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Terry Cavanagh, much to his surprise, appears to have a hit on his hands with Super Hexagon. The indie developer, and Forbes 30 under 30 man, revealed on Reddit that his iOS title had been downloaded over 10,000 times just three days out from launch. It’s sold about 10,000 copies …
Read More »August NPD: Sleeping Dogs moves 172,000 units on consoles
Another notable figure has dripped out from the NPD group following its August report. A company rep told Joystiq that Sleeping Dogs 172,000 copies at US retail across PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms during the month. The news comes after it was revealed Darksiders 2 sold 247,000 total copies at …
Read More »Report: Steam Big Picture open beta imminent
Steam’s Big Picture mode will hit open beta early this week, if a report from The New York Times is to be believed. Over the weekend the mainstream news outlet ran a profile piece on Valve, which among other items claimed Valve’s effort to bring PC gaming to the living …
Read More »XBLA Summer of Arcade sales disappoint
Xbox Live Arcade’s Summer of Arcade promotion apparently didn’t carry the same appeal this year as it has in the past. Eurogamer’s examination of a Gamasutra report reveals generally low first week player figures for the promotion’s titles. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD – 98,000 players Deadlight – 53,000 players …
Read More »Darksiders II moves 247,000 units in US during August
A notable bit of info has made its way out of last month’s NPD report: The software division’s chart-topper Darksiders II moved just 247,000 units during the period. The NPD Group passed the revealing figure onto GI.biz late last week. It points to how comparably weak the retail market is …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: September 2-8
Valve has released Steam’s latest top ten products chart, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive once more coming out ahead. The order of things may have remained undisturbed had it not been for the introduction of XCOM: Enemy Unknown to the chart. Pre-orders for the game have it making a strong debut …
Read More »Madden 13 first week sales reach 1.65m
EA has announced launch week numbers for Madden ’13. The game continues to sell very well, climbing to 1.65m in its first week available. The figure is an eight percent jump on HD platforms, and the best start for the series this console cycle. EA added that daily average user …
Read More »Kickstarter: 2012 has been the year of the game
Over the past eight months more than $50m has been put toward game campaigns on Kickstarter. A Kickstarter blog post entitled ‘The Year of the Game’ breaks down games meteoric rise on the service since it started in 2009. The numbers count for digital games, as well as board and …
Read More »August NPD: Darksiders 2 on top, totals still down year-over-year
The NPD Group has released its latest monthly report on US retail, showing Darksiders 2 claimed the software crown amidst another month of decline for the market. Total retail spending was down 20 per cent year-over-year, at $515.6m compared to 2011’s $647.2m. Hardware sales were down 39 per cent, bringing …
Read More »Capcom aiming for more releases, smaller teams
Capcom has revealed plans for its growth strategy moving forward. In its annual report, the publisher outlines big changes coming to the development cycle. It also makes clear that we’re to expect smaller teams working on more games in the future. "Teams developing major titles will be limited to 100 …
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