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Sony Japan’s president Hiroshi Kawano has revealed that sales for Playstation Vita are up 400 per cent in Japan. During a press presentation for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 translated by Gematsu, Kawano revealed the spike in units sold – pointing to the handheld’s recent price drop in the region. …
Read More »Report – Aliens: Colonial Marines studio Timegate suffers layoffs
Timegate Studios, one of the development house’s that worked on Aliens: Colonial Marines, has been hit with layoffs. The Texas-based studio’s president Adel Chaveleh confirmed to Polygon that an unspecified number of employees have been let go. "Today, we had to make the difficult decision to let go of some …
Read More »The Conduit HD revealed for Tegra-powered mobile devices
The Conduit, as in High Voltage’s 2009 Wii-exclusive, is getting an HD update launching soon for Tegra-powered mobile and tablet devices. GoNintendo points us to a coming soon page for the game on Tegrazone that states the game will be released during Q1 2013. If that’s true, that means it …
Read More »Report – Tecmo Koei Canada to close later this month
Toronto-based studio Tecmo Koei Canada will reportedly be shut down at the end of March. Financial Post cites a company official who states Tecmo Koei’s only North American development branch will shut down by the end of the month. California-based Tecmo Koei America currently only handles publishing and associated duties. …
Read More »PS Plus will have a "prominent role" on PS4; PS3 releases may go beyond 2014
Sony Europe president Jim Ryan has emphasized that the PS Plus program will be around for the longhaul, and is expected to play a prominent role” in the Playstation 4 era. In an interview on the PS Europe Blog, Ryan stated that the service is considered a core part of …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 24 – March 2
Valve has revealed Steam’s latest top selling titles list, with Tomb Raider running to the peak position in its chart debut. The game’s victory in its initial week of availability may not even be the most impressive feat on its own chart however, as Call of Duty Black Ops II …
Read More »Frictional targets Q2 for Amnesia sequel
Frictional Games has revealed it has received developer thechineseroom’s final version of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, an indirect sequel to Frictional’s 2010 survival horror hit. The series creator-turned-publisher announced on its blog that the game should arrive at some point between April and June of this year, adding that …
Read More »Murdered: Soul Suspect to launch in 2014 on current-gen hardware
Square Enix has confirmed platforms alogn with a vague release target for its freshly announced paranormal investigation game, Murdered: Soul Suspect. The publisher announced that the game will launch for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, but not until sometime next year. As of now, the 2014 release doesn’t appear to …
Read More »Sony sells M3 shares in restructuring effort
As part of a restructuring effort, Sony has sold a percentage of its shares from medical marketing and research subsidiary M3. The firm still remains the majority shareholder after shedding six per cent of its stake in M3, accounting for 95,000 shares. The sale is expected to net Sony $1.23bn, …
Read More »GungHo’s Puzzle & Dragons hits daily revenue of $2m
Japanese mobile firm GungHo Online Entertainment is pulling in an estimated $2m a day on a single free-to-play title. Gamasutra reports the company’s Puzzle & Dragons looks to have taken Japan by storm, earning around $65m monthly from a registered user base topping 8m across iOS and Android versions. All …
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