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Valve has given the greenlight for ten new indie titles to make their way onto the Steam platform, including a few names we’ve heard before. American McGee’s current Kickstarter effort Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is part of the batch, and Replay Games has the go ahead to release its Leisure Suit …
Read More »Guild Wars 2 hits 3m sales
ArenaNet has announced its sub-free MMO Guild Wars 2 has sold over 3m copies, with detailed plans for expanding the game in 2013 revealed by the developer as well. Game director Colin Johanson shared the figure in the opening of a lengthy blog post on the game’s official website. Guild …
Read More »NRA launches Practice Range educational game on iOS
A National Rifle Association-licensed educational game has been made available on Apple’s App Store. Entitled NRA: Practice Range, the free app looks to provide education on firearm safety and training. According to the game description, it is targeted at players aged 4+ and up. The FPS allows players to fire …
Read More »Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS bundle to launch alongside game
Nintendo of America has announced pricing and release date info for its Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS bundle. The recently revealed hardware bundle will arrive in the US and Canada alongside the launch of Awakening itself on February 4th, and retail at $199.99. The package offers a customized blue 3DS (note: …
Read More »Majesco Q4 and FY2012 report confirms closures
Majesco has released its financial report for both the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2012, sharing sales data for its products as well as confirming previously reported job cuts. The publisher reported net revenue of $26.6m for Q4, which marked a six per cent increase from the same …
Read More »Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS bundle revealed for North America
A Fire Emblem-themed 3DS hardware bundle is heading to US and Canada, Nintendo of America has announced. The bundle, originally launched in Japan in April 2012, contains a cobalt blue 3DS with a Fire Emblem seal branded on the front and the 3DS title Awakening pre-installed. For whatever reason, Nintendo …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 6-12
Valve has revealed the past week’s top ten sellers on Steam, with some veteran titles bubbling up thanks to an extension of the platform’s holiday sale. DayZ womb ArmA II rekindled some of its 2012 magic, finishing ahead of popular indie medieval FPS Chivalry to take the top spot for …
Read More »NPD December: Xbox 360, Black Ops 2 top another lackluster month
The NPD has provided its December 2012 report for US retail, as well as a general overview for 2012, and to no one’s surprise the numbers show the same old decline we’ve come accustomed to in the past year. The month saw total industry sales fall by 22 per cent …
Read More »Microsoft: Xbox Live ads a success, more investment on the way
Advertisements on the Xbox Live dashboard won’t be going away anytime soon, as Microsoft has revealed plans to invest further into the space. Gamespot reports the first wave of ‘natural user-interface ads’, or just NUads, deployed in Q4 2012 were highly successful,” in the words of Microsoft. According to the …
Read More »Upcoming Fallout project teased by Fallout 3 voice actor
A new Fallout effort is in the works, though what it may be is anyone’s guess at this point. Actor Erik Todd Dellums, voice of Fallout 3 character Three Dog, teased the mystery project on his Twitter feed. To all my #Fallout3 and #ThreeDog fans: There may be more of …
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