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2K’s shooter reboot of the XCOM franchise appears to be a long ways off. Announcement of the delay comes from Take-Two’s latest financial report, following word that XCOM: Enemy Unknown has been confirmed for an October 2012 release. The report dates the game for ‘fiscal year 2014′, slating it for …
Read More »Sony’s Music Unlimited app hits iPhone this week
Sony’s cloud-based music service application Music Unlimited will arrive on the Apple App Store this Friday, the company has announced. The new app allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to listen to their music library, channels, and playlists, add songs to said playlists, discover related artists and tracks, and browse …
Read More »Max Payne 3 ships 3m units, PC launch moved back to June
Take-Two has revealed Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 has shipped 3m units since its release last week. The publisher announced the launch numbers in its fiscal 2012/Q4 2012 financial report released earlier today. Take-Two also revealed a slight delay for the PC version of the third-person shooter sequel, with an international …
Read More »Take-Two sees $107m loss in fiscal 2012, sets bar high for 2013
Take-Two Interactive hasreportedfourth quarter and full-year results for its fiscal 2012. Fourth quarter revenue dropped to $148.1m compared to $182.3m in fiscal 2011, with net losses hitting $66m compared to a $22.4m profit the year prior. For the full year results, net revenue fell to $825.8m from $1.14bn last year; …
Read More »Activision contract exposes Bungie’s project ‘Destiny’
Activision’s ongoing court battle with former Infinity Ward developers Jason West and Vince Zampella has taken a surprising turn, as the publisher’s high-profile 2010 deal with Bungie has suddenly been laid bare. The LA Times has brought to light a 27-page contract with Bungie; a ten-year agreement that has the …
Read More »007 Legends dated for October
The latest James Bond game has received a release date courtesy of Activision. A just-released trailer showing off both 007 Legends, and the latest Bond movie Skyfall reveals a launch date of October 16th, 2012 for the game. The trailer shows off game footage from the classic film Moonraker; just …
Read More »Former NCAA athletes lawsuit against EA moves forward
The class action lawsuit filed by former NCAA athletes accusing EA of using their likenesses without providing compensation of any kind will continue on, following denial of the publisher’s request for dismissal. Courthouse News reports U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken revealed the decision last week. The same judge had ruled …
Read More »Square Enix registers Just Cause 4 domain
Square Enix has registered URLs for ‘JustCause4′, despite the fact that the publisher has yet to officially announce Just Cause 3. Fusible uncovered the company’s registering of URLs in several countries through URL proxy registrant Corporation Service Company. Both Square Enix and Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios are mum on …
Read More »Nintendo broadcasting E3 press conference
Nintendo’s E3 presentation will be broadcast on television channels and web services, the company announced today. Nintendo is offering what they’re describing as an ‘All-Access Presentation’ of next month’s press conference on Spike TV, MTV2, Youtube, Facebook, Twiter, and through e3.nintendo.com. "We don’t want anyone to miss the energy and …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 13-19
Valve has revealed the top selling Steam products and titles on for the week ending on May 19th. Thanks to a zombie mod entitled Day Z, ArmA II, an FPS nearly three years old has claimed the top spot on the charts without any discount or promotional help through Valve …
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