Although Sony recorded a swing to profits during the last fiscal year — its first profit in five years — the company’s PlayStation business wasn’t so healthy, with a significant drop in operating income. …
Sony’s first profit in five years, no thanks to PlayStation
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Sony’s first profits in five years, no thanks to PlayStation
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Although Sony recorded a swing to profits during the last fiscal year — its first profits in five years — the company’s PlayStation business wasn’t so healthy, with a significant drop in operating income. …
Guild Wars 2 gets a retro 2D platformer, thanks to an April Fools’ joke
April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
ArenaNet, the developer behind Guild Wars 2, has released a 2D platformer called Rytlock’s Critter Rampage, available to play for free in your browser.
The game’s derived from an ’80s-style commercial the company made as an April Fools’ joke earlier this month. The commercial itself was for a 3D platformer called Super Adventure Box, which ArenaNet also created for real inside its popular MMO.
ArenaNet says Rytlock’s Critter Rampage was going to be cobbled together from a few sprites for the sake of the joke, but cinematic artist Delly Sartika had wanted to build a retro platformer and did the whole thing in about three weeks.
Guild Wars 2 gets a retro 2D platformer, thanks to an April Fools’ joke originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Thanks to crowdfunding, Chris Roberts has more bosses than ever
March 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
“The way I look at it is I know I’ll never make all the people happy all the time – it’s impossible. So I just use the feedback as a barometer.” -Chris Roberts learns to deal with the thousands of backers behind Star Citizen. …
Take-Two sales higher than expected thanks to NBA, XCOM
February 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Thanks in part to 4.5 million copies sold worldwide of the latest in its basketball series, publisher Take-Two was able to beat Wall Street expectations by reporting $ 415.8 million in income for its December quarter. …
Kabam had a great 2012, thanks to its mobile focus
January 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Social games giant Kabam made more than $ 180 million in gross revenue during 2012, the company has revealed — up 70 percent compared to the previous year. …
Christmas 2013 looks good for the 3DS, thanks to Pokemon X and Y
January 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Nintendo today revealed the next generation of titles in the Pokemon series, with a pair of games for Nintendo 3DS due for release later this year — Pokemon X and Y. …
Football Manager 2013 better thanks to anti-piracy measures
November 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Sports Interactive, developers of the Football Manager series of soccer management simulation games, added “17 or 18″ people to the team this year. Studio head Miles Jacobson credited the development team’s growth and the heightened expectations for Football Manager 2013 to its anti-piracy measures, in an interview with MCV.
“With the measures that we used last year, the game wasn’t pirated for two weeks. The extra sales that we got in that time has helped us to get the new members of staff this year,” Jacobson said. He added that Football Manager 2013‘s new anti-piracy system had yet to be cracked.
“If we can hold another, three, four weeks, as long as we can really, it will benefit the retailers and ourselves and ultimately, the consumer as well. If we do much better this year, we’ll be investing that back into the studio, take on more people to be able to do more features,” he said.
Football Manager 2013 better thanks to anti-piracy measures originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Live broadcasting coming to Origin, thanks to Twitch partnership
November 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Newsbrief: Electronic Arts will soon update its Origin online game service, adding the ability for users to live-stream whatever they’re playing with minimal fuss, and allowing for non-Origin games to be added to your library. Popular video streaming service Twitch has been integrated into Origin, and users will be able to simply click a video broadcast button on the Origin overlap while playing a game to start up a live broadcast on the Twitch website. …
10 years on the Battlefield and 2 million plus Premium members, DICE thanks you with free download of Battlefield 1942
November 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It has been 10 years since the release of Battlefield 1942, the PC game that kick started the Battlefield franchise. Its release heralded a new movement in online multiplayer action that quickly become popular, emphasizing large maps and cooperative play rather than the single-player campaigns offered by the Medal of Honor series and the soon-to-be released Call of Duty. So to celebrate, DICE and EA are offering Battlefield 1942 for free to Origin users. And if you aren’t an Origin member, all you need to do is sign-up. You can grab it on the Origins demo page.
DICE is also celebrating the Battlefield 3 Premium membership in surpassing 2 million users worldwide since its June 2012 debut. For those interested, it’s a one time fee of $ 49.99 that allows you access to new content for Battlefield 3, which includes new weapons, new maps, new vehicles and more. A new expansion that Premium members will be able to get their hands on soon is Battlefield 3: Aftermath, set in post-earthquake Iran where a new crossbow weapon and modified troop and civilian vehicles to deliver deadly force will be available. The new DLC will be available for Premium PlayStation 3 members on November 27th, while Xbox 360 and PC Premium members will have to wait until December 4th. Those PlayStation 3 Battlefield 3 players not enrolled in the Premium service can expect Aftermath to be available December 11th, whereas non-Premium Xbox 360 and PC players must wait until December 18th.