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It’s over two years since Bethesda’s path into the MMO sector began to take shape, but with no imminent sign of activity on the horizon MCV asked global VP or marketing Pete Hines when exactly the first fruits of its ambitions will be revealed. It was something we felt like …
Read More »New studio forms from Phantagram
Group headed up by former Ninety Nine Knights project lead
Read More »Whats on the way from THQ
Following a year of stabilisation, publisher THQ has outlined the games that it hopes will drive growth for the company over the next two years. In the next financial year ending March 31st 2011 the firm will release a brand new addition to the Red Faction franchise. The last game …
Read More »Warner Bros buys Turbine
Warner Bros. has acquired indie MMO developer Turbine in what is reported to be a $160 million deal. Turbine – the Massachusetts-based studio responsible for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online – is now fully owned by Warner following sixteen years of independence. Warner Bros.’ latest …
Read More »Jagex returns to Apple with Star Cannon
New shmup the first of more iPhone titles from Runescape studio
Read More »‘Free’ Runescape earns Jagex £38m
Free-to-play MMO Runescape earned its developer-publisher Jagex over 38 million in revenues in the 12 months leading up to March 2009. That’s a profit of 18 million, according to records held at Companies House. The figures were unearthed by Games Brief, and go some way to showing that free-to-play models …
Read More »Free MMO Runescape makes £38m in a year
Profit of £18 million for the leading UK group
Read More »Brits spend £195m on MMOs
UK players of massively multiplayer online games spent 195m on them last year, a report has found. The Today’s Gamers MMO Focus Report also revealed that there are over four million MMO players in Britain, and that UK gamers spent more than any other European country on the genre last …
Read More »BioWare rules out Xbox SWTOR
Acclaimed RPG developer BioWare has moved to scupper any lingering hopes that in-the-works MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is also lining up a secret arrival on Xbox 360. Talk of said SKU emerged yesterday after an Xbox 360 version of the title appeared on a leaked GAME release schedule. …
Read More »Old Republic heading to Xbox 360?
BioWare’s MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is being lined up for a release on Xbox 360 – that’s the claim of VG247, which reports to have obtained a GAME release schedule detailing a host of unreleased announcements. The information points to a 2011 TBC release for the as-of-yet unannounced …
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