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Atari’s revenues dropped from €92.5m (77.7m) to €41m (34.4m) year-on-year during the nine months ending December 31st. Despite the 55.7 per cent dip in overall revenues, Atari’s online business grew 493.5 per cent during the fiscal period. €18.4m (15.4m) was generated in this area compared to €3.1m (2.6m) the year …
Read More »Bungie working on Destiny MMO FPS?
Bungie’s next project is believed to be a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter named Destiny. The nature of its new game universe – which will be published by Activision – was reportedly outed by a source claiming to be an ex-Bungie employee, according to Kotaku. Destiny – allegedly codenamed Tiger” …
Read More »100,000 sign up for APB Reloaded
More than 100,000 people have registered to take part in the beta of APB Reloaded. The figure was revealed by developer Reloaded Productions’ boss Bjorn Book-Larsson on the game’s official blog, who added that this has topped his team’s original expectations. The studio is aiming to launch the closed beta …
Read More »45% of DC Universe players use PS3
Despite the fact that most gamers play MMOs on a PC, almost half of all DC Universe Online owners play it on a PS3. The Sony MMO – which hit shelves last month – is available on both PC and PS3. And 45 per cent of users play it on …
Read More »Kung Fu MMO heads to European market
Chinese giant ChangYou is bringing its hit Kung Fu MMO to the UK and Europe.Digital distributor TripleACodes will help to distribute ChangYou’s free-to-play game Tian Long Ba Bu in several territories around the world, including Eastern Europe. ChangYou is proud to be able to announce its partnership with one of the most recognisable …
Read More »Xbox 360 gets exclusive zombie MMO
Jeff Strain, the co-creator of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, is working on a brand new zombie-themed "online world game" exclusively for Xbox 360. Called Class3, it is being developed by Strain’s Undead Labs and will be published by Microsoft. As might be expected for a zombie title, players are cast …
Read More »Old Republic rumoured for September
Long-awaited MMO Star Wars: Old Republic will be released worldwide this September, development sources have told MCV. The date is later than many had predicted, with EA CEO John Riccitiello himself suggesting a year ago that a spring 2011 release was likely. The game has been in development for over …
Read More »Sony: Gamers want HD console MMOs
Gamers want to play MMOs on high-definition consoles, Sony research has found. The platform holder made its claim ahead of the release of DC Universe Online, which debuted at No.10 in the GfK All Formats Charts this week. MMO gaming has traditionally been the domain of PC, with games such …
Read More »DC Universe signals new start for console MMO
Today marks the UK release of what many hope will be the turning point in the MMO genre’s stuttering fortunes on consoles – Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online. To date the only MMO titles to launch on current-gen machines are Square Enix’ Final Fantasy XI and Sega’s Phantasy Star …
Read More »Trion Worlds establishes UK office
US developer and publisher Trion Worlds has kicked off 2011 with the opening of a UK office. The MMO specialist’s new European headquarters will serve as a base of operations for ongoing global expansion as it bring its products to the UK. The studio has cherry-picked key trade execs for …
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