Monthly Archives: May 2010
Wed, May 12, 2010 | 00:06 BST
Riccitiello: EA’s not in the used game business
It was revealed during EA’s financial call to investors this evening that over 70 percent of consumers who purchase titles from the company took advantage of the free DLC vouchers included in the package.
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Posted in: EA, Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade
Tags: ea financials, EA Q4 FY2010 financials, John Riccitiello, online pass, project ten dollar
Wed, May 12, 2010 | 06:43 BST
Get your TDU2 questions answered by Eden Games
Yachts and a return to Hawaii is all well and good, but what else would you like to know on Test Drive Unlimited 2? Step right up!
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Posted in: Hot, Namco Bandai, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: eden studios, LevelUp 2010, test drive unlimited 2
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 23:41 BST
EA Q4 FY2010 financials: We’re “bullish” on motion control tech
EA’s John Riccitiello said during the company’s financial call to investors tonight that it’s “bullish” on the new motion control tech from Sony and Microsoft.
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Posted in: EA, Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade
Tags: EA Q4 FY2010 financials, John Riccitiello, motion controls, Move, natal
Wed, May 12, 2010 | 05:08 BST
Riccitiello reiterates that EA wants to be the king of shooters
During EA’s quarterly call to investors, where it reported its Q4 and FY2010 earnings, CEO John Riccitiello reiterated that the company’s aiming to take over the shooter category.
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Posted in: Development, EA, Financials, Hot, PC, PS3, Retail, Shooter, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, dice, ea la, EA Q4 FY2010 financials, John Riccitiello, medal of honor
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 22:13 BST
EA Q4 FY2010 financials: No.1 publisher last year
EA CEO John Riccitiello has said that the company was the number one publisher on consoles and the US and Europe last year.
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Posted in: EA, Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade
Tags: EA Q4 FY2010 financials
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 23:59 BST
EA Q4 FY2010 financials: Key titles for FY2011, Dead Space 2 listed for PC
EA’s sent over a list of its “key titles” for FY2011, and it looks like there’s more confirmation of a new Dragon Age title.
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Posted in: Development, EA, Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade
Tags: EA Q4 FY2010 financials
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 23:47 BST
EA Q4 FY2010 financials: Five titles sold more than four million units
EA has announced that during its fiscal year, five titles have moved over four million units each, with BFBC2 moving over 5M to date.
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Posted in: EA, Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade
Tags: BFBC2, EA Q4 FY2010 financials
Wed, May 12, 2010 | 14:16 BST
EA Q4 FY2010 financials: Q4 revenue up 14% YOY to $979M
Electronic Arts has released its Q4 and FY2010 financial results, and it looks like the company earned $30M in Q4 compared to last year’s loss of $42M.
Q4 revenue climbed 14 percent to $979M, with is up $119M from $860M last year. Full year revenue dropped to $3.654 billion as compared with $4.212 billion for the prior year.
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Posted in: EA, Financials, Hot, Retail, Trade
Tags: EA Q4 FY2010 financials
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 21:24 BST
Rebellion not legally bound to pay Derby employees
It looks like Rebellion may not have to fork over the money owed to its former Derby employees, if attorney Jas Purewal of Olswang LLP and writer of GamerLaw is correct.
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 20:37 BST
Epic expects Unreal 4 to dominate the dev market
Epic president Mike Capps has said that he’s a bit curious as to why Crytek’s CryEngine 3 is being considered a crossplatform engine when the company has yet to release a game on consoles.
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Posted in: Development, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: cryengine 2, cryengine 3, crytek, epic, mike capps, Unreal 3, unreal engine 4, UR3
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 19:55 BST
TDU2: “Out-of-car mode” and Hawaii confirmed, tons more
Eden Studios confirmed at a Namco event in Barcelona today that the Hawaii setting from the first Test Drive Unlimited is to be included in the sequel, although you’ll be experiencing it “as you’ve never have before”.
But that’s not the best bit. Sounds as though the developer’s taken the concept of a “free-roaming” game literally: you’re going to be able to get out of the car this time.
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Posted in: Hot, Namco Bandai, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: eden studios, hawaii, ibiza, test drive unlimited 2
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 19:44 BST
Nier: The World of Recycled Vessel DLC hits XBL
Nier’s getting the DLC treatment today on Xbox 360, and tomorrow on PS3, and it’s called The World of Recycled Vessel.
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Nier, The World of Recycled Vessel
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 19:12 BST
Miyamoto: SMG2 started life as 1.5, and other nuggets of info
In the latest installment of Iwata Asks, Nintendo’s president chats with Shigeru Miyamoto regarding Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Turns out, the game originally started life as Mario Galaxy 1.5 – at least in codename form.
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Posted in: Adventure, Nintendo, Platformer, Wii
Tags: Iwata Asks, Satoru Iwata, shigeru miyamoto, Super Mario Galaxy 2
Wed, May 12, 2010 | 00:52 BST
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood detailed a bit more
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Ezio
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 17:55 BST
Previously exclusive DLC for Arkham Asylum now available
To coincide with the release of the Game of the Year Edition for Batman: Arkham Asylum in the US today, those that already own the game can now download two more add-ons.
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Posted in: Action, Eidos, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: batman, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY edition
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 17:23 BST
Fable III: Albion may finally get more animals running about the place
Lionhead’s lead artist, John McCormack, has said that the team’s looking into populating Fable III with more animals than just poultry and your devoted dog.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Development, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: Fable III, John McCormack, lionhead
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 16:33 BST
Study – US gamers spent $25.3 billion on games last year
According to a study conducted by Newzoo and TNS, the US spent approximately $25.3B on games in 2009.
UK’ers spent around £3.8B.
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Posted in: America, Stuff, UK
Tags: Newzoo Games market report, report, study, survey, Today's Gamers Survey
Tue, May 11, 2010 | 15:44 BST
Fallout: New Vegas getting Collector’s Edition
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Posted in: Action, Bethesda, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Chris Avellone, fallout, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout: New Vegas Collector's Edition, obsidian
Dragon’s Dogma reveal coming January 31