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Former Ubisoft Singapore design director Jamie Stowe has joined 22 Cans. The Assassin’s Creed III level design director will assume the role of technical designer at Peter Molyneux’s indie studio – specifically focusing on the Kickstarter-funded project, Godus. "Jamie joins 22cans at a very exciting time and takes the role …
Read More »Wii U Virtual Console hits North America, Europe launch imminent
Nintendo has announced the Wii U Virtual Console has launched in North America. Launch titles include a handful of NES games for $4.99 (Ice Climber, Balloon Fight, Donkey Kong Jr., Excitebike, Kirby’s Adventure, and Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream), and a couple of SNES games (Super Mario Bros. and F-Zero) for …
Read More »Star Citizen developer opens Santa Monica studio
Chris Robert’s studio Cloud Imperium Games has opened up a new development house in Santa Monica. The new office will assist in the development on the crowdfunded space simulation Star Citizen, which has raised nearly $9m since October of last year. I’m a big believer in utilizing small, very focused …
Read More »Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC hits PS3 and PC in May
The Uprising map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will land on PC and PS3 next month. The new mode and four new maps arrive on May 15th for the platforms, running $14.99 for those who haven’t purchased the game’s Season Pass. The DLC arrives at the increasingly …
Read More »Valve adds game subscription plans to Steam
Valve has announced the addition of subscription-based titles to its Steam library. With the ‘Subscriptions Plans’ service, Steam users have the ability to sign up and manage purchases for games requiring subscriptions. Players can cancel or renew their subscriptions through Steam’s interface at any time, but there’s no such option …
Read More »Sony doubles profit forecasts for past fiscal year
Sony has doubled its profits and operating income forecast for the fiscal year ended at the end of last month, thanks to the selling of assets and a deprecation of the yen over the past few months. Games Industry reports the corporation now predicts $403m for the period, up from …
Read More »Okami-related announcement planned for next week
Capcom has teased a reveal for something regarding Okami. IGN points to a post on the franchise’s official Japanese Twitter account, translating to: "Hello, this is Okami news. Sorry I’ve been kind of out of touch lately, but I have the feeling we’ll be able to drop a fresh announcement …
Read More »Zynga Q1: Net income up, active users down
Zynga has posted its financial reports for Q1 2013, showing a mixed-bag of results for the social gaming firm. Farmville 2 showed good legs, with 40m active users each month. Zynga stated the game exceeded company expectations and called it a breakout hit.” Net income was up $4.1m overall, a …
Read More »Report: EA Partners label shutting down
EA is reportedly set to close EA Partners, the firm’s program for providing contract-based publishing services for third-party developers. Game Informer cites multiple anonymous sources close to the matter” that state the label will soon shut down. Partners previously brought about partnerships with the likes of Harmonix (Rock Band), Valve …
Read More »Namco Bandai localizes iDOLM@STER games for iOS, charging $55 for each
Namco Bandai has localized and ported the three versions of its iDOLM@STER: Shiny Festa title, bringing the Japan exclusive PSP franchise to iOS for the seemingly absurd price of $54.99 each. The different versions – Honey Sound, Funky Note, and Groovy Tune – come with their own song lists, episodes, …
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