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Nintendo Cuts Full-Year Forecast after Six Month Financial Results

Posted on October 24, 2012 | No Comments
Nintendo has continued to post losses as the results of thesix month fiscal period ending September 2012 (embedded below). Nintendo is posting losses of ¥28 billion (approx. $350 million USD). Sales...
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Review: Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour

Posted on October 17, 2012 | 1 Comment
Paradox Interactive has been on a roll these past few years: Europa Universalis III, Hearts of Iron III, Victoria II, and Crusader Kings II have all been far more popular...
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GREE, Inc. Partners with Four Additional Studios

Posted on October 8, 2012 | 1 Comment
GREE, Inc., the Japanese company behind the Gree social gaming network, has continued its partnership and buying spree of North American mobile game developers. Enders Fund, Fathom Interactive, Fifth Column,...
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Korean Developer NCSoft Posts Loss in Q2 2012

Posted on August 9, 2012 | No Comments
NCSoft, developer of popular MMORPG series Lineage and City of Heroes, has posted their financial results for Q2 2012. They show an operating profit loss of ₩7.641 billion KRW (approx....
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Wargaming.net Acquires BigWorld for $45 million

Posted on August 8, 2012 | No Comments
Cyprus-based Belarusian developer Wargaming.net has acquired Australian middleware engine developer BigWorld Technologies for a price reported to be $45 million in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat. Wargaming chief executive Victor...
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EA Posts Q1 2012 Profits, Slightly Down from Q1 2011

Posted on August 2, 2012 | No Comments
Electronic Arts posted their Q1 financial results on Tuesday, and the result was $491 million USD in revenue, slightly less than the expected income of $500 million and lower than...
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E3 2012 Nintendo Press Conference Coverage

Posted on June 6, 2012 | 4 Comments
The final hardware manufacturer, Nintendo, had their press conference on Tuesday. Here is a recap: * Shigeru Miyamoto and perennial translator Bill Trinen came on stage first in a cute...
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E3 2012 Electronic Arts Press Conference Coverage

Posted on June 4, 2012 | No Comments
Electronic Art’s E3 Conference followed the Microsoft conference. A general rundown of the presentation is as follows: * EA CEO John Riccitiello took the stage and announced EA will present...
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Review: Warlock: Master of the Arcane

Posted on June 1, 2012 | No Comments
As mentioned in my previous preview, Warlock is a 4X turn-based strategy game set in the world of the Ardania, the setting for the Majesty series of games which shows...
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Microsoft Increases Indie Games Pricing Flexibility

Posted on May 22, 2012 | No Comments
Microsoft has announced more flexible pricing options for developers of Xbox Live indie games. The changes were announced on the Microsoft Developer Network App Hub forum as follows: We’re happy...
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