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‘Xbox 720, PS4 Must Show A Dramatic Leap In Quality’

5:00PM February 4, 2012 | Steve Peterson

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Sony Is Bleeding Money (Again)

6:30PM February 2, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Today, Sony announced its recent financials, and the Tokyo-based electronics giant is hemorrhaging money. More »


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Capcom Losing Buckets Of Money

6:09PM February 2, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

It’s the hottest trend of 2012: Japanese publishers losing money hand over fist. Latest to join in is Capcom, whose sales are down 29 percent and whose operating income is down a whopping 47.2 per cent. [Capcom]


News

Report: THQ REALLY In Trouble

6:00AM February 2, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Looks like things are going from bad to really bad to awful for publisher THQ, with an industry analyst reporting — not speculating, but straight-out reporting — that the company is about to sack over 170 employees. More »


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‘PlayStation Is The Most Powerful Game Brand In The World’

4:50PM January 28, 2012 | Steve Peterson

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‘PlayStation 4 Must Look Beyond Games’

4:30PM January 21, 2012 | Steve Peterson

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‘Xbox 360 Exclusives Are Becoming Fewer’

6:00PM January 14, 2012 | Steve Peterson

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Nintendo

Just Dance Franchise Has Sold 25 Million Copies?

7:00AM January 14, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Go ahead, smirk just like you do when you pass a display of Ubisoft’s dancing franchise games at Target or Kmart. With 25 million copies sold across six titles, odds are you secretly own a copy of Just Dance yourself. More »


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‘Nintendo Must Stop Living In The Past’

5:00PM January 7, 2012 | Steve Peterson

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Nintendo

Nintendo Doesn’t Let WiiWare Self-Publishers Reveal Sales Figures

6:00PM January 6, 2012 | Owen Good

The independent publisher Icon Games Entertainment, a week ago, looked back on 2011 and counted up how many copies it had sold of games such as Bashi Blocks (pictured above) and Arcade Air Hockey. Icon’s Richard Hill-Whittall found that he’d sold 255,763 copies of games in all, a pleasant surprise given he figured they’d only moved around 100,000 copies. He published his sales figures, broken down by platform. More »