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Facebook is making big strides towards creation of its own smartphone, if a report by The New York Times holds water. According to the report, Facebook employees, engineers, and others familiar with the matter say that the company has made major additions to the group already working on ‘Buffy’ (the …
Read More »Activision paid Infinity Ward $493m in bonuses
The Activision versus former Infinity Ward devs Vince Zampella and Jason West case has unearthed yet another interesting nugget, a hard number of nearly $500m in bonuses passed from publisher to developer. To elaborate, $493m over eight Call of Duty titles has been paid to Infinity Ward by Activision since …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 20-26
Valve has reported the top ten selling titles for the previous week. Dead Island grabs top honors thanks to a 60 per cent off mid-week sale. ArmA II continues to thrive thanks to its DayZ mod, taking the runner-up spot as a follow up to its out-of-nowhere rise to number …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 Rebellion Pack DLC arrives next week
BioWare has confirmed Mass Effect 3’s upcoming DLC the Rebellion Pack will arrive next week in North America and Europe. A leak from Playstation Asia originally unveiled the upcoming content last week. The multiplayer add-on hits PC and Xbox Live worldwide on Tuesday, May 29th along with a North American …
Read More »38 Studios and Big Huge Games lay off entire staff
38 Studios and Big Huge Games have let go of their entire staffs, an internal memo reveals. The two studios employed 379 full-time workers combined as of March 15th. The memo, sent to employees, reads as follows: The Company is experiencing an economic downturn. To avoid further losses and possibility …
Read More »VIDEO: THQ unleashes Enter The Metro live action trailer
THQ has announced the release of Metro: Last Light’s live action ‘Enter The Metro’ trailer. The game is available for pre-order from shopTHQ, with a free copy of Darksiders going out to all who put down early for the PC version. Metro: Last Light is due out in Q1 2013 …
Read More »Red Orchestra 2 GOTY edition announced
Tripwire Interactive has announced a GOTY edition for its WWII shooter sequel Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad. To celebrate the announcement, the developer is releasing free DLC for current owners of the game as well as throwing a free Steam weekend for anyone with a Steam account who’d like …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection 2 out now on Xbox 360
The second Modern Warfare 3 content drop has arrived on Xbox 360, Activision has announced. Content Collection #2 packs five new maps: Getaway, Lookout, Sanctuary, Foundation, and Oasis; as well as two spec ops missions in Kill Switch and Iron Clad. Thus far the content collections are how MW3 DLC …
Read More »Ubisoft confirms E3 line-up, streaming press conference
Ubisoft has announced its games line-up and press conference plans for E3 2012. The publisher’s press conference will take place at 3 PM PDT on June 4th, and will feature trailers and gameplay demonstrations of new Nintendo Wii U and digital titles. It also promises to include special guests and …
Read More »NBA 2K13 dated for October
Take-Two has announced an October 2nd release date for NBA 2K13. The company revealed, as part of their financial report released yesterday, that the game will launch on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, and PC. Take-Two also mentioned in the report that NBA 2K12 had shipped 5m units to date. …
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