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Activision Blizzard has reported its financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal 2012. The company’s total net revenue was $1.17bn for the period ending on March 31, 2012; a 23 per cent drop over the same period in 2011 ($1.44bn). Net income was down year over year as …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD hits next month
A release window for upcoming title Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD has been revealed by none other than Tony Hawk. Hawk announced on Twitter that the downloadable revamp to the skating franchise will be out sometime in June on XBLA and PSN. The soundtrack with contain music from the first …
Read More »Company of Heroes 2 officially announced
THQ has officially announced Company of Heroes 2, confirming that Relic Entertainment is actively working on the warfare strategy sequel. The PC title was revealed a few days ago by a leaked cover from an upcoming issue of PC Gamer. Relic will utilize their own Essence 3.0 engine to develop …
Read More »Alan Wake’s American Nightmare PC arrives this month
Remedy has revealed a PC version of its previously XBLA-exclusive title Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is hitting digital fronts this month. A product page popped up this morning for the title on Steam, and Remedy has since confirmed with Joystiq that the title will arrive on May 22nd via Steam …
Read More »Portal 2 hits 4 million units sold, map editor DLC released
Portal 2 has sold over 4 million units since its launch, Valve has revealed. The company shared the figure for their first-person puzzler sequel during an interview with NeoGamr regarding the game’s map editor DLC. Speaking of which, that very same DLC has been made freely available for owners of …
Read More »Sony to stream E3 press conference
Sony has announced it will stream its press conference at E3 2012 next month. The company has launched a site with a countdown clock to tune into during the event, which is set to start Monday, June 4th at 6 PM PT. Microsoft previously announced their conference would be streamed …
Read More »Google Play reaches 15 billion downloads
Google’s Android marketplace has surpassed 15bn app downloads since its launch in October of 2008. A company spokesperson told TechCrunch that the figure was passed for the newly-branded Google Play Store ‘a few weeks ago.’ TechCrunch proposed that Google tabs around 1bn app downloads per month, while Apple still leads …
Read More »Rumour: Retailer leaks Wii U third-party titles
Images snapped supposedly from Blockbuster UK have surfaced showing what appears to be a third-party title list for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console. Go Nintendo (via Shacknews) reports the list includes several games currently slated for PS3 and Xbox 360, such as Metro: Last Light and Aliens: Colonial Marines. It’s …
Read More »EA investing $80 million in next-gen development over next year
Another intriguing piece of news to come out of today’s fiscal report from EA is its interest in spending on next-gen development over the next year. The company is putting up $80m for development of ‘Gen4 console systems’ games during their fiscal 2013. The publishing giant’s investment could indicate next-generation …
Read More »EA’s Origin boasts 11 million members, $150 million earned
Along with many other tidbits in today’s EA Q4 report are some new figures regarding the publisher’s digital distribution service Origin. The service currently carries 11m registered members and has generated $150m in revenue (non-GAAP) during the fiscal year from March 31st, 2011 to April 1st, 2012. Additionally, EA’s cross-platform …
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