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Microsoft has announced its Windows 10 OS is now running on more than 14m devices. The company revealed the figure in a post on the Windows blog, adding that many more upgrades are still in queue for qualifying users running older versions of Windows. Rest assured we are working 247 …
Read More »Sega reports significant dip in quarterly sales
Sega has reported negative financial results for its most recent quarter, though the firm’s games division had little to do with the poor performance. Sega Sammy Holdings posted a $63.8m loss overall, down 41.2 per cent compared to the same period last year. The company’s ‘pachislot and pachinko’ division – …
Read More »Angry Birds 2 racks up 1m downloads in 12 hours
Rovio has announced Angry Birds 2 has already been downloaded 1m times in its first 12 hours out on mobile platforms. The studio revealed the news on Twitter, with the figure combining the very early totals of iOS and Android releases. According to Apple, the original Angry Birds has been …
Read More »Final Fantasy Explorers heading to Europe, North America
A western release of 3DS action RPG Final Fantasy Explorers is in the works for Europe and North America, Square Enix has confirmed. The game will launch in both territories for Nintendo’s handheld in January 2016 – validating the two trademarks filed by Square Enix in US and Europe that …
Read More »EA beats quarterly guidance, Star Wars: Battlefront pre-orders "extremely strong"
Electronic Arts has reported its financial results for the three month period concluding at the end of June, with the firm beating its previous expectations. EA brought in $1.20bn in GAAP net revenue for the quarter, down ever so slightly to the $1.21bn made in the same period last year. …
Read More »Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons lands next month for PS4, Xbox One
Starbreeze’s award-winning puzzle platformer Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is set to arrive on PS4 and Xbox One next month, publisher 505 Games has announced. The title will release digitally worldwide for Microsoft and Sony’s current-gen consoles on Wednesday, August 12th– with the versions packing the official soundtrack, art …
Read More »Fuze to publish Mega Man Legends successor Red Ash, console ports confirmed
Mega Man Legends spiritual successor Red Ash has been funded and confirmed for PS4 and Xbox One in addition to PC, thanks to a new publishing deal with Fuze Entertainment. VG247 reports on the news, which was announced by developer Comcept in an updated on the game’s in-progress Kickstarter campaign. …
Read More »Kixeye hit with unspecified number of layoffs – report
An unconfirmed number of employees at online game company Kixeye are reportedly out of the job. A brief from Gamasutra confirmed the news with a source involved with the cuts,” and points to multiple and job opportunity and condolence posts from other game company’s on Twitter over the past day …
Read More »Rocket League climbs to 5m downloads
Rocket League has hit 5m downloads in only a matter of weeks, developer Psyonix has announced. Polygon reports on the milestone, which is made up by the combination of PC and PS4 purchases with PS Plus downloads. According to the studio, the figure doubles the lifetime downloads of Supersonic Acrobatic …
Read More »No Man’s Sky studio considering Oculus Rift, Project Morpheus support
No Man’s Sky may support virtually reality headsets, according to Hello Games founder Sean Murray. Games Radarreports on an interview with Murray in the upcoming issue of Edge, in which he name-drops Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus VR headsets. I don’t know what I’m allowed to say. It’s something we’re …
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