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Telltale Games CEO Dan Connors has revealed the studio’s episodic adventure hit The Walking Dead wrapped up the last two months of 2012 with its biggest sales push yet. Connors told the Wall Street Journal that the developing series has sold 8.5m episodes since launching last year. November and December …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 30 – January 5
Valve has released Steam’s latest top ten sellers chart, highlighting the big winners for the latter half of the Steam Holiday Sale. Ubisoft’s blockbuster Far Cry 3 finished ahead of Runic’s popular dungeon crawling sequel Torchlight II. Skyrim, which finished in the runner-up spot last week, finishes one spot behind …
Read More »Minecraft moves over 450,000 units on Christmas day
Mojang’s multi-platform cash cow Minecraft has once again flexed its muscle. The indie game with its own convention moved 453,000 units on December 25th. Creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson took to twitter to share the news; initially claiming the figure was collected on December 24th, and then later correcting the date …
Read More »Rumour: Black Ops II ‘Revolution’ DLC hits later this month
A leaked promo image for new Call of Duty: Black Ops II add-on content has surfaced. An image posted on Reddit reveals the game’s apparent ‘Revolution’ DLC, which is supposed to arrive on January 29th. Five locations are featured: Mirage, Downhill, Hydro, Grind, and Die Rise – with what would …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 23-29
Valve has revealed the top ten sellers for the first of two full weeks of store-wide discounts during Steam’s holiday sale. Several heavy hitters were vying for the top spot, but in the end first-person hack and slash Chivalry: Medieval Warfare beat them all. Skyrim would have likely surpassed the …
Read More »Zynga Japan office shutting down
Zynga will be closing its offices in Japan by the end of January, according to the company’s head of operations in the territory. Kenji Matsubara, CEO of Japan operations, took to Facebook to announce the news. Matusabara thanked users for playing the social and mobile company’s titles, and also revealed …
Read More »NRA exec points finger at video games for ‘selling violence’
The National Rifle Association has looked to pile some of the blame for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on violent video games. NRA head Wayne LaPierre decried violence in video games, and other media, during a press briefing last week regarding the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. "There exists in …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 16-22
Valve has revealed Steam’s top ten sellers for this past week, which includes the first several days of the PC digital games distributor’s famed Holiday Sale. In what would appear to also double as a best of 2012 list, the top four had Borderlands 2 finishing ahead of Dishonored, Hitman: …
Read More »Borderlands 2 long-term DLC plan based around fan interest
2K Games has dated the next DLC offering for Gearbox’s multi-platform blockbuster Borderlands 2, while also revealing the studio’s general plan in regards to new content for the game going forward. A 2K rep told IGN that the publisher and developer would like to support the sequel for as long …
Read More »Double Fine: We’re unafraid of open development after Kickstarter
Double Fine’s memorable Kickstarter campaign has taught studio founder Tim Schafer that there’s nothing to fear in being open with the development of a game. Schafer told VentureBeat that despite popular belief, opening up and letting players in on the development process provides a support net for the in-progress title. …
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