Sega has signed an exclusive partnership with Nintendo for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The company will release the next three games starring the hedgehog on Nintendo platforms exclusively. John Cheng, President & COO (SEGA, America): Sonic the Hedgehog has proven incredibly…
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The population of Azeroth is facing a sharp decline. World of Warcraft lost roughly 1.3 million subscribers in the last three months, mainly from the East, but in the West as well, according to Activision Blizzard’s earnings report for the first…
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25 million games of Dots have been played in just a week, says betaworks. Dots has been downloaded a million times. Dots is also in the top five free iPhone apps, and is the numero uno game in eight countries.…
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The Walt Disney Company and Electronic Arts have signed a multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish new games based on Star Wars characters and story-lines. Under the terms of the agreement, EA will develop and publish new Star…
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Bejeweled Blitz has been played literally billions of times since debuting on Facebook four years ago, says PopCap. Nearly 50 million players around the world have spent 3.5 billion hours matching and destroying more than 30 trillion gems. Over 140 million games…
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Microsoft will unveil the next generation of its Xbox console on May 21 at the company’s Xbox campus in Richmond, Washington. March 2013 marked the 27th consecutive month of Xbox as the best-selling console, according to a Microsoft blog post, quoting…
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SimCity sold more than 1.1 million units in the first two weeks, says Electronic Arts. Roughly 54 percent of those sales were of digital versions of the game, downloaded directly to PCs via Origin or other digital download services. Gamers have…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Sony unveiled its ‘next generation computer entertainment system’ Playstation 4 on Wednesday. PS4 will be available this holiday season, and no, we do not have a price yet. Here is what we do know about Playstation 4… The…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Electronic Arts and Crytek have released Crysis 3, a game that arms players with the superpowers of the series’ signature Nanosuit. Developed by Crytek and powered by its proprietary CryENGINE technology, Crysis 3 is the next installment in…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Activision Publishing and Bungie are collaborating to create a new game called Destiny. Destiny combines sci-fi storytelling and adventures with visceral first-person action gaming that takes place in an unfolding, cinematic universe. Eric Hirshberg (CEO, Activision Publishing): Bungie defined first-person…
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