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Assassin’s Creed has now sold over 6.6m units in the UK, Ubisoft has told MCV. The publisher revealed the figures ahead of next month’s launch of the latest instalment in the franchise – Black Flag. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is the sixth entry in the series and Ubisoft is …
Read More »Total War: Rome II breaks franchise pre-order records
Rome II has become the most pre-ordered title in the Total War series to date, says publisher Sega. Pre-sales of the title have already grown to six times of that achieved by the series’ 2011 predecessor Total War: Shogun 2. As a result of this pre-launch success, Sega says its …
Read More »Nvidia GTX 790 tipped for 2013 release; GeForce 800 series out in Q1 2014?
AMD’s expected Q4 2013 assault on the graphics card market will not go unanswered, it seems. Videocardz.com reports that Nvidia is not only planning a big release of its own before Christmas, but that it is also fast-tracking the release of the GeForce 800 series cards to early next year. …
Read More »Id’s Rage franchise will return
2011 release Rage enjoyed mixed success both critically and commercially, but Id co-founder Tim Willits insists the series is set for a return. "I’m proud of what we did, I’m proud of the universe that we built. The franchise is not dead," Willits told Joystiq. "We’re not doing anything immediately …
Read More »Activision: Call of Duty is not in decline
Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg has hit back at critics that claim the Call of Duty series is past its peak. At a special event that revealed the next game in the series – Call of Duty Ghosts – Hirshberg praised the franchises’ development teams, describing the process of building a …
Read More »AMD reveals Radeon HD 8000 series
Graphics card manufacturer AMD has at last revealed the Radeon HD 8000 series of GPUs… but it’s likely not what many consumers were expecting. Gamers had been hoping for a new line of desktop cards to rival the upcoming GTX 700 series from Nvidia. Instead, the HD 8000 series is …
Read More »SyFy commissions Defiance for second series
Cross-media games and TV project Defiance will return for a second series. TV channel SyFy has already put pen to paper after the strong start enjoyed by the ongoing first series which broke records upon its recent debut. The second series will begin production in August 2014. "Bringing the rich …
Read More »Microsoft in for Heroes TV show revival on Xbox?
Reports claim that Microsoft is extending its plans for original programming on Xbox with a revival of TV series Heroes. TV Line reports that Microsoft is in talks with Heroes’ creators NBC to resurrect the show, the last episode of which was broadcast in February 2010. It is claimed that …
Read More »No Nvidia GTX 700 series graphics cards until 2014
The next generation of PC graphics cards from Nvidia doesn’t look set to arrive until 2014. The current 600 series debuted over a year ago, with the only recent refreshes being the powerhouse GTX Titan and the recent 660 re-spec the GTX 660Ti Boost. A GTX Titan LE is expected …
Read More »UPDATED: Dead Space 4 canned as EA axes series – report
Lower than expected sales of Dead Space 3 have forced EA to cancel the sequel and effectively axe the IP, a report claims. VideoGamer has word from an unspecified source that Dead Space 4 was already in pre-production at Visceral Games. However, sales of former UK No.1 Dead Space 3 …
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