As part of Capcom’s recent financial results, the company has unveiled its current sales numbers for all of its beloved franchises and individual titles, dating back over the past 22 years. The popular Resident Evil series seems to be the top choice with more than 34 million units sold, trumping both classic series’ Mega Man […]
May 23 (Bloomberg) — Capcom Co., publisher of the “Resident Evil” video-game series, is in talks with Hollywood studios to jointly produce movies based on its software, President Haruhiro Tsujimoto said.
“We are in the process of working out contracts for several offers we received at the Cannes Film Festival last week and hope to […]
Sydney, Australia, May 16, 2008 - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR) will ship in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia simultaneously with the North American and European Fall 2008 release.
In addition, WAR will also feature a dedicated server in Australia, ensuring the […]
Electronic Arts has executed a commitment letter for up to $1 billion in debt financing to prop up its bid for fellow publisher Take-Two, the company said Friday. EA said in an SEC filing that it has had more than the amount needed to cover the Take-Two acquisition, currently valued at around $2.1 billion, set […]
The New York Times has reported that Grand Theft Auto IV pulled in more than $500 million in its first week, selling an astounding 6 million copies globally, 3.6 million of them on the first day alone. This morning Take-Two confirmed the report, adding some well-deserved back-patting to the numbers.
To put it in perspective Halo […]
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AUSTIN, Texas - May 8, 2008 - Spacetime Studios, LLC announced today it has acquired the rights to the Blackstar IP from its previous publisher NCsoft. Spacetime Studios, an independent game development studio made up […]
Codemasters today revealed it has acquired the Formula 1 licence, ending Sony’s four year ownership of the franchise and paving the way for a new series of current generation F1 titles across all major formats.
Chris Deering, chairman at Codemasters said, “[Our] success and recent innovations in the racing game space makes the company more than […]
ZeniMax Media Inc., the parent company of Oblivion developer Bethesda Softworks, today announced it has begun direct publishing operations in Asia with the establishment of its Tokyo-based subsidiary, ZeniMax Asia K.K. ZeniMax Asia will be publishing titles throughout Asian territories under the Bethesda Softworks brand.
Burlingame, CA - April 23, 2008 - KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, announced today that the Historical Simulation game, Romance of the Three Kingdoms®XI (RTK XI) is coming to Windows-based PCs for gamers throughout North America on July 29, 2008.
“Following KOEI’s successful launch of Warriors Orochi for Windows-based […]
Ubisoft’s sales jumped nearly 37 percent during their latest fiscal year, which ended last month, skyrocketing from $1.07 billion to $1.46 billion over the year, the company announced during their annual call today.
The rise was mostly due to Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Assassin’s Creed doing better than expected, they said. Vegas 2 […]
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