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Sony has announced PS4 exclusive Killzone Shadow Fall has sold more than 2.1m units across the globe. The figure, reached as of January 15th, suggests that nearly 50 per cent of PlayStation 4 owners purchased Shadow Fall as well. I am thrilled that so many users have been enjoying KILLZONE …
Read More »Mario Kart 8 heading to Wii U in May
Mario Kart 8 will arrive for Wii U this May, according to Nintendo. In a company briefing, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated that the next offering in the Mario Kart franchise will see release during the May 2014 window. Iwata cut his salary in half this week, in wake of …
Read More »World of Warcraft hits 100m accounts
World of Warcraft players have registered more than 100m individual accounts over the game’s lifetime, Blizzard has announced. In an infographic posted on Battle.net, the publisher covered a variety of milestones for the near-decade old MMO. The 100m accounts figure covers players in 244 countries, and notably includes trial account …
Read More »Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number gets Q3 2014 launch window
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will launch this year at some point between July and September, according to publisher Devolver Digital and developer Dennaton Games. The game’s official Twitter account announces the sequel to 2012’s brutal 2D action game will land within the Q3 2014 period. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong …
Read More »Rovio denies sharing Angry Birds user data with NSA, GCHQ
Rovio has denied the report that its popular mobile franchise Angry Birds was utilized as a tool by government spy agencies, including the US National Security Agency and UK’s Government Communications Headquarters. Responding to allegations found in a leaked Snowden document, the Finland-based company claimed it doesn’t share data from …
Read More »League of Legends boasts 27m daily active players
Popular multiplayer online battle arena title League of Legends supports 27m active players on a daily basis, developer Riot Games has announced. The independent studio states the figure more than doubles the 12m active players the game boasted in October 2012 – adding that peak concurrent players have also increased …
Read More »Nintendo prepping mobile demos for first party games – report
Nintendo is reportedly readying a push onto mobile devices, but it doesn’t appear to be the full experience many are looking for. Japanese outlet Nikkei reports Nintendo plans on launching a mobile initiative this year – one that will market its console games by releasing free mini game” downloads and …
Read More »Skyrim hits 20m copies sold
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has surpassed 20m copies sold across all platforms, Bethesda has announced. The studio revealed the figure yesterday, which accounts for retail and digital sales of the game and its Legendary Edition. Though the company failed to mention if it was referring to units shipped or …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 19-25
The triad of Early Access hits continue their reign atop the charts. DayZ, Rust, and Starbound are once again one, two, and three on the latest weekly Steam top sellers list. The three have held this order for three weeks in a row, with DayZ and Rust having been firmly …
Read More »Minecraft sells 1m copies on PS3
Minecraft has already sold 1m copies on PS3, following its launch on PlayStation Network in December. As part of Mojang’s announcement, the developer/publisher offered that the hot start "has to be some kind of record on PSN." Though that’s not yet official. The indie hit easily achieved the milestone in …
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