Format: Xbox 360, PS3 (version tested)
Release: Out now (US), October 22 (UK)
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Platinum Games
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Assassin’s Creed creator is slated to join THQ’s Canada studio to develop an “all new franchise”.
US-based publisher and developer THQ has today announced its plans for ex-Ubisoft designer Patrice Désilets to head up a new development team at its Montreal studio next year.
Professor Layton/Phoenix Wright crossover one of many games previewed at the developer’s annual event in Japan.
Developer Level-5 held its yearly preview event, Vision, in Tokyo today, where new titles for Nintendo's 3DS were revealed. The event was translated by Andriasang.
Ex-Disney CEO ventures into Facebook social games with six-figure investment.
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner is backing LA-based social and mobile games developer Diversion’s first title, FameTown.
TechCrunch reported yesterday that Eisner’s firm Tornante invested $300,000 seed money in the developer, which was set up earlier this year.
On paper, it sounds like business suicide. Offer up the core of your gameworld and a wealth of its content for free, to anyone willing to give it a taste test. Its roots are in the ’90s, an extension of the razor blades business model, emerging in gaming from the need to combat piracy in certain territories. It found its way into the west most memorably in Jagex’s RuneScape, an MMORPG that launched, completely free for registrants, in 2001. Free-to-play is a draw for one big reason: the numbers add up.
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Quarterly revenue driven by surge of iPhone sales.
Yesterday Apple announced the results for its fourth fiscal quarter this year, ending the week of September 25.
The US-based company says it achieved record revenue of $20.34 billion for the quarter, with net profit of $4.31 billion. This is an improvement on the same quarter last year, in which Apple achieved $12.21 billion revenue and $2.53 billion net profit.
Research firm predicts that international tablet sales will reach 19.5 million this year.
A study by US-based IT research company Gartner suggests that sales of media tablets – such as Apple’s iPad – will reach 19.5 million this year, with North America accounting for 61 per cent of those sales.
Highlights from our community-written blogs, including praise for Halo and a plea for more games that feature local multiplayer.
Having missed the first two games, Savagehenry cut his teeth on Halo 3 and was surprised to find so much depth waiting beneath its FPS exterior. Now that the dust has settled post-Reach, the dyed-in-the-wool PC gamer talks us through exactly how Bungie's series won him over.
Launch-day games and extent of marketing blitz revealed.
Microsoft has allegedly invested around $500 million to market Kinect, due to launch in the US on November 4 and the UK and Europe on November 10, according to the New York Post.
Developer Rovio’s free model proves a success with Android users.
The Finland-based developer of smartphone game Angry Birds has announced via Twitter that it has been downloaded more than 2 million times since it was launched for Google’s mobile operating system, Android, on October 15.
To date Angry Birds is believed to have sold around 7 million copies for Apple’s iOS, where the title sells for $0.99/£0.59.
President of Valve Gabe Newell says its games download service is on track for its biggest year.
US developer Valve has announced that its worldwide digital distribution network for PC and Mac, Steam, now has over 30 million active accounts.
In a statement issued today, the developer and publisher says, “During the past 12 months the platform had year-over-year new user growth of 178 per cent”.
The company also says that sales during the past 12 months have increased by 200 per cent on the previous year.
Troubled Australian developer believed to have laid-off remaining staff.
Krome Studios let go of its remaining employees on October 15, according to IGN. It is believed temporary staff may be brought in to complete any existing projects.
The closure comes after a turbulent couple of years for the developer behind Xbox Live’s classic arcade game hub Game Room and the recently released downloadable title Blade Kitten.
Developer accuses programmers of multiple acts of copyright infringement causing “immediate, massive and irreparable" harm.
StarCraft II developer Blizzard filed a lawsuit last week in the Los Angeles US District Court against three individuals accused of engineering and selling hacks for the real-time strategy game. The hacks are believed to affect the online multiplayer portion of the title.
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Capcom’s first mobile game in the series crosses milestone in Japan with “unprecedented speed”.
Today Capcom has announced that Monhan Diary Mobile Felyne Village – a Monster Hunter spin-off exclusive to DeNA’s Mobage Town service – has passed one million active users.
FarmVille believed to be transmitting information to third parties along with Critter Island, which was temporarily suspended.
The Wall Street Journal has revealed that some of the leading apps on Facebook have been leaking user information, including names and friends’ names, to advertising and internet tracking companies.
Firstperson shooter knocks fellow EA game, FIFA 11, off the top spot.
Medal Of Honor has made its debut at the top of the UK multi-platform software chart.
The week ending October 16 also saw a strong showing for Ubisoft’s Wii title Just Dance 2. Nintendo’s Wii Party climbed six places to number four.
Halo: Reach fell three places while Konami’s Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow dropped four.
01. Medal Of Honor (EA)
Format: PS3, Wii, iPhone, Xbox 360 (version tested)
Release: Out now
Publisher: Sega
Developer: DIMPS
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Format: PS3, Wii, iPhone, Xbox 360 (version tested)
Release: Out now
Publisher: Sega
Developer: DIMPS
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Developer Spry Fox sees Amazon’s device as a platform on the verge of “early glory”.
Independent game studio Spry Fox has released Triple Town for Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader in the US. It is the first game released by an independent studio on the platform.
Pirates Of The Caribbean title cancelled as owner Disney re-shapes its Vancouver studio.
Disney Interactive Studios has restructured its Propaganda Games studio, combining its two development teams into one.
As a result of the changes Propaganda’s Pirates Of The Caribbean: Armada Of The Damned, due for release next year, has been cancelled.
Analytics firm says in-app micro-transactions have eclipsed advertising sales on Apple's platform.
According to smartphone application analytics and monetisation platform, Flurry, the revenue from sales of virtual goods in social networking and social gaming applications on Apple’s iOS operating system now exceeds that from advertising.
Ever since I can remember, I have loved using level editors. I got my start before I was even a teenager building Lode Runner levels on the VIC-20, by my mid-20s I was making levels in UnrealEd, and my first game industry job was as a level designer. The game level editor was at least as important to my personal creative development as was the word processor. I believe a good level editor can be as engaging and entertaining as a game itself and - when combined with a great game - has the potential to create a positive feedback loop between playing and creating.
Nintendo’s DS line holds first place in the Japanese hardware sales chart despite week-on-week declines.
The DS line of handhelds, comprised of DSi, DSi LL and DS Lite moved 50,038 units combined, in the week ending October 8, according to new chart information released today.
Sony’s PSP line, including PSP Go, managed 34,874 units combined. For individual models, the standard PSP system came in first place with 33,683 unit sales.