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FIFA team “still worried” over potential PES comeback, says producer

FIFA 13 producer David Rutter has said the development team is always “worried” over a possible comeback from Pro Evolution Soccer by Konami. Pro Evo was FIFA’s dominent competitor in the early noughties, but strong performances in the past seven years has seen FIFA come back and overtake PES, which has been in a slump [...]

Published by Johnny Cullen on May 17th, 2012 at 07:05 am
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New Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Trailer Released

By Jeffrey Matulef Epic Mickey may have been a flawed game, but it was still one of the most interesting releases in the last few years, if only because Disney allowed Warren Spector and his team at Junction Point to play fast and loose with the empire’s canon. They redesigned Mickey into a new retro [...]

Published by MTV Video Games on May 16th, 2012 at 09:05 pm
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Exclusive: Lego Batman 2 renders poke at Arkham City

Rocksteady’s influence, it seems, has been felt all over the Warner land. WBIE’s given us a bunch of exclusive renders for Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, clearly taking its inspiration from the tone of Batman: Arkham City’s box-art. Given the Arkham City treatement are Bane, Lex Luthor, Green Lantern, Superman, Wonderwoman and, of course, [...]

Published by Johnny Cullen on May 16th, 2012 at 02:05 pm
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THQ sees net loss of $239.9 million, still in business

THQ saw a net revenue loss of $239.9 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, $100 million more than the previous fiscal year’s loss of $136.1 million.”We have made significant changes to our business, and are on track to execute our strategy of delivering quality connected core gaming experiences, beginning with the sequel [...]

Published by Jessica Conditt on May 15th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
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Ubisoft profits in 2012, ‘core gamers’ drive rise in sales

Ubisoft ended the 2012 financial year on the up, reporting a gross profit of €718 million ($917 million) and sales up 2.1 percent to €1 billion ($1.4 billion) year-over-year, according to its financial results for 2011-2012.Ubisoft ended fiscal 2011-12 with net income of €37.3 million ($47.6 million), up from a net loss of €52.1 million [...]

Published by Jessica Conditt on May 15th, 2012 at 07:05 pm
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Activision pays $42 million to Infinity Ward Employee Group

Activision has paid out $42 million to the “Infinity Ward Employee Group,” which sued Activision in 2010 seeking profits from Modern Warfare 2. A source speaking to Polygon said that the payment was not a settlement; rather, Activision’s discovery phase (for its own lawsuit against former Infinity Ward leads Jason West and Vince Zampella) found [...]

Published by JC Fletcher on May 15th, 2012 at 02:05 pm
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FIFA 13 to “capture the drama of real-world football”

EA’s fully lifted the veil off FIFA 13, promising this year’s iteration will bring the drama of real-life football into the game. FIFA 13 will feature Complete Dribbling, allowing players to face their opponent and use dribble with full 360 mobility control. 1st Touch Control will, according to EA, get rid of “near-perfect touch for [...]

Published by Johnny Cullen on May 15th, 2012 at 08:05 am
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Now Playing: May 14-20, 2012

Traverse the depths of Hell once again in Diablo 3… Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list: Continue reading Now Playing: May 14-20, 2012Now Playing: May 14-20, 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 May 2012 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments Read More…

Published by Steven Wong on May 14th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
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Famous one hit kills get mashed up

Ah, the one hit kill. As a rule, they’re fun to perform, but not so much fun when they’re performed on you. Nearly everyone sees both sides of the equation in this mash-up of famous one hit kills. Check it out and see who winds up on top.Famous one hit kills get mashed up originally [...]

Published by Richard Mitchell on May 14th, 2012 at 05:05 pm
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Mutliplayer Replay for Week of 5/12

Too lazy to hit that scroll wheel? Well, don’t fret; we wouldn’t want you to break a sweat. You can find the most exciting news, previews, and trailers from the past week in one convenient place. Check out your weekly dose of all things Multiplayer below! Get Stabby With Assassin’s Creed III’s Bloody New Trailer [...]

Published by Clint Mize on May 12th, 2012 at 06:05 pm
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SEGA posts decline in boxed product, shifting focus to digital offerings

SEGA has posted a decline in revenues and profit for full FY11 and cited a weak demand in the home console market as the main culprit for the the losses. The firm’s Consumer Business sector was the only part of the business to report a loss, with sales of gaming titles in the US and [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on May 12th, 2012 at 05:05 pm
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“If you’re going to create something, go above and beyond what’s gone before,” says Raymond

Ubisoft Toronto GM Jade Raymond has said the industry trend to copy games that sell millions of copies due to being risk adverse is disheartening. In her opinion, more companies should shy away from the status quo and shake the medium up a bit. Speaking in an interview with Eurogamer, Raymond said it “takes a [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on May 12th, 2012 at 02:05 pm
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Sega earnings down in fiscal 2011, Mario & Sonic sell 3 million

Sega’s earnings are down in the year ended March 31, 2012, which shouldn’t come as a surprise given the company’s recent extreme restructuring measures. Sega reported net sales of 395.5 billion yen ($5 billion), down 0.3 percent from 2011; net income dropped 47.4 percent to 21 billion yen.In the “consumer business” division (the one that [...]

Published by JC Fletcher on May 12th, 2012 at 02:05 am
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Videogame adaptation of Disney Pixar’s Brave receives trailer, gets dated

Disney Interactive Media Group has released a trailer for the videogame adaptation of the upcoming Disney Pixar animated feature Brave. Brave: The Video Game will release in North America on July 24, and will release in Europe three days later on July 27. The title will be available on PC, Mac, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii [...]

Published by Matt Williams on May 11th, 2012 at 06:05 am
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April NPD: Prototype 2 tops charts, industry-wide sales down 32 percent year-over-year

The results for April are in, and things are looking a little rough out there in consumer video-game electronics land. As a whole, the gaming industry (which for our purposes includes all hardware, software and accessories sales between April 1 and April 28, 2012) brought in $630.4 million, a 32 percent decrease over the same [...]

Published by Jordan Mallory on May 10th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
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Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth Coming This Fall to Kinect and Wii U

By Jeffrey Matulef If you thought it was odd that a major superhero movie was coming out without a videogame spinoff, wonder no more. Ubisoft Quebec have teamed up with Marvel Studios to bring us Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth. Scheduled for release this fall on the Kinect-enabled Xbox 360s and the Wii U, Battle [...]

Published by MTV Video Games on May 10th, 2012 at 07:05 pm
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Alien Hominid has been played 20 million times on Newgrounds

Before there was, uh, that other game called Alien Hominid (and Castle Crashers), there was the original Alien Hominid, a free browser run-and-gun game that debuted on Newgrounds. And that original game has now surpassed 20 million play sessions, The Behemoth has announced.The brain child of Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin, Alien Hominid was built [...]

Published by David Hinkle on May 9th, 2012 at 09:05 am
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Sniper Elite V2 shoots straight to top spot in UK

Sniper Elite V2 is naturally going to want a position at the top of Chart-Track’s UK charts… it’s the best vantage point. Thankfully, there wasn’t very much competition around, as evidenced by what is probably the shortest overview of last week’s sales activity by the stat tracking company in recent memory.The prior week’s top performer, [...]

Published by Alexander Sliwinski on May 8th, 2012 at 01:05 pm
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Now Playing: May 7-13, 2012

Build, fight, and conquer this week with Starhawk… Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list: Continue reading Now Playing: May 7-13, 2012Now Playing: May 7-13, 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 May 2012 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments Read More…

Published by Steven Wong on May 7th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
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La Mulana WiiWare shelving blamed on DLC, certification difficulties

Director Takumi Naramura has said the cancelled western WiiWare release of La Mulana came about because of differing territorial expectations and Nigoro’s insistence on getting extra content in. Speaking to IndieGames, Naramura revealed that the three-man team at Nigoro was responsible for interfacing with Nintendo of Japan, while Nicalis handled the certification negotitations of the [...]

Published by Brenna Hillier on May 7th, 2012 at 12:05 am
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