PSN to be renamed SEN
| Say goodbye to the Playstation Network, and get ready to embrace the Sony Entertainment Network. On February 8, 2012, Sony will be changing the name of our “beloved” PSN to the SEN, or … |
Take-Two profits shrink to $14.2m
| Rockstar and 2K parent Take-Two has reported a 65 per cent drop during its fiscal Q3 ending December 31st last year, which equates to $14.2m. The company generated sales of $236.3m during October, November … |
Origin attracts over 9 million customers
| Origin, EA’s rival to Valve’s download service, is gaining steam, if you will. The service has grown to “more than 9.3 million consumers,” the publisher said during its financial briefing yesterday, revealing it’s generated … |
EA further confirms GAME woes
| Yesterday, rumors popped up that Game Group, a major UK retailer behind both GAME and Gamestation outlets, was having trouble securing stock from publishers after a loss of credit insurance. We didn’t report … |
Alan Wake comes to Steam in two weeks
| Remedy’s Alan Wake is soon to get its long, long overdue arrival on PC. The action title will release on Steam two weeks from today, on February 16. Other services will get the … |
Skyrim Creation Kit and Workshop shown off
| Skyrim is an amazingly huge game, and it’s soon to get a bit bigger; at least for the PC gamers. Bethesda is soon to release the Skyrim Creation Kit, which contains the same … |
Latest Skyrim patch on Steam, consoles soon
| Bethesda has yanked Skyrim‘s 1.4 patch out of beta and has made it available on Steam, the developer announces on its blog. It’s a big one, too; catch the lengthy changelog here. The … |
Oklahoma instituting a violent videogame tax?
| An Oklahoma state representative is proposing a tax on violent videogames, with the money collected going to funds used to fight childhood obesity and bullying. According to the bill, it is “immediately necessary … |
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning — launch trailer
PopCap revenue up 30%
| EA’s 2011 acquisition of PopCap looks to be paying off already. During the company’s recent investor’s call, it was revealed that the casual games giant had increased its revenue by 30% year-over-year. “PopCap’s … |
See The Last of Us in (live) action
Syndicate — DART 6 infomercial
Crytek supporting new online gaming service
| GFACE. It’s not the most attractive name, but it could be a great new online gaming service. This new broswer-based app offers some unique features that raise an eyebrow. It has nice social … |
Bungie hands over Halo in March
| Though Bungie’s last Halo game was released over a year ago and we’ve since seen a remake at the hands of new developer 343 Industries, the original developer still isn’t completely detached from … |
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier — campaign trailer
THQ to let go 240, CEO takes pay cut
| It’s gone from bad to worse over at THQ; as part of its newly-announced restructuring efforts, the publisher will be letting go up to 240 “selling, general and administrative personnel.” Most of the cuts … |
Simpsons Arcade delayed on PSN
| Expected to launch on the EU PSN this week for PlayStation Plus members, Konami’s The Simpsons Arcade has suffered a slight delay. As the PlayStation Blog explained: ”Sadly, we are now unable to publish … |
Keeping those Mass Effect 3 saves wouldn’t be “a bad idea”
| Most Mass Effect fans are probably aware of the fact that BioWare is ending Shepard’s story with Mass Effect 3. That’s not to say the franchise will be done, though. Hints over the … |
Battlefield 3 sells 10+ million
| A quick numbers update for Battlefield 3; the DICE shooter has surpassed the 10 million sold mark, EA’s revealed in its fiscal Q3 2012 results. “We are pleased to report a strong holiday … |
EA actually says something nice about Call of Duty
| With the Battlefield 3 vs Modern Warfare 3 war cooling down (though still sparring off in the UK charts), it looks like the time has come for CEO John Riccitiello to actually say … |
The intensity of Kid Icarus
EA/Insomniac working on unannounced game
| According to French gaming site Hard Gamers, publisher giant EA and Resistance developer Insomniac might be working on something more than just multiplatform Overstrike. A trademark was apparently filed just recently, revealing Outernauts, … |
Warhammer MMO seeking financial help
| It looks like one of the biggest victims of THQ’s recent financial woes could be Dark Millennium Online, the Warhammer 40K MMO. During a recent investors call publisher CEO Brian Farrell admitted that THQ was … |
Sony CEO-to-be Kaz Hirai looking ahead and getting worried
| “Sony cannot continue walking on the same path” is something you would expect to hear from fans of games, TV, or electronics in general when looking at the company’s expected $2.9 billion loss … |
Editorial: Nintendo finally takes it to the next level?
| There was once a time where Nintendo was the be all and end all of video gaming. With legions of fans and a seemingly never ending stream of exclusive characters under its belt … |  |
Editorial: The Lives System – A dinosaur in the modern era
| In my younger years, when I was hopeful and bright-eyed (if you can believe that), I was fascinated with the idea of going to the arcade, on the few occasions I could. In … |  |
Atari “Dream Team” bringing the arcade to iOS
| Seamus Blackley, the man who assembled the original Xbox team, is bringing together a crack team of Atari pioneers to work on games for “the new arcade,” also known as iOS. He is … |
Deadly Premonition dev under Disney control
| Ignition Entertainment has been responsible for some truly odd games in the past few years. Not least among them are Deadly Premonition and El Shaddai. But now the company finds itself at the … |
