €36.5m – compared …
Read More »Madden NFL 15 launches in August
The latest installment of EA’s Madden NFL franchise will launch this August in North America and Europe, the publisher has announced. Madden NFL 15 arrives on August 26th in North America and August 29th in Europe, according to a. It’ll be available on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 20-26
DayZ was able to hold of Dark Souls II during its launch week to once again take the top spot Steam’s best sellers chart for the past week. The pair finished in the same order as the week prior, with Portal 2 on major discount climbing onto the list and …
Read More »Atari landfill confirmed as dig uncovers E.T. cartridges
Copies of 1982 release E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial have been literally unearthed from the New Mexico landfill Atari allegedly buried them in. Excavators made the discovery yesterday in a dig in Alamagordo, New Mexico – seemingly confirming the long-standing rumour that Atari attempted to rid itself of a massive disappointment by …
Read More »Omni VR treadmill creators get $3m investment
Virtuix has announced it has completed a $3m round of seed invesement for its successful Kickstarter VR treadmill project, Omni. Games Industry reports the company announced today that the funding is being led by Tekton Ventures and Maveron, with contributions coming from Scentan Ventures, Radical Investments, Scout Ventures, StartCaps Ventures, …
Read More »Minecraft Realms launches in North America
Mojang’s private-server service Minecraft Realms is now available in North America, the studio announced earlier today. The Minecraft service offers players the option to buy a premium subscription for Mojang to host a private server for friends, families, and other small groups. Subscriptions cost $13 per month, and provide 24/7 …
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