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Guerrilla Games working on new IP?

1 Aug 2010 at 12:24am
According to PS3Hype, Guerrilla Games are in the conceptual stage of a new product. It’s not clear whether this will be a continuation of the Killzone universe, or a new IP. In an interview with Control, Herman Hulst had this to say about a new IP: “We are now fully working. We try to do it very [...]

Mafia II: Kick in the Head Trailer

31 Jul 2010 at 10:44pm
Mafia II was one of the sleeper hits at this year’s E3. Frankly, I haven’t had the time to write a full hands-on report, though I promise it’s coming. Gametrailers has released the latest trailer for Mafia II, and it’s full of action. To view this trailer hit the break, and remember to let us [...]

Explodemon Coming to PSN Later this Year

30 Jul 2010 at 12:33pm
PlayStation 3 owners! Hide your treasured possessions and cover your pets in bubble wrap, because Explodemon! will be hitting PlayStation Network with a bang this Q4. Explodemon! is a 2.5D platform action game brought kicking and screaming into the HD era. Influenced by classic Japanese games from the golden era of the SNES, players [...]

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Penny Arcade Episode Two Goes Gold

2 Oct 2008 at 5:35am
Prepped and ready for launch later this Fall.

MEME Expansion coming for MGO

1 Oct 2008 at 10:25pm
Metal Gear Online getting another set of maps, new characters.

Queen Coming To The SingStore

1 Oct 2008 at 12:45pm
Two SongPacks scheduled for imminent release.

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Sega Posts $80.8 Million Quarterly Profit

31 Jul 2010 at 4:17pm

the end of a week that saw both Nintendo and -- especially -- Capcom report big drops in profit for the first fiscal quarter of the year (ending June 30), Sega has now also reported their own numbers, and surprise-surprise, it's actually good news...kind of. Despite disappointing sales from two of their more high-profile releases, Sega still saw a profit of 7 billion yen ($80.8 million), although much of it was due to their pachinko business in Japan.

Sega reports that Alpha Protocol and Iron Man 2 both recorded sluggish sales, with the former selling 700,000 units globally and the latter only slightly better at 1.12 million units (via Industry Gamers). "While domestic sales were mostly firm, in the overseas markets, sales of new titles remained slow as affected by the adverse market condition," Sega said.

Despite this statement, though, Sega actually saw most of their game sales in the quarter coming from overseas, with 1.68 million units sold in North America, 1.33 million in Europe, and only 270,000 in Japan (for a worldwide total of 3.29 million units sold).

The industry hasn't heard much about Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella since their very public exit from Infinity Ward and Activision earlier this year, or at least not much that hasn't come by way of legal channels. But now id Soiftware has announced the duo will be making a public appearance at their QuakeCon 2010, sitting in on a panel that's set for August 13.

West and Zampella will join id's Tim Willits and Bethesda Softwork's Todd Howard for a panel titled "Building Blockbusters." West and Zempella obviously know a thing or two about that, considering their last game with Infinity Ward was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which quickly became the fastest-selling game of all time.

After leaving Activision, West and Zampella formed a new development studio called Respawn Entertainment. Don't necessarily expect them to have too much to announce about whatever Respawn's first project will be at this panel, but it'll still probably make for a very interesting discussion.

Operation Flashpoint: Red River Revealed, Coming in 2011

31 Jul 2010 at 2:32pm

Codemasters has revealed the next entry in their Operation Flashpoint series in the pages of the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine (via CVG). The game will be titled Ope Flashpoint: Red River, and it's set for release sometime in 2011.

Not much is actually revealed about the game yet, although OXM describes it as a "tighter, more focused game" than its predecessor, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, but also says it's "nevertheless still striving for a more realistic recreation of warfare."

We can only hope the description of Red River being "tighter" and "more focused" holds true, as we found Dragon Rising to have its "sublime" moments, but just not enough of them (check out our full review for more).