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Blizzard has announced the 2012 Arena Pass for their MMO World of Warcraft. The pass will offer exclusive rewards, a new title, and even more for those who upgrade to the Mists of Pandaria expansion. The studio has also put together a dedicated arena sandbox for the festivities. Sign-ups begin …
Read More »Rampage film adaptation hires writer
New Line Cinema appears quite serious about bringing an adaptation of 80’s arcade smash ‘em up Rampage to the big screen. The studio has hired writer Ryan Engle to pen the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. John Rickard had already been picked up to produce the King Kong style …
Read More »Indie dev earnings up in 2011
According to a recently conducted survey, indie development was significantly more lucrative in 2011 than in years past. A 2011 game industry salary survey run by Game Developer (via Gamasutra) reveals both individual independent game developers and indie teams in the U.S. earned quite a bit more money last year. …
Read More »Rumour: Wii U release date revealed
A supposed release date has surfaced for Nintendo’s Wii U hardware. News site Wii U Daily claims to have obtained an e-mail stating the console’s launch in North America is set for November 18th of this year, with the Japanese release coming one week after. The site states the e-mail …
Read More »Mortal Kombat Vita release set for May
Good news for PS Vita owners looking for some brutal action on the go, as Mortal Kombat is finally heading to the device next month. Previously the updated fighting franchise prequel was to arrive as a Vita launch title, but ended up slipping back a few months. The version will …
Read More »Epic Mickey 2 PC and Mac versions revealed
Disney’s upcoming Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is to receive a PC/Mac release. The publisher confirmed toGameInformerthat the sequel will shed its previously announced console-only label that the original game also held. Disney added that the version will be a hybrid PC/Mac release, which would seem to fall …
Read More »Skullgirls XBLA release date confirmed
An XBLA release date and pricing details for Konami’s upcoming fighting game Skullgirls has been revealed. A post from developer Revenge Labs community manager Peter Bartholow confirms on the Neogaf forums (via Shoryuken) that the title will be available for download on the Xbox 360 marketplace April 11th. The game …
Read More »Survey: Mobile gaming will triple to $7.5b by 2015
A survey released by digital goods researching group SuperData predicts the mobile gaming market will expand to $7.5 billion worldwide by 2015—tripling the current representative market. At the moment Asia is the largest market for mobile titles, and is projected to hit $3.2 billion (grabbing 40% of the total market) …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed III pre-orders through the roof
Ubisoft has announced that, currently, Assassin’s Creed III is set to become the highest pre-ordered game in the history of the company. Assassin’s Creed III has already made some history in regards to North America, with pre-order reservations reaching higher than any of the previous Assassin’s Creed games; and this …
Read More »Irrational’s Levine, Zynga’s Pincus up for Time 100
Voting has opened for Time Magazine’s annual 100 most influential people poll, with two notable gaming industry leaders making this year’s list of finalists. Irrational Games’ Ken Levine and Zynga CEO Mark Pincus are among the diverse selection of influencers described by Time as ‘leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes.’ …
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