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Gearbox Software has emerged as the mystery party that outbid the rest for the acquisition of the Homeworld franchise at THQ’s auction. The winning $1.35m bid by the Borderlands developer won’t become official until next month if and when it receives court approval. "Gearbox Software has prevailed as the highest …
Read More »Former THQ VP Ron Moravek joins Nexon America
Nexon America has hired former THQ VP Ron Moravek as its new senior VP of live game operations. The publisher confirmed the hire to Games Industry, following Moravek listing the new job on his LinkedIn page. Moravek worked at THQ for 15 years, before the publisher was forced to shut …
Read More »Ouya strikes 10,000 developer partnerships
Kickstarter-funded Android console Ouya has signed 10,000 developers worldwide. Ouya’s head of developer relations Kelle Santiago revealed the milestone to Games Industry, with the news coming just a month after CEO Julie Uhrman confirmed at GDC that the console had already signed on 8,000 devs. "It’s really awesome, especially at …
Read More »Indie The Binding of Isaac surpasses 2m sales
Super Meat Boy developer, and Indie Game: The Movie star, Edmund McMillen has announced his dungeon crawler The Binding of Isaac has sold over 2m copies across PC and Playstation platforms. Speaking with Youtuber NorthernLion, McMillen revealed the title had just recently reached the milestone. The game was originally considered …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 14-20
Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles for the week ending on April 20th, with the HD update of Age of Empires II beating out Bioshock Infinite for the second week in a row. Valve’s Portal franchise made a big splash during the period, thanks to a major discount promotion. …
Read More »Heavy Rain cost $52m, made Sony over $130m
Heavy Rain may have cost a pretty penny to make, but the investment turned out to be more than worth it for Sony and Quantic Dream. Eurogamer reports Quantic Dream’s Guillaume de Fondaumiere revealed total figures for the PS3 exclusive during a talk at Digital Dragons in Poland. The CEO …
Read More »Respawn Entertainment files ‘Titan’ trademark
Respawn Entertainment has filed a trademark for something called ‘Titan’ just two months out from E3. VG247 reports the filing was registered last week, and pertains to video and computer game programs, video game discs, video game software.” Since EA has yet to officially announce anything regarding what Vince Zampella …
Read More »Poor Gears/God of War sales indicate disappointing March at US retail
Financial services firm Cowen & Company has released estimated sales numbers of console-exclusives Gears of War: Judgment and God of War: Ascension, stating that the typically strong selling franchises appear to have significantly underperformed.” Games Industry reports that, in an investor note, the company estimated the latest Gears of War …
Read More »Bethesda teases upcoming title, not related to Fallout
Following yesterday’s announcement that Bethesda has moved on from Skyrim’s post-launch development, the studio has released a teaser of what it has moved on to. A brief clip was posted on Bethesda’s twitter account earlier today, flashing different images such as a spinning old record, sheet music and barb wire. …
Read More »Castle of Illusion update unveiled, digital launch planned for summer
An HD ‘reimagining’ of the 1993 Sega Genesis release Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse has been announced for PSN, XBLA, and Steam. Sega revealed on its blog that the publisher is collaborating with Disney Interactive on the multi-platform title, with development being handled by Sega’s Aussie studio. In a …
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