23 May Updated 1729 GMT
Square Enix planning less console titles, more smartphone games
By Michael Lacerna, 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 [...]
Defiance renewed for a second season
By Michael Lacerna, 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. Defiance is unique because the franchise’s creators have promised that events in the show will effect the world [...]
New Pokemon X/Y Details Revealed
By Michael Lacerna, 11 May
Scans of the latest issue of Japan’s CoroCoro Magazine have been leaked online, and the new images have revealed a lot about Nintendo’s upcoming next-generation Pokemon. The scans say that the new game is set in the country of Karos, a region of the Pokemon world that is modeled after France. The previous Pokemon generation, [...]
End of the Week Wrap-Up: WoW Subscriptions Down to 8 Million Edition
By Dave Bast, 10 May
I know it doesn’t sound like a lot, in fact it probably sounds a bit silly to say that a game has “only” 8 million subscribers, but for World of Warcraft and its creator Blizzard, it’s really bad news. It was only a year ago that a dip in about 1 million subs produced hundreds [...]
Upcoming Okami Announcement Won’t Be For A Sequel
By Vincent Parisi, 10 May
I think I’m going to go climb a large rock and whimper at the moon. Turns out, when everybody got all hot and bothered about an upcoming Okami announcement posted via Twitter, we were getting all uppity over nothing. According the the same official Okami Twitter page, the announcement won’t have anything to do with [...]
Review: Spirit Catcher
By Vincent Parisi, 10 May
Developer: Berzerk Bot Price: $1.99 Platforms: iOS, Android (Reviewed) Reviewed On: ASUS Transformer Prime (Model TF201) Another mobile review, another physics-based puzzle game. I wasn’t kidding when I said these things were a dime a dozen. Luckily, gamers have an appreciation for familiar game mechanics. Otherwise, let’s be honest, Nintendo would’ve gone out of business [...]
Sony posts first net profit in five years
By Michael Lacerna, 09 May
Today Sony announced that they generated approximately ¥43 billion in profits (about $458 million at current exchange rates) during the 2012 fiscal year. This marks the first year in half-a-decade that Sony hasn’t reported an overall loss. The company is hopeful that this trend will only continue with the impending launch of the PS4. Sony managed [...]
Retro Round Up: Final Fantasy, DuckTales, and the no win situation of retro re-releases
By Michael Lacerna, 09 May
Retro Round Up is a regular feature that takes a look at what’s new in the world of old games. This week I’ll discuss the reception that Final Fantasy X HD and DuckTales HD have received since they were announced, and ask the question: what do people expect from a retro re-release? 2013 is going [...]
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