Monthly Archives: November 2011

Ubisoft has released its financial results for the first half of FY12, and has reported sales of €249 million ($343 million), down 4.6% compared to €261 million recorded for first-half of 2010-11.

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EA and DICE have released three new screenshots for Back to Karkand, the upcoming DLC for Battlefield 3. Have a look at them below the break. The pack is set for release in December, and features new weapons, vehicles, persistence, maps, and the return of Conquest Assault. It will be free for those who pre-ordered BF3, and will run £11.99 f/$14.99/1200 Microsoft Points for everyone else.

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Deep Silver has announced Dead Island will be patched this week, starting first with the PS3 on Wednesday, November 9 and the Xbox 360 version seeing and update the following day. The fixes, listed below the break, are already available for the PC version. Huzzah! Now we can get back to killing more zombies. Blasted things. Thanks, Eurogamer.

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Bethsda has released another video in its World of Skyrim series, and this one takes a behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the world and characters in the game. The world looks absolutely gorgeous, and it’s nice to hear more varied character voices than what was present in Oblivion – something the developers admittedly fixed this time out. Three more days, kiddos. Just three more days. Thanks, RonT.

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Warner has confirmed that the PC version of Batman: Arkham City will be available in North America on November 22, in Australia November 23, in France on November 24, and in other European territories November 25. It was announced a while back that the game had been delayed on PC, and a new date of November 15 in the US and November 18 in the UK was provided. Earlier today, Steam had it listed for a November 22 release, basically confirming the new delay. Still, not much longer now. It will also be made available through EA’s Origin service.

Nintendo has announced its musical tribute to The Legend of Zelda series starts off in Dallas, TX on January 10 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra performing arrangements of music from the game’s 25-year history. It will be accompanied by video content from the games, produced by Jason Michael Paul Productions. The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses tickets are to be made available through Ticketmaster and range in price from $19 to $115. Through November 30, tickets are available to Club Nintendo members at a 15% discount. Additional performance dates are to be announced in the future.

Activision has released a small batch of multiplayer shots to commemorate the launch of Modern Warfare 3 today. You can look them over below. They feature a look at modes such as Domination and Sabotage, and killstreaks such as Juggernaut in Tag Team mode. MW3 is out today.

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D3Publisher has announced it’s to release Vicious Cycle’s Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon on Steam just in time for the holidays. The title will include all downloadable content released on consoles and will use Steam Cloud for saves and come with Steam achievements. Four new DLC weapon packs, one per armour class and with ten new weapons each, will also be made available for purchase. No word just yet on the price or exact date. Thanks, Shack.

Pandas in World of Warcraft. Are you freaking kidding me? Nathan Grayson gets the skinny chubby from Blizzard’s John Lagrave.

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Cliff Bleszinski is of the opinion there’s more developers can do with Xbox 360, thanks to the six years studios have spent with the console’s architecture.

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“When both games succeed it’s better for the industry as a whole. It’s not just us – we want the gaming industry to succeed because the better the gaming industry does the better we all do. We root for everybody. Honestly, it’s the fans you want to listen to. They’re gamers, they’re going to play both games, both games are great. Much respect for everyone involved on the DICE side and I think they feel the same way with us. We’re friends with them. It’s not what they portray on the EA side.” – Modern Warfare 3 executive producer Mark Rubin to Eurogamer.

Call Of Duty: Elite, the new stat-tracking service which launched aside Modern Warfare 3, is having a bit of an issue with so many folks trying to register at once.

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Europe is getting a rather lovely limited edition in the form of a The Legend of Zelda-styled 3DS on November 25. The handheld is black with a gold filigree border and has the triforce symbol in the center of the 3DS’s lid. The bundle, along with its good looks, comes with a copy of Ocarina of Time 3D. The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Limited Edition doesn’t have a price listed just yet. Have a look at it below.
Thanks: Nintendo World Report, Gematsu (pics).

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“It’s really important to us that the games (feel) kind of magical. It might annoy people that we don’t give out more information, but I think the end point is people enjoy the experience. … The less they know about how things are pieced together and how things are broken down and what our processes are, the more it will feel like this thing is alive, that you are being dragged into the experience. That’s what we want.” – Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser, speaking to Variety about the need to control the flow of information on the company’s games for a reason.

Rockstar has two titles seemingly planned for next year: Max Payne 3 in March and Grand Theft Auto V, which, while undated officially, is all but likely to be a 2012 game.

Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia reckons Modern Warfare 3 could sell as much as 6 million units at launch today, 1 million more than what Black Ops did this time last year in its first 24 hours. “We expect MW3 to grow 10% versus last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, which has sold through more than 25 million units life-to date. We expect 5.5M-6.0M unit sales of MW3 on day 1 and nearly 18M units in the December quarter,” said Bhatia in a note. Big numbers, kids. Big numbers.

Thanks, IG.

Recoil Games has announced it’ll bring previously PSN exclusive Rochard to PC from November 15. The game, which launched on PS3 earlier this year, sees you aim to reposition objects. We don’t know too much about it, so there’s a video below, via Joystiq.

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A study from Japanese research group Goo Research has conducted that roughly 10% of Japanese gamers are interested in getting either a PlayStation Vita or Wii U at launch.

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It never ends, does it? Modern Warfare 3 has become Amazon UK GAME’s most pre-ordered title ever, both companies have said.

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Without a price-cut heading into the holiday period, hardware sales for Xbox 360 in the US will decline, Michael Pachter has said.

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It’s not all about Modern Warfare 3, as you’ll find out below the break.

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