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EA has announced the addition of several new publishing partners for its PC digital distribution platform Origin. Sega, Team 17, Rebellion, Kalypso and other undisclosed companies have agreed to bring their games to the growing platform as it continues in its effort to add third parties to a suddenly budding …
Read More »Analyst: Grand Theft Auto V likely in 2013
Analyst group Sterne Agee has proclaimed a shift in expectations for the release date of Rockstar’s upcoming action title Grand Theft Auto V. The game is now more likely to launch at the start of next year versus later this year as previously thought, Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has …
Read More »Alan Wake surpasses 2 million copies sold
It appears the delayed PC launch of Remedy’s horror-action title Alan Wake has been more than punctual in its payoff to the developer. Just shy of two years after it shipped back in May 2010, the game has hit and moved past 2m units sold on Xbox 360 and PC. …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 Datapad app available on iOS
BioWare has released a new app to assist those who just can’t seem to get enough Mass Effect. The Mass Effect 3 ‘datapad’ is available now for free on the app store, offering interested parties access to extra features and info including codex entries from all three titles in the …
Read More »Double Fine Kickstarter ends, raises $3,335,265
The Double Fine Kickstarter experiment has come to a close, raising some $3.33m in funding exclusively through the crowdfunding site. Over 87,000 backers piled up funds that all told ended up exceeding one of project head and designer Tim Schafer’s previous works, Grim Fandango. The effort’s original aim was to …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic free to play this weekend
BioWare has announced an extended free weekend for their MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic kicking off this Thursday. Starting on March 15th at 1:01am ET, anyone who registers for a weekend pass free trial will be able to create a new character and play up to level 15. Pass …
Read More »Rumor: Mass Effect 3 multiplayer DLC uncovered
An image from an unknown source has surfaced showing off apparent upcoming multiplayer DLC for Mass Effect 3. Originally picked up by Reddit (via Eurogamer), the image itself shows off a handful of multiplayer characters, such as the Geth Infiltrator and Engineer, Batarian Soldier and Sentinel, the Asari Justicar, and …
Read More »New MW3 maps out for Call of Duty Elite subs
Premium members of the Call of Duty Elite program will find a trio of new Modern Warfare 3 maps available now on Xbox 360. Today subscribers of the service can jump into a couple new Spec Ops maps ‘Black Ice’ and ‘Negotiator’, as well as the new multiplayer area ‘Black …
Read More »GDC reveals 2012 attendance numbers, confirms 2013 dates
Game Developers Conference organizers have revealed record attendence numbers for this year’s go-round of the annual industry event. Some 22,500 made their way from all over the world to attend panels, test out new tech, discuss the industry, and more during the conference in San Franciscolast week—a 17 per cent …
Read More »Capcom’s Onimusha Soul to be browser-based
The Onimusha franchise is making a comeback, and as it turns out it won’t be on any consoles —nor as a downloadable title. Nope, Capcom has revealed they will make Onimusha Soul their first swing at browser-based games. Soul is the first game in the RPG series since 2006, which …
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