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The negative sales trends currently plaguing retail will likely be reversed by the next console cycle, industry analyst Michael Pachter believes. Unfortunately, until whenever that time comes about, things will remain relatively down – including during this holiday season. "We expect October – December to be relatively flat, and expect …
Read More »Happy Madison developing Battlefield: Bad Company TV series
A Battlefield: Bad Company television series is in the works from Adam Sandler’s production company Happy Madison. Deadline reports Sandler’s company is developing the show based on EA and DICE’s franchise with help from Alias executive producer John Eisendrath along with Sony Television. The action comedy series is to be …
Read More »Gree nabs four more North American indie devs
GREE has announced the signing of four additional North America-based indie devlopers for its mobile games platform. Independent studios Enders Fund, Fathom Interactive, Fifth Column, and FreezeTag will each publish games on GREE’s social gaming network. We’re very focused on working with indie talent here at GREE and we’re committed …
Read More »Free-to-play Happy Wars launches on Xbox 360 this week for Gold subs
Free-to-play gaming comes to Xbox 360 this week, as the microtransaction-supported brawler Happy Wars launches for Xbox Live Gold subscribers on Friday, October 12th. The game has players going at one another in large scale multiplayer battles in up to 15v15 online skirmishes, and will also include an offline single-player …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: September 30 – October 6
Valve has revealed Steam’s latest weekly top sellers chart, with XCOM: Enemy Unknown pre-orders charging ahead of the pack prior to the game’s launch week. Borderlands 2 and Torchlight II continue to occupy the top half, but Dishonored pre-orders stepped in between the two to shake things up a bit …
Read More »No Doubt and Activision settle Band Hero suit
Activision and No Doubt have settled out of court over the band’s lawsuit against the publisher. The dispute began back in 2009 when the band first filed the lawsuit claiming their likenesses were only to be used in Band Hero with their own in-game tracks – as opposed to the …
Read More »Resistance Collection bundles PS3 trilogy together this winter
Sony has announced the Resistance franchise will be the next in line to receive the Playstation collection treatment. Over on the US Playstation blog Sony’s Derek Osgood revealed the bundle would run $40 and pack all three PS3 titles, along with ‘the best’ DLC from the second and third games. …
Read More »Microsoft Surface receiving midnight launch treatment on October 26th
Microsoft will throw its Surface tablet a midnight launch event to coincide with the release of the company’s latest OS Windows 8. The Verge reports Microsoft has begun sending out invites for a special ‘Surface Reception’ shindig on October 25th that will lead up to the tablet’s launch at midnight …
Read More »Women make up 60 per cent of mobile gamers
A survey recently conducted by research firm EEDAR shows nearly 60 per cent of mobile gamers are women. The survey contained 2,491 respondents ages 15 to 64 who qualified as ‘active’ mobile gamers. The findings, reported by USA Today, revealed women are more likely to play mobile titles than men, …
Read More »Bethesda unveils Austin-based developer Battlecry Studios
Bethesda has announced the establishing of Battlecry Studios, a new studio led by former Star Wars: The Old Republic executive producer and BioWare Austin VP Rich Vogel. The development house joins Arkane Studios as the second Austin-based studio for Bethesda’s parent company Zenimax. "I have always admired and respected Bethesda’s …
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