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April NPD: Injustice Gods Among Us beats down the competition

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 16 May

Has it been a month already? I’m still busy playing through all the games I bought in March, and apparently a lot of you guys are too: according to the NPD sales data released today, April was a pretty slow month for the industry. Only 4 out of the top 10 bestselling games for the [...]

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Final Fantasy 11 is 11 years old today, still profitable

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On:

Today marks the eleventh anniversary of Final Fantasy XI’s original launch in Japan. Since the game’s launch more than a decade ago, FFXI has faced fierce competition from newer, flashier, and more accessible MMO’s, but despite all that, the game has remained a profitable title for Square.

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Take-Two posts slight loss despite strong performance of BioShock Infinite

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On: 15 May

Take-Two Interactive announced today that they’ll be posting a loss $31.2 million dollars for the last fiscal year. Despite not quite meeting their goals for the year, the company still has a surprisingly positive outlook: the company’s revenue actually rose quite a bit from the previous year, and with the upcoming release of GTA V [...]

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Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is the Pac-Man reboot you didn’t ask for

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 14 May

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is one of the best downloadable titles of this generation — it’s fun, it’s accessible, and it’s insanely addictive. It’s what a retro revival should be: true to the original game, while at the same time making it feel fresh and new. Today Namco Bandai announced Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, [...]

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Konami E3 livestream promises MGS5, Lords of Shadow 2, unintentional laughs

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On:

Konami has announced that they will host a public livestream for their E3 press conference this year.

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Twitch Comes to Xbox Live for US Gold Subscribers

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Xbox 360 On:

Fans of live-steaming eSports (particularly of the League of Legends variety) rejoice! Microsoft and Twitch have teamed up to bring a dedicated Twitch app to Xbox Live. As of today, Xbox Live Gold subscribers in the U.S. will have access to a free download of the Twitch app, which provides live-streaming content now available through [...]

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Deals Roundup: Your Weekly Dose of Gaming Discounts/Downloads

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Nintendo DS/3DS, Playstation 3, PSP / Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360 On:

It’s mid-May, and while it’s not the biggest month for blockbuster titles, “The Big 3” are doing everything they can to ensure you have plenty of games to play during the spring semi-drought. Of course, the best part is that you won’t have to pay full price for any of the games or add-ons they’re [...]

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Square Enix planning less console titles, more smartphone games

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On: 13 May

2012 was a catastrophically bad year for Square Enix: despite the release of a few critically acclaimed games like Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs, the company posted an “extraordinary loss” of about $134 million dollars. Following the resignation of Square’s former CEO Yoichi Wada, the company announced that it plans to return to profitability by [...]

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Defiance renewed for a second season

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On: 11 May

Defiance, the SyFy Channel TV show that ties into Trion Worlds’ MMO of the same name, has been renewed for a second season. Filming for 13 new episodes of the show will begin in Toronto this August.

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New Injustice Trailer Shows Off Batgirl Gameplay

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 09 May

After a marketplace snafu inadvertently revealed Batgirl would be featured as an upcoming DLC character for Injustice: Gods Among Us, developer Netherrealm decided to go ahead and officially announce the bat-broad’s inclusion. Today, they’ve followed up that announcement with a first look at how Barbara handles herself against the likes of Joker, who many will [...]

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Battlefield 3 double XP event postponed due to massive DDOS attack

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On:

Somebody has been trying to take down EA’s Battlefield 3 servers, and so far it seems like they’re doing a pretty good job of it: following a server crash on Tuesday night, the game’s servers across all platforms have suffered numerous outages, which EA says is the result of an on-going, targeted denial of service [...]

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Injustice Earns A Spot At Evo 2013

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On: 08 May

Fighting fans rejoice, Evo 2013 just got a little bit better than it was before. Last night, it was revealed by Shoryuken‘s Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar that the popular DC heroes fighter will be included in the world’s largest fighting game tournament. Originally scheduled to only officially include eight games, side-tournaments aside, Injustice: Gods Among Us will [...]

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