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Pachinko keeps Sega Sammy in profit

2012-02-04T23:00:04Z

Pachinko kept Sega Sammy in profit during the final nine months of 2011, despite declines in the company's videogame and arcade businesses. Total net sales for the nine months ending December 31 came to ¥311.6 billion (£2.58 billion). Net income, or profit, was ¥34.4 billion (£285.5 million), a decline of 6.6 per cent year on year.

Pachinko kept Sega Sammy in profit during the final nine months of 2011, despite declines in the company's videogame and arcade businesses.

Tail Drift wins Unity Flash contest

2012-02-04T23:00:04Z

Tail Drift has been selected as the winner of Unity's Flash In A Flash Creation Contest, which tasked entrants with porting Unity-authored games to Adobe Flash. Developer Cameron Owen has won $20,000 for his arcade racer, which was selected ahead of more than 500 fellow entrants.

Tail Drift has been selected as the winner of Unity's Flash In A Flash Creation Contest, which tasked entrants with porting Unity-authored games to Adobe Flash.

Developer Cameron Owen has won $20,000 for his flight-based arcade racer, which was selected ahead of more than 500 fellow entrants.

The Friday Game: Fail-Deadly

2012-02-04T23:00:04Z

Chris Donlan plays an inspiringly fresh tactical game in which nuclear war meets Tetris.

I read about Josh Sutphin's strange tactical war game in the back pages of this month's PC Gamer, where it was described as deadly Tetris. That was enough to get me on board. Now I've played it, I can think of several other equally appropriate descriptions, as well: Machiavellian tennis, say, or Advance Wars for nasty people.

Opinion: The dangers of gamer entitlement

2012-02-04T23:00:04Z

Outcry over Where's My Water's 69p level bundle and Half-Life 3 highlight the problems of players loving games a little too much, says Alex Wiltshire.

“Rip-off. Why should I have to pay for Cranky levels? You have lost a customer,” reads Coolcoco’s one-star App Store review for Where’s My Water on January 30. “I love Swampy. But having to pay for an update is a bit greedy,” agreed Spence582 the same day, also awarding it just one star.

Rage launches for Mac

2012-02-04T23:00:03Z

Id Software's Rage is now available for Mac from the Mac App Store and publisher Aspyr's GameAgent store. The belated release – which comes almost four months after its debut on consoles and PC – is dubbed Rage: Campaign Edition, and includes bonus content only previously available in the Anarchy Edition.

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Id Software's Rage is now available for Mac, from the Mac App Store and publisher Aspyr's GameAgent store.

The belated release – which comes almost four months after its debut on consoles and PC – is dubbed Rage: Campaign Edition, and includes bonus content only previously available in the Anarchy Edition.

THQ admits defeat and kills uDraw

2012-02-04T23:00:03Z

THQ has said it has no further plans for uDraw after it revealed that the failed expansion of its tablet peripheral to PS3 and Xbox 360 has cost it $80 million in lost revenue. Speaking during an investor call after the publication of its dismal third-quarter results, the publisher said it had shipped a million uDraw tablets to retailers, leaving 1.4 million units of manufactured stock left unsold.

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THQ has said it has no further plans for uDraw after it revealed that the failed expansion of its tablet peripheral to PS3 and Xbox 360 has cost it $80 million in lost revenue.

Speaking during an investor call after the publication of its dismal third-quarter results, the publisher said it had shipped a million uDraw tablets to retailers, leaving 1.4 million units of manufactured stock left unsold.

6waves Lolapps denies Spry Fox claims

2012-02-04T23:00:03Z

6waves Lolapps has denied Spry Fox's allegation that it breached the terms of an NDA in development of Yeti Town. Earlier this week Spry Fox began legal proceedings against 6waves, claiming that it used information given to it while in negotiations to publish Triple Town on Facebook to essentially clone it with Yeti Town. Speaking to VentureBeat, however, 6waves Lolapps chief executive Rex Ng insisted that wasn't the case.

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6waves Lolapps has denied Spry Fox's allegation that it breached the terms of an NDA in development of Yeti Town.

THQ posts increased third quarter loss

2012-02-04T23:00:03Z

Troubled publisher THQ has announced a drop in revenue and an increased loss for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, as better than expected performances from core games were offset by poor results for uDraw hardware and software.

Troubled publisher THQ has announced a drop in revenue and an increased loss for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, as better than expected performances from core games were offset by poor results for uDraw hardware and software.

Net sales dropped 2.9 per cent year-over-year to 305.4 million (£193.3m), while the company's net loss widened from $14.9 million (£9.4m) a year ago to $55.9 million (£35.4m).

Take-Two third quarter profit falls 65 per cent

2012-02-04T23:00:03Z

Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has reported a significant decline in profit and revenue for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011.

Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has reported a significant decline in profit and revenue for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011.

Net profit fell 65 per cent to $14.2 million (£9m), while revenue dropped 29 per cent to $236.3 million (£149m).

EA games dominate Nordic chart

2012-02-04T23:00:03Z

Battlefield 3 is once again the best-selling title on the Nordic all-formats chart, which collates sales data from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, the EA shooter having held the number one spot since the last week of 2011.

Battlefield 3 is once again the best-selling title on the Nordic all-formats chart, which collates sales data from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, the EA shooter having held the number one position since the last week of 2011.