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The NPD Group has released a Q3 report for digital sales in the US, revealing the growing portion of the market accounted for $1.4bn during the period. The total counts sales from full game and add-on content downloads, mobile and social games, and subscriptions, which added to new and used …
Read More »Next Call of Duty marks return of Modern Warfare – rumour
Modern Warfare 4 will be Call of Duty’s next offering, according to alleged voiceover leaks from the game. Siliconera has word from anonymous sources that voice acting work is already underway in Los Angeles for a Call of Duty title that’s said to carry on the Modern Warfare arc. Given …
Read More »The Walking Dead season finale hits next week
The fifth and final chapter of Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season One will release next week for consoles, PC, and iOS. ‘Episode Five – No Time Left’ will arrive first on Tuesday, November 20th on the North American Playstation Network, and November 21st on the European Playstation Network, Xbox Live, …
Read More »Black Ops II moves over 1m units at Gamestop to set launch day record
GameStop has announced it sold over 1m copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops II yesterday. President Tony Bartel told Business Week that the figure is on pace to set the retail chain’s largest launch of all time. ‘Black Ops II’ is shaping up to be our biggest game launch …
Read More »UPDATED: Black Ops II discs inexplicably contain Mass Effect 2 data
Select players who purchased retail PC copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 are discovering an odd, frustrating surprise. Reports from the Call of Duty forums, Steam, and Reddit (among other sites) are claiming the second installation disc for Activision’s shooter is actually for Mass Effect 2. Along with …
Read More »Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm launch dated
The next installment in the Starcraft II trilogy is set to arrive on March 12th, with Blizzard opening up pre-orders for standard and digital deluxe editions starting today. Blizzard solidifies the target date after noting last week in its financial report that the company hoped to launch the expansion sometime …
Read More »PS Plus expands to Vita next week
Sony has announced Playstation Plus will be made available on Vita this coming Monday. The November 19th launch of the premium service on Sony’s latest handheld will pack access to the Instant Game Collection, a list of AAA titles available for download through the Playstation Store – though the feature …
Read More »Valve confirms Source 2 engine in development
Valve’s Gabe Newell has put a confirmation sticker on the Source 2 engine reports that have cropped up over the past few months. Joystiq reports that the company’s boss was ‘confronted’ on his birthday from fans of 4chan’s /v/board – confirming some "We’ve been working on new engine stuff for …
Read More »Minecraft surges past 8m copies on PC
Mojang’s indie hit Minecraft has surpassed 8m units sold on PC. "The PC version of Minecraft just passed 8 million sales!" The game’s creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson announced on twitter. "My face is making grinning sounds, so I assume it’s grinning!” It took less than three months for the game …
Read More »Halo 4 sets entertainment bar with $220m on launch day
Halo 4 has set a launch day record across all entertainment mediums. Microsoft has announced the latest in the sci-fi shooter has made $220m worldwide in its first 24 hours of availability. The figure makes the title the biggest entertainment launch of the year thus far – outperforming both 2012’s …
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