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Read More »Milestone talks Ride 2, the state of the racing genre and the studio’s future plans
The CEO of developer Milestone, Luisa Bixio, talks to MCV about the Ride series’ performance so far, what the current racing market looks like and the studio’s growth How would you assess the performance of the original Ride? The game did well commercially. As with every new IP we faced …
Read More »Psychonauts 2 Fig campaign brings in nearly $2m over weekend
It’s taken Double Fine just a weekend’s time to amass nearly $2m for Pyschonauts 2 crowdfunding campaign on Fig. The project hit the $1m milestone less than a day afterit was announced at The Game Awards last week, and has added over $800,000 more since. At time of writing, the …
Read More »Lara Croft: Relic Run surpasses 10m downloads
Free-to-play mobile release Lara Croft: Relic Run has exceeded 10m downloads, Square Enix has announced. The company revealed the milestone was reached across Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms – and less than six months out from its launch back in May. Square Enix is celebrating with a new content …
Read More »Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo now coming out in January
The brand new rally IP from Milan-based Milestone is now set for a January release. This was announced via the game’s official site. The title was originally slated for an October launch, but was pushed back to early 2016, with developer Milestone saying that this was in the interest of …
Read More »GTA V, Rocket League among 2015 Steam releases exceeding 1m sales
Six Steam games released in 2015 have sold over 1m copies, while another six have exceeded the 500,000 sales mark. Based onSteam Spy’snumbers, Grand Theft Auto V for PC, Rocket League for PC, Ark: Survival Evolved, H1Z1, Cities: Skylines and Besiege have each sold in excess of 1m units on …
Read More »Windows 10 now operating on 75m devices
Windows 10 has been installed on over 75m devices, Microsoft has announced. The figure is spread across 90,000 unique PC and tablet models,” along with 192 countries around the world, according to Microsoft’s blog. The post adds that more than 122 years of gameplay has been streamed from Xbox One …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIV surpasses 5m registered users
Final Fantasy XIV currently boasts more than 5m registered accounts worldwide, according to Square Enix. The milestone has been reached in just two years out from the re-release’s launch, following theshutdown of the original FFXIVin 2012. Square Enix notes that the number excludes those playing via an introductory free trial. …
Read More »Dying Light hits 5m copies sold
Dying Light has sold 5m units since its launch in January, developer Techland has announced. Producer Tymon Smektala revealed the milestone In an interview with VideoGamer during gamescom last week. "To be honest, I think even we are a little surprised by the scope of our success," Smektala said. "We …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V ships 54m copies
Take-Two has announced its quarterly financial results, revealing that Grand Theft Auto V has shipped more than 54m units life-to-date. The firm’s results from the previous quarter indicate that GTA V sold over 2m units during the three month period ending on June 30th. Total revenue for Rockstar and 2K’s …
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