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Oculus Rift CEO Brendan Iribe has announced a dedicated mobile version of the VR headset will release exclusively for Android devices. VentureBeat reports on Iribe’s reveal of the new model during a keynote at GamesBeat 2013. The headset’s mobile version will be lighter then the original model, and utilize the …
Read More »The Walking Dead Season 2 launches this year
Telltale Games has released a trailer for the highly anticipated second season of The Walking Dead, revealing that the first episode is expected to launch before the end of the year. The news comes via the PlayStation US blog, which confirms a PS3 and Vita release – but makes no …
Read More »Borderlands 2 on pace to break 2K sales records
Borderlands 2 has shipped over 7.5m copies at retail, and is on track to become 2K Games’ highest-selling title ever. Take-Two revealed the latest figures for physical copies of Gearbox’s sequel as part of the publisher’s Q2 2014 financial results. "Borderlands 2 has sold-in over 7.5 million units and counting, …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V nears 29m units shipped
Grand Theft Auto V shipments are closing in on 29m copies, Take-Two has announced. The publisher revealed the staggering figure as part of its latest quarterly earnings report, adding that the game’s has surpassed the lifetime total for Grand Theft Auto IV units shipped. "[Grand Theft Auto V is an] …
Read More »Take-Two reports rising quarterly revenue
Take-Two interactive has released its financial results for Q2 2014, reporting a huge spike in net revenue thanks to Grand Theft Auto V. Earnings for GTA V weren’t included in the publisher’s GAAP net revenue, which came in at $148.8m for the quarter – compared to $273.1m during the same …
Read More »Infinity Ward producer: Call of Duty players aren’t hardcore gamers
Call of Duty: Ghosts executive producer Mark Rubin has suggested that Call of Duty’s most loyal players aren’t really gamers at all. Rubin told OXM that the franchise’s most dedicated players fall under an undefined category, as the label of gamer shouldn’t be applied to someone who doesn’t play games …
Read More »Activision confirms Call of Duty: Ghosts Extinction as co-op mode
Activision has officially revealed the new Extinction mode for Call of Duty: Ghosts, confirming that a co-op fight against aliens will be included when the game launches next month. Developer Infinity Ward teased the new modeover the past weekend, with images of the gameplay leaking online shortly after. Extinction has …
Read More »EA ends partnership with Tiger Woods
PGA TOUR publisher EA has announced the annual golf game franchise will no longer bear the Tiger Woods name. The company revealed that the change is part of a new approach moving forward to add more choices and customization elements to the series. "EA Sports and Tiger Woods have also …
Read More »Dark Souls II PS3 beta delayed due to server issues
This past weekend’s PlayStation Network beta test for Dark Souls II in North and South America has been rescheduled, thanks mainly in part to participants running into server problems. Joystiq reports that the beta switch for the anticipated sequel was indeed flipped, but multiple issues largely kept PS3 owners with …
Read More »Infinity Ward teases alien-focused Call of Duty: Ghosts mode Extinction
Infinity Ward has teased what will apparently be a new mode featuring aliens in Call of Duty: Ghosts. Polygon reports Infinity Ward released a teaser video for Extinction, which shows smoke transform from the title’s skull logo into the face of what would appear to be an alien. The site …
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