BioShock: Infinite has sold more than 3.7 million copies to date, Take-Two Interactive has revealed. The critically acclaimed FPS launched for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on March 26th worldwide. The game’s ending has been highly debated throughout the internet. Each outlet…
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BioShock: Infinite Sales Tops 3.7 Million
Tagged with: bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, first-person shooter, game, games, Irrational Games, Personal computer, Take-Two Interactive, video game, Xbox, xbox 360
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Jean-François Boivin Also Fired From Ubisoft
Jean-François Boivin has reportedly also been fired from Ubisoft alongside Patrice Désilets. Both of these men worked on Assassin’s Creed in the past. A reason as to why has not been made public and probably never will. However, it has been stated Désilets…
Tagged with: ubisoft, creed, Assassin's Creed, THQ, Montreal, Ubisoft Montreal, Patrice Desilets, Good faith, Jean-François Boivin
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No Star Wars Game in 2013, BioWare Preparing Next-Gen Title for E3
EA has signed an exclusive, multi-year license for the Star Wars franchise with Disney. However, we won’t be seeing a new Star Wars game this fiscal year. This means we won’t see a new game until March 31st, 2014 at the…
Tagged with: Battlefield 4, Bioware, disney, E3, EA, electronic arts, Frank Gibeau, LucasArts, star wars, Star Wars computer and video games, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Walt Disney Company
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SimCity Sold 1.6 Million Since Launch
SimCity has accumulated 1.6 million sales since launch. Two weeks after the game launched it sold 1.1 million. Since the fiscal quarter closed at the end of March, the sales have been gathered together. More than half of these were from…
Tagged with: EA, electronic arts, Fiscal year, Frank Gibeau, games, Maxis, SimCity, Sims, Simulation, video game, Will Wright
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Patrice Désilets Kicked Out From Ubisoft
Patrice Désilets has left Ubisoft. He joined Ubisoft in March, but has ultimately been terminated from the game. Game Informer stated that Ubisoft gave this statement (before Patrice’s statement): The acquisition of THQ Montréal in January allowed Ubisoft to welcome…
Tagged with: ubisoft, games, game informer, THQ, Montreal, Ubisoft Montreal, Patrice Desilets, Patrice, Good faith
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Acttil Formed by Previous NIS America Employees
Former NIS America employees have decided to form a new publisher named, Acttil. The new independent game and digital contents publisher is based in Los Angeles, California.
Tagged with: Acttil, E-book, eBook, game, games, Independent video game development, indie game, Jack Niida, Los Angeles, Nippon Ichi, nis america
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XSEED Games Purchases Atlus Online, New Publisher Formed Under Marvelous USA Name
XSEED Games has announced they’ve purchased Atlus Online. The two companies will be formed under a new roof. Marvelous USA which was previously XSEED JKS, Inc., will be publishing on PC, console, and handheld platforms. Atlus Online will be operating under the Marvelous Online…
Tagged with: atlus, Atlus Online, games, Inc, Ken Berry, Marvelous Online, Marvelous USA, Mobile game, Online game, Shinichi Suzuki, United States, XSEED Games, XSEED JKS
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Posted in Business / Industry, Games, News
EA Signs Deal With Disney to Develop and Publish Star Wars Games
EA has announced they’ve signed a “multi-year exclusive licensing agreement with Disney to develop and publish new Star Wars games.” Disney will still retain some rights, such as games developed for releases to mobile, social, tablet and online platforms. EA will…
Tagged with: Bioware, disney, Disney Interactive, EA, electronic arts, Frank Gibeau, games, John Pleasants, License, star wars, Star Wars computer and video games, Video game developer, Video game genres, Walt Disney Company
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Google Appoints Chief Game Designer
Apparently Google has appointed a chief game designer. The man, Noah Falstein, confirmed the news to Gamasutra. That being said, the exact reason was not stated. Google isn’t exactly in the business of creating games (unless you count the ‘games’ found in…
Tagged with: 3DO, DreamWorks, EA Los Angeles, Falstein, Gamasutra, game design, games, google, Google logo, LinkedIn, LucasArts, Noah Falstein
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Posted in Business / Industry, Games, News
Gearbox Defends Aliens: Colonial Marines Against Lawsuit
Gearbox has issued a statement regarding the class action lawsuit for Aliens: Colonial Marines that hit both the studio and Sega. “Attempting to wring a class action lawsuit out of a demonstration is beyond meritless. We continue to support the game,…
Tagged with: alien colonial marine, Aliens: Colonial Marines, California, Class action, Colonial Marine, Frivolous litigation, games, Gearbox, Kotaku, Law, lawsuit, Sega
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