Legal action against private-server operator nets MMORPG developer-publisher a hefty payday in court. As of May 2009, Blizzard Entertainment was earning over $100 million per month on overall game sales and subscription fees from its massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
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PC | Blizzard wins $88.5 million World of Warcraft lawsuit
Latest ultimate-fighting game can’t keep publisher out of the red; Devil’s Third due out by March 2013. The past two weeks have seen most major game publishers issue earnings reports, including Electronic Arts , Activision , Nintendo , Sony , Square Enix , and Namco Bandai
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Xbox 360 | UFC 2010 ships 2.7 million as THQ loses $30.1 million
Team ICO head Fumito Ueda says the studio behind Shadow of the Colossus “should” have something to show at next month’s Tokyo Game Show. One of the more notable absences from June’s Electronic Entertainment Expo was The Last Guardian, the upcoming game from Shadow of the Colossus studio Team ICO
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PlayStation 3 | Last Guardian rearing its head at TGS?
Team ICO head Fumito Ueda says the studio behind Shadow of the Colossus “should” have something to show at next month’s Tokyo Game Show. One of the more notable absences from June’s Electronic Entertainment Expo was The Last Guardian, the upcoming game from Shadow of the Colossus studio Team ICO.
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PlayStation 3 | Last Guardian rearing its head at TGS?
Sam Fisher’s latest nearly double-platinum; reboot of car franchise now due in first quarter of next year; French publisher’s April-June sales nearly double. This morning Ubisoft reported its earnings for the quarter ending June 30, 2010
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Xbox 360 | Splinter Cell convicts 1.9 million, Driver: San Francisco delayed to 2011
New version of console in the works to replace discontinued entry-level model; Elite also being phased out; slim hard drive detachable. LOS ANGELES–Microsoft’s showstopping closer for its Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference this morning was the unveiling of the most dramatic Xbox 360 hardware revision since the console launched in November 2005. Equipped with built-in N-wireless connectivity, a 45nm CPU and GPU, the new slimline 250GB Xbox 360 will include a built-in port for the Kinect motion-sensing system and a $300 price tag.
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GameCube | New $200 Xbox 360 planned, Elite & Arcade getting $50 price cut
The day before Sony’s press conference, reports point to new model of its console with massive storage capacity; 2 new models registered with FCC.
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PlayStation 3 | 500GB PS3 to be unveiled at E3?
E3 2010: Billionaire Sir Richard Branson gathers press to share details about his ubiquitous brand’s return to the games space.
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PlayStation 3 | Virgin press conference–begins 5:30 p.m. PDT Monday, June 14
Dutch market research firm Newzoo’s 13,000-person survey estimates 183.5 million Americans bought games last year; 31.3 million UK gamers spent
Dutch market research firm Newzoo’s 13,000-person survey estimates 183.5 million Americans bought games last year; 31.3 million UK gamers spent