Activision Successfully Adds EA To Countersuit, Email Suggests MW2 Map Pack Delayed For Bad Company 2 Launch
Late last month Activision filed a motion to amend its countersuit against Vince Zampella and Jason West; specifically, it sought to include Electronic Arts as a cross-defendant after discovering that its largest competitor had schemed to “inflict serious harm on the company.” One redacted section in paragraph 62 of the counterclaim prefaced the email, writing, [...]
Activision Recommends Bizarre Studio Closure
Bizarre Creations’ chances of being bought by another company were shattered today, as Activision issued to the group a recommendation for studio closure. Bizarre Creations is well known for the Project Gotham Racing series, The Club and the recent James Bond 007: Bloodstone. Read more here.
Bilson: “It Would Be Horrible” If New Hardware Came Out Right Now
THQ core boss Danny Bilson has told Eurogamer “it would be horrible” if new hardware appeared now. “It would be horrible. But I think they all know our model’s broken anyway,” he said, speaking at the publisher’s New York event last week. “It still costs us a fortune to make games on this platform. If [...]
Homefront Developers Enter ‘Crunch’, Employees Working Seven Day Weeks
Providing a frank insight in to the pressures of game development, a beleaguered employee from Kaos Studios has spoken out about the studio’s intense efforts to get Homefront finished on time. He reveals that employees had been working a ten hour daily schedule for six months and are now embarking on “7 day a week [...]
Epic Mickey Sells 1.3 Million, Gran Turismo Hits 1.14 Million In 2010
The Wii-exclusive platformer Epic Mickey has sold 1.3 million units in North America during 2010. PS3-exclusive Gran Turismo 5 sold 1.14 million units in North America during 2010. Read more about it here.
Xbox 360 Is Now Selling Better Than The PS2 Did
The PS2 has always been the darling of the industry with sales now well over 100 million and it still selling well across the globe, especially in the emerging economies. However VGChartz has been crunching some numbers and has come up with a surprising situation, the Xbox 360 is selling far better now than the [...]
Crytek Wants To Make iPhone/iPad Games
A recent job listing reveals that Crytek wants to move into the iPhone/iPad gaming market. The job listing requires an individual who has experience “designing and developing complex, integrated iPhone and iPad applications.” Read more here.
Analyst: Kinect Outsold Move By 5 To 1 In December 2010
Gaming analyst Michael Pachter has said that Kinect bundles have outsold Move bundles by 5 to 1 during December 2010. You can read more here.
Three More “Key Members” Heading To THQ Montreal From Ubisoft
As you may have known by now, Patrice Désilets, the ex-creative director of Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, who left Ubisoft for a “creative break from the industry” in last year’s June and later joined as the head of THQ’s new studio at Montreal in October, has requested three more [...]
World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Sells 4.7M Copies, “Fastest Selling PC Game Of All Time”
It’s more of a ritual for Blizzard. With every expansion of World of Warcraft, they go out and beat PC sales records. Blizzard has announced that Cataclysm has sold over 4.7 million copies around the world in one month, making it “the fastest selling PC game of all time”. Previous World of Warcraft expansion Wrath [...]
Lord Of The Rings Online Revenue “Tripled” After MMO Goes Free-To-Play
Lord of the Rings online MMO developer Turbine has said that revenue from the game has “tripled” after the game went free-to-play since September 2010. In addition, the MMO gained over one million new subscribers and saw an increase of 20% return of former users. “Free” is the new money these days with MMOs.
Sony: 60 Million Users On PlayStation Network
Sony CEO Howard Stringer has said at CES that the PlayStation Network has 60 million registered users. However, he did not mention how many of those accounts are active. For comparison’s sake, Xbox Live has around 25 million users, half of which are Xbox Live Gold subscribers. via Gamasutra
Microsoft: Kinect Sells 8 Million Units In First 60 Days
Microsoft has announced at this year’s CES that Kinect has sold 8 million units in its first 60 days. Awesome we say, bring on the controller free future. Microsoft previously estimated that Kinect would sell 5 million units by the end of 2010. Kinect went on to sell 1 million units in its first 10 [...]
Valve Loves PC Gaming, “Center Of Innovation Of Everything”
When it comes to PC gaming, Valve has lots of love for the platform. Valve boss Gabe Newell has said that the PC platform is “the centre of innovation of everything”. Speaking to Develop, Newell has said that he is “tremendously excited about the future of PC gaming”. “We see [the PC] as the centre [...]
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