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Square Enix, DeNA Team Up For Japanese Final Fantasy Social Game
Square Enix, DeNA Team Up For Japanese Final Fantasy Social Game
Square Enix and Japanese mobile social gaming company DeNA are teaming up to create the first social game based on the popular Final Fantasy series, with in-game rewards for players of the PSP release Type-0.
Oct. 27, 2011
Appeals Court Denies Bethesda Injunction In Fallout MMO Case
Appeals Court Denies Bethesda Injunction In Fallout MMO Case
Interplay can continue work on its long-planned Fallout MMO project now that a judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied an injunction requested by rights-holder Bethesda.
Oct. 27, 2011
Indie Royale Download Bundle Launches With Unique Pricing Model
Indie Royale Download Bundle Launches With Unique Pricing Model
Newly launched web site Indie Royale bundles four downloadable indie games every two weeks using a unique pricing system that changes as more people purchase the games.
Oct. 27, 2011
EA's Origin Service To Host Third-Party Games In November
EA's Origin Service To Host Third-Party Games In November
Electronic Arts' recently launched digital distribution platform Origin will soon offer PC titles from outside publishers including Warner Bros. Interactive, THQ and Capcom, the company announced today.
Oct. 27, 2011
Sony Offers North American Vita One Week Early For Bundle Pre-orders
Sony Offers North American Vita One Week Early For Bundle Pre-orders
North American customers who purchase a PlayStation Vita bundle, including launch title Little Deviants, will be able to play the system a week before the official February 22 release date.
Oct. 27, 2011
Sony Buys Out Xperia Play Partner Sony Ericsson
Sony Buys Out Xperia Play Partner Sony Ericsson
Sony will buy out mobile phone venture partner Ericsson's 50 percent stake for 1.05 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in cash, Sony said Thursday, bringing the Xperia Play mobile gaming platform in-house.
Oct. 27, 2011
Nintendo 3DS Sales Hit 6.68M
Nintendo 3DS Sales Hit 6.68M
Hardware sales for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console hit 6.68 million units worldwide, company results revealed Thursday, as hardware sales "are improving" after a drastic August price cut.
Oct. 27, 2011
Nintendo Projects First Ever Annual Loss, Misses Half-Year Forecasts
Nintendo Projects First Ever Annual Loss, Misses Half-Year Forecasts
Nintendo on Thursday forecast a 20 billion yen ($264 million) loss for the full fiscal year, as "weaker-than-expected" 3DS software sales led the company to miss sales and profits forecasts for the half-year.
Oct. 27, 2011
Opinion: Evil Or Not Evil - That's Not The Question For Free-To-Play
Opinion: Evil Or Not Evil - That's Not The Question For Free-To-Play
Responding to condemnations against exploitative "freemium" games, Gamasutra contributor Nicholas Lovell argues that free-to-play is here to stay, and that we should focus on improving the business model.
Oct. 27, 2011
New iPad App Allows For Coding, Prototyping Directly On The Tablet
New iPad App Allows For Coding, Prototyping Directly On The Tablet
Codify, a new Lua-based coding environment for the iPad, allows users to quickly prototype and run games and programs directly on the tablet, without the need to go through Apple's development tools.
Oct. 27, 2011
Major Game Mag Publisher Future Sees Executive Resignations
Major Game Mag Publisher Future Sees Executive Resignations
Edge and Nintendo Power publisher Future Plc has seen "substantial savings by eliminating an entire tier of corporate overhead," the company said on Thursday.
Oct. 27, 2011
EA Beats Projections And Analyst Estimates With Sports-Heavy Q2
EA Beats Projections And Analyst Estimates With Sports-Heavy Q2
EA beat projections with a $1.03 billion adjusted Q2, with FIFA 12 shipping 8 million units, Madden 12 3 million, and number two Facebook game The Sims Social now at 8M DAUs.
Oct. 27, 2011