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Football Manager 2014 has come out on top of the past week’s top ten sellers on Steam. The sports sim finished ahead of pre-orders for the latest Call of Duty entry, as well as Batman: Arkham Origins – the previous week’s winner. Early access title Space Engineers finished in fourth, …
Read More »Nintendo suspends 3DS messaging service over photo sharing abuse
Nintendo has suspended its Swapnote service (aka Nintendo Letter Box) for the 3DS after discovering some consumers have been using the messaging app to exchange offensive” photographic material. The company explains on its website that some users, including minors, have been exchanging friend codes on the Internet and then using …
Read More »Animal Crossing: New Leaf surpasses 6m copies sold
Nintendo has released new lifetime numbers for a batch of its best-selling first-party 3DS titles. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is the clear leader of the pack with 6.35m units sold. It took the game less than a year from its original Japan launch to reach the figure. Behind it, Luigi’s …
Read More »South Park: The Stick of Truth delayed once more
Obsidian’s upcoming South Park RPG The Stick of Truth will no longer arrive before the end of the year. Publisher Ubisoft has announced the oft-delayed game is being pushed back yet again – this time to March 4th, 2014. The title had previously been dated for December 10thafter missing multiple …
Read More »Ouya 2.0 launching next year with updated controller
Android-powered microconsole Ouya’s second iteration will arrive sometime in 2014. Speaking with Polygon, founder Julie Uhrman touched on what the hardware company is looking forward to for the console’s second year – which includes Ouya 2.0 and a new controller to match. "Our plan is to have Ouya 2.0 sometime …
Read More »Oculus Rift dedicated mobile version planned for Android
Oculus Rift CEO Brendan Iribe has announced a dedicated mobile version of the VR headset will release exclusively for Android devices. VentureBeat reports on Iribe’s reveal of the new model during a keynote at GamesBeat 2013. The headset’s mobile version will be lighter then the original model, and utilize the …
Read More »The Walking Dead Season 2 launches this year
Telltale Games has released a trailer for the highly anticipated second season of The Walking Dead, revealing that the first episode is expected to launch before the end of the year. The news comes via the PlayStation US blog, which confirms a PS3 and Vita release – but makes no …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V nears 29m units shipped
Grand Theft Auto V shipments are closing in on 29m copies, Take-Two has announced. The publisher revealed the staggering figure as part of its latest quarterly earnings report, adding that the game’s has surpassed the lifetime total for Grand Theft Auto IV units shipped. "[Grand Theft Auto V is an] …
Read More »Take-Two reports rising quarterly revenue
Take-Two interactive has released its financial results for Q2 2014, reporting a huge spike in net revenue thanks to Grand Theft Auto V. Earnings for GTA V weren’t included in the publisher’s GAAP net revenue, which came in at $148.8m for the quarter – compared to $273.1m during the same …
Read More »Activision confirms Call of Duty: Ghosts Extinction as co-op mode
Activision has officially revealed the new Extinction mode for Call of Duty: Ghosts, confirming that a co-op fight against aliens will be included when the game launches next month. Developer Infinity Ward teased the new modeover the past weekend, with images of the gameplay leaking online shortly after. Extinction has …
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