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Microsoft has revealed Xbox 360 US sales data for the week of Black Friday, announcing the results of the sales period have exceeded the firm’s internal forecasts. 360 moved over 750,000 consoles in the US last week, bolstered greatly by discounts at a variety of retail and online outlets during …
Read More »Borderlands 2 Wii U port shot down by Gearbox
Gearbox head Randy Pitchford has revealed Borderlands 2 will not be making it onto Wii U. NintendoEverything reports on a GamesMaster magazine interview where Pitchford discussed why the port isn’t in the cards. We get asked if there is going to be a Wii U version of Borderlands [2], and …
Read More »Steam climbs over 6m concurrent users, sets new record for service
Valve’s PC digital games and software service Steam saw a record setting number of users this past weekend. Steam boasted over 6m users signed in concurrently during its autumn sale event–a new high water mark for the platform. The figure bests Steam’s previous record of over 5m concurrent users during …
Read More »Wii U sells 400,000 US units in launch week
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed US sales figures for Wii U during its launch week. The hardware sold 400,000 units in the US, with Nintendo also sharing with CNET that 300,000 Wii consoles and 500,000 portable systems (3DS and DS) were sold during the period. That puts …
Read More »Levine confirms no multiplayer for Bioshock Infinite
Irrational founder Ken Levine has revealed that Bioshock Infinite won’t offer multiplayer. Nope… No multi,” Levine said on Twitter (via Polygon) when asked about multiplayer modes for the latest work in the Bioshock series. The lack of the mode follows in the footsteps of the original Bioshock, which was developed …
Read More »Resident Evil: Revelations listed for consoles
A console port for Capcom’s well received 3DS effort Resident Evil: Revelations appears to be in the works for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Eurogamer reports PS3 and 360 versions of the game were recently listed on the Korean Ratings Board. Revelations launched earlier this year on 3DS, and if …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 18-24
Valve has revealed the top selling products on Steam for the past week, with the majority of the holiday weekend included in the period. Black Ops II held onto its top spot, despite major discounts to Borderlands 2, XCOM, and a slew of other solid titles for Steam’s Autumn Sale. …
Read More »Fighters of Capcom trademark registered
Capcom may be looking within for its next crossover fighting series. CVG reports the company filed a trademark for ‘Fighters of Capcom’ earlier this month. The patent was registered under "computer game software", downloadable game software", "electronic game programs for mobile phones and smart phones", "downloadable game program for playing …
Read More »Axed Skullgirls team form new studio to carry on game’s development
The developers behind Skullgirls have been laid off from their positions at Reverge Labs, only to reform as a new studio in effort to continue work on the downloadable fighting game. Dubbed Lab Zero Games, the new studio plans to keep up its work on the 2D fighter. It has …
Read More »Linux for Steam beta takes in 5,000 new testers
Valve has invited in 5,000 additional participants for the Linux for Steam beta test. The company explained things have progressed to the point where it’s ready to bring in a larger number of testers. We’re making good progress finding and fixing issues that our users have reported so we’re expanding …
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