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Disney Interactive has announced its financial results for Q3 2014, revealing a significant increase in revenue thanks to Disney Infinity sales. Revenue for Disney’s gaming division was up 45 per cent compared to the same period last year, swelling to $266m. Operating income has also recovered from a $58m loss …
Read More »Nexon partners with Valve for Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies
Nexon has announced a new deal with Valve to produce Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies, a free-to-play spinoff of the series featuring various undead enemies. Eurogamer reports the game will offer a standard campaign against the zombie horde, as well as modes including Bomb Diffusion and Hostage Rescue. Valve and Nexon had …
Read More »BioWare lead Casey Hudson departs studio, EA
Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson will leave BioWare after 16 years to take on a new stage” of his career, the company has announced. Studio general manager Aaryn Flynn posted the news earlier today on BioWare’s blog, including a portion of Hudson’s memo to company employees: "After what already …
Read More »Sony abandons PlayStation Mobile Android support
Support for the Android portion of PlayStation Mobile is to end, Sony has confirmed. The Verge reports the firm’s cross-platform indie game publishing service for PS Vita and Android platforms will fall by the wayside. Service will continue to operate on PlayStation Certified devices running Android 4.4.2 and below, but …
Read More »Microsoft cuts price on select Xbox One titles
Microsoft has permanently reduced the price on a quartet of Xbox One releases. Dead Rising 3, Ryse: Son of Rome, Forza Motorsport 5 and Kinect Sports Rivals have all received $10 price drops. The games—all previously retailing for $59.99—are now available for $49.99, effective as of today. Earlier this week, …
Read More »Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition heading to PS4, Xbox One this October
A re-release of United Front’s open world action title Sleeping Dogs will launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this fall, publisher Square Enix has announced. Dubbed Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, the $59.99 offering will include the original game along with all of its DLC—an $85 value. Amazon’s PS4 and …
Read More »Diablo III hits 20m units sold
Activision Blizzard has posted financial results for its recently concluded quarter, revealing digital sales as the publisher’s current torchbearer. The company reached $970m in revenue (GAAP), nearly half of which came from digital sales. Further, Non-GAAP revenue totaled $658m, with digital making up 73 per cent of that total. Activision …
Read More »Broforce meets The Expendables 3 in free-to-play The Expendabros
Upcoming film sequel The Expendables 3 and Steam Early Access title Broforce have crossed over to form a new free-to-play title by the name of The Expendabros, publisher Devolver Digital has announced. IGN reports the expand-alone content is currently available to download for free on Steam, but will only be …
Read More »State of Decay studio Undead Labs reveals multiplayer RPG for mobile
State of Decay developer Undead Labs has unveiled its next project, Moonrise – a mobile multiplayer RPG featuring Pokmon-like creatures. A departure from Undead’s previous release, the game has players assuming the role of a Warden in a world where peaceful creatures called Solari have been suddenly transformed into dangerous …
Read More »Wasteland 2 to miss August launch window
Upcoming post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 2 has suffered a slight delay, developer InXile Entertainment has announced. Series creator Brian Fargo posted a new Kickstarter update to backers explaining that the game will now "likely" arrive in September, instead of it’s originally planned August launch. "It’s pretty likely that we will slip …
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