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Ouya will meet its first major post-Kickstarter deadline, with developer kits officially scheduled to start shipping before the end of the month. The team behind Ouya has announced kits for the Android-based console will begin shipping on December 28th. Ouya’s SDK should also be available online around the same time. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 25 – December 1
Valve has revealed Steam’s top ten selling titles for the past week and, for all intents and purposes, the second half of the digital distributor’s Autumn Sale. Dishonored is the discount winner this time around, beating out Boderlands 2 and Torchlight II finishing in second and third respectively. Black Ops …
Read More »Kongregate now offers free-to-play downloadable titles
Online games portal Kongregate has introduced downloadable free-to-play games to its catalogue. The GameStop property says it will help developers with monetization and promotion, as well as providing visibility for titles. "This is a huge evolution forward for Kongregate, our gamers, and game developers,” said Kongregate CEO Jim Greer. We …
Read More »Kojima: I don’t like being thought of as ‘the Metal Gear guy’
Hideo Kojima doesn’t want his legacy tied only to his creation and development of the Metal Gear franchise. The designer explained to EGM how he’s been misinterpreted in the past, and that he’s always wanted to work on original properties instead of being known as ‘the Metal Gear guy.’ I’m …
Read More »Sony: 525,000 PS3 consoles, 160,000 Vitas sold over Black Friday week
Following Nintendo and Microsoft’s lead, Sony has revealed Black Friday US sales data for its hardware. The PS3 sold over 525,000 units during the week of November 18th-24th, with the PS Vita moving 160,000 devices in the same period. The sales numbers for Sony’s systems were of course bolstered by …
Read More »PS3 Skyrim DLC shows signs of life
PS3 Skyrim owners have been left behind, but not forgotten according to Bethesda. The company’s PR and marketing head Pete Hines took to Twitter in response to the questions regarding the lack of any of the title’s DLC for Sony’s console. "We continue to work on it. And content will …
Read More »Yoshi’s Land Wii U retail listings sprout up
The unannounced Yoshi’s Land title for Wii U has popped up once again, this time in a pair of retail listings. Polygon reports the Canadian online catalogues of Best Buy and Future Shop had listed the title (both pages have been pulled) with a pre-order price of $59.99 and an …
Read More »Designer CV reveals Dragon Age III to launch in 2014 as next-gen title
Dragon Age III: Inquisition will skip next year and current-gen consoles entirely, if the CV of EA Shanghai’s Tao Gu is to be believed. According to the level designer’s Linkedin profile (via Kotaku), the next fully-fledged Dragon Age title has been pushed to 2014 and onto next generation consoles due …
Read More »Windows 8 sells 40m licenses in first month
Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 8 has sold 40m licenses during its first month. The official Windows blog reports the firm’s CFO Tami Reller revealed the figure earlier today at the Credit Suisse 2012 Annual Technology Conference. The journey is just beginning, but I am pleased to announce today that …
Read More »Dishonored Dunwall City Trials dated for December, more DLC in 2013
Bethesda has officially announced the first DLC pack for its multi-platform hit Dishonored. Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials will launch across all territories on December 11th on PC and PS3 for $4.99/3.99/€4.99, as well as on Xbox 360 for 400 MS Points. The add-on offers ten challenge maps where players must …
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