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Call of Duty: Black Ops II will receive its second DLC pack later this month, according to a leaked promotional image. The image (via Joystiq) was supposedly snapped at a Best Buy, and displays ‘Uprising’ as the content’s title, as well as an April 16th release date. The info matches …
Read More »Square Enix LA suffers another round of layoffs
Square Enix’s Los Angeles office has been hit with another wave of layoffs as part of company-wide restructuring. "We can confirm that Square Enix’s Los Angeles office has eliminated a number of positions as part of the corporate restructuring announced last week," Square Enix senior director of public relations Reilly …
Read More »Crytek USA seeks Darksiders purchase
Crytek USA Corporation has announced its intention to bid on the Darksiders franchise. The recently formed development studio is composed in part by ex-Vigil Games staff, including CEO David Adams, who hopes to bring the IP back home” with its creators. "Going to bid on Darksiders IP," Adams posted on …
Read More »Sonic Dash goes free to play on iOS
Hardlight Studio’s endless runner Sonic Dash has ditched its price tag, and is now free to download on Apple’s App Store. The change in price arrives alongside an update that adds daily challenges to the game, as well as improved performance for certain iOS devices. The game was announced and …
Read More »Best of PSN compilation rated by ESRB
Sony appears to be planning bundled retail releases for various PSN games, according to an ESRB listing. The listing (via Gamespot) unveils a Best of Playstation Network Vol. 1” compilation on Blu-ray for Playstation 3; with titles including Sound Shapes, Tokyo Jungle, When Vikings Attack, and Fat Princess. Two of …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 24-30
Valve has revealed the latest weekly top selling products on Steam, with Bioshock Infinite out in front again for its launch week. Infinite itself, and its Season Pass DLC sandwiched the consistently high-selling Arma 3 Alpha for the top three spots on this week’s chart. The GTA Complete Pack and …
Read More »Former Diablo III director: Auction Houses ‘really hurt’ game
Former Diablo III director Jay Wilson has admitted that both the real-money and in-game gold Auction Houses really hurt the game.” Wilson detailed the stark difference between Blizzard’s original assumptions during development and the eventual reality of the situation, during a GDC talk (via Joystiq) this week in San Francisco. …
Read More »Wii U Miiverse smartphone integration expected by May
Nintendo’s Miiverse web and smartphone app for Wii U is inching closer to arrival. Polygon reports that Nintendo’s Kiyoshi Mizuki stated the app would be available in either April or May. It will only have basic functionality at first, including posting comments, drawing doodles, and joining game communities. A 3DS …
Read More »YouTube announces new live-streaming video API for game devs
YouTube has announced a new set of application programming interfaces to help developers in the process of live streaming their games. The announcement came in a GDC presentation to developers, The Verge reports. The company trumpeted the benefits of video integration as a means for not just promoting games, but …
Read More »Report: PC gaming software sales hit $20bn in 2012
The global PC gaming software market ballooned to $20bn last year, according to a new report by industry research group DFC Intelligence. The report (via Shacknews) was commissioned by the PC Gaming Alliance, which also announced the results. The organization includes both AMD and Intel. The $20bn figure marks an …
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