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June 2012 figures are in from the NPD Group, and they’re pretty ugly. YOY numbers across the board were down with the exception accessories. Most notably devastated was hardware which took a 45 per cent dive going from $364m to $201m. Overall sales were down from $989m in 2011 to …
Read More »Custom Halo 4 360 bundle listing leaked, pulled
A limited edition Halo 4 Xbox 360 bundle will be available to pre-order from Microsoft’s online store, when Microsoft gets around to actually announcing it that is. A pre-order listing for the custom console was discovered on the store by IGN before being subsequently pulled from public viewing. According to …
Read More »Street Fighter X Tekken Vita dated for October
Capcom has slapped a release date on the Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken, sharing a few details on what Sony’s handheld will specifically bring to the port as well. Street Fighter X Tekken Vita hits on October 23rd, a little over six months after the launch of the …
Read More »The Last Story gets a North American release date at last
Xseed has announced The Last Story will finally launch in North America. The action RPG is set to arrive August 14th on Wii for $49.99, the publisher toldIGN. It released in Europe some six months ago, and has been out for well over a year in Japan. Pre-order is available …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD announced for PC
A PC release announcement for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD has been provided courtesy of Activision. The downloadable title will be making its way onto PC ‘a few weeks’ after its launch on XBLA to kick of Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promo. Meanwhile the PS3 release on PSN is still …
Read More »The Witcher franchise surpasses 4m units sold
The Witcher franchise has sold over 4m units across all platforms, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. The number was reached based on combined sales of The Witcher on PC and Mac and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on PC and Xbox 360. "I’m still amazed with the result …
Read More »God of War film shows signs of life
The God of War film, announced originally way back in 2005, appears to be back on track. Universal Studios today announced via the Hollywood Reporter that Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan will be rewriting the movie’s script. The script was originally written by executive producer David Self. Melton and Dunstan …
Read More »Halo 4 will work with Surface tablet
News both eyecatching and vague out of Microsoft today as the company has revealed Halo 4 will be compatible in some way with its Surface tablet. Speaking during a panel at GameBeat 2012, Microsoft president of interactive entertainment Don Mattrick stated that 343’s upcoming sequel in the sci-fi shooter franchise …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 ‘Earth’ DLC hits next week, ‘Leviathan’ DLC confirmed
Several new pieces of information have come about regarding Mass Effect 3’s upcoming content, some of it official and some not as much. Let’s start with what has actually confirmed. The game’s Earth DLC will land next Tuesday, July 17th for free according to Major Nelson. It will be multiplayer …
Read More »LucasArts hiring for unannounced FPS
LucasArts has posted several job listings indicating a new, yet to be announced FPS is in the works from the company. Most of the juicy bits are revealed in the job description of the team’s Senior Core Engineer position, which makes mention of the task of implementing ‘features and optimizations …
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