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Sony at one point considered, but ultimately rejected building the PS4 as a download-only console, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Sources ‘familiar with the matter’ shared that the company has opted to go with an optical disk drive model after the digital-based console concept was turned …
Read More »Amazon Instant Video lands on Xbox 360
Amazon has released its Instant Video application onto the Xbox 360, with the app available now for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Instant Video lets Amazon customers to watch any purchased or rented content thorough the console, as well as offering the Prime Instant Video library for paying Amazon Prime subscribers. …
Read More »Xbox 360 hits 67m units, over $56bn generated in retail
Microsoft has announced some key figures for the Xbox 360, including the console’s lifetime sales numbers. Since its launch in 2005 the 360 has sold 67m units, bringing in over $56bn at retail. Xbox Live boasts 40m members, and Kinect has sold 19m units. A rise in sales like-for-like from …
Read More »Konami streaming pre-E3 press conference this week
Konami has announced their second annual pre-E3 show is taking place later this week, where the publisher plans to reveal ‘all’ of its show announcements ahead of the conference. The presentation takes place on Thursday, May 31st at 10PM Pacific. Konami will be showing the event live on their website, …
Read More »THQ aims to avoid NASDAQ delisting with reverse stock split
THQ is going to great lengths in effort to keep its Nasdaq listing. The publisher has revealed through its investor site that it has filed plans with the SEC for a June 29th stockholders meeting, where it will propose a reverse stock split to avoid delisting from Nasdaq. THQ describes …
Read More »Capcom registers ‘Remember Me’ trademark
Capcom could be readying a new game reveal, according to a recent trademark filing by the publisher. According to a trademark listing on trademarkia spotted by Eurogamer, ‘Remember Me’ was filed by Capcom last Tuesday, May 22nd. The trademark was filed in both the US and Europe, but beyond that …
Read More »Avatar Motocross Madness teased by Microsoft, more info at E3
Microsoft has semi-revealed upcoming XBLA game Avatar Motocross Madness, with more info coming next week at E3. Two screenshots posted to PlayXBLA have been released in effort to tease the new title ahead of its reveal during Microsoft’s E3 press conference. Though the name for the game wasn’t actually revealed …
Read More »Report: Quantic Dream unveiling next project at E3
A report from a familiar face has word that developer Quantic Dream’s next game will be a featured part of Sony’s E3 press conference. Former Develop editor and current CVG associate editor Rob Crossley reports that the Heavy Rain studio will pull the curtain back on one of their two …
Read More »Report: Facebook to release smartphone by 2013
Facebook is making big strides towards creation of its own smartphone, if a report by The New York Times holds water. According to the report, Facebook employees, engineers, and others familiar with the matter say that the company has made major additions to the group already working on ‘Buffy’ (the …
Read More »Activision paid Infinity Ward $493m in bonuses
The Activision versus former Infinity Ward devs Vince Zampella and Jason West case has unearthed yet another interesting nugget, a hard number of nearly $500m in bonuses passed from publisher to developer. To elaborate, $493m over eight Call of Duty titles has been paid to Infinity Ward by Activision since …
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