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Perpetually growing mobile games company Gree has unveiled plans for a new studio located in Vancouver. The new western branch of the company would be focused on the free-to-play in the mobile gaming department. Gree also owns a studio in San Francisco following the acquisition of Funzio. The news has …
Read More »Minecraft sells 3m copies on XBLA
Mojang has announced the Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft has reached 3m copies sold. Markus ‘Notch’ Persson announced the milestone on Twitter late last week. The downloadable title released back in early May, shattering XBLA records by moving over 1m units in just five days. When the game surpassed …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 15-21
Valve has announced the top selling titles on Steam for the week prior, revealing the games that climbed up the charts during the digital distributor’s annual summer sale. Those who made the list stood out from the hundreds if not thousands of discounted games during the eleven-day period. The promotion …
Read More »Ghost Recon: Future Soldier helps Ubisoft post past quarter increase
Ubisoft has reported a significant increase in earnings for the past quarter, thanks in large part to the sales of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. The company announced a 27 per cent increase in earnings for Q1 of its current fiscal year ending June 30th, 2012. Revenue for Ubisoft during the …
Read More »EA, Zynga, and Microsoft oppose Defense of Marriage act
EA, Zynga, and Microsoft, along with a host of other companies, have banded together against the Defense of Marriage act. The three gaming entities joined many other US companies in signing an official document stating their opposition. The 1996 federal law defines marriage as being between one man and one …
Read More »MMO RuneScape boasts over 200m registered users
Jagex’s long-running, massively popular MMO RuneScape is perhaps even more popular than we thought. The developer has announced their free-to-play MMO now boasts over 200m registered users from more than 150 countries since its launch in 2001. In that time users have logged some seven billion hours of playing time. …
Read More »Microsoft posts record $18.06bn for past quarter, still sees net loss
Micosoft has announced fiscal results regarding the fiscal quarter ending June 30th, 2012. Although the company brought in a record of $18.06bn in revenue (compared to $17.37bn for the same quarter in 2011), it posted a net loss of $492m due to a ‘goodwill impairment charge’ of $6.2bn. The charge …
Read More »UPDATE: Layoffs confirmed at Capcom Vancouver, studio still hiring
Capcom Vancouver has confirmed its parted ways with a portion of its staff, adding that the studio is in no danger of shutting down. The Dead Rising 2 developerspoke upon Twitter after reports started swirling around its potential demise. The firm has cut 20 members of staff from its studio. …
Read More »Double Dragon: Neon hits in September
Developer WayForward has announced release date and pricing info for Double Dragon: Neon. The new take on the classic franchise will arrive via digital distribution September 11th on PSN , and September 12th on XBLA. The retro love letter also includes a drop-in, drop-out online co-op mode that WayForward has …
Read More »Windows 8 launching October 26
Microsoft has announced an official release date for Windows 8. The latest OS from the software company will arrive on October 26th, Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky announced at its annual sales meeting earlier today as well as on the Windows blog. The new operating system will be integrated with Microsoft’s Surface …
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