After a controversial performance at E3, Nintendo badly needed some good news and PR to get things back on track. Thankfully that happened today, with the company announcing that its latest million-selling franchise is Splatoon. Splatoon is a new IP for the company, and is effectively Nintendo’s take on the…
Read MoreTale of Tales, the independent developer of some of the most truly artful games this industry has ever seen, has decided to call it quits on the industry, citing the poor financial performance of its most recent game, Sunset, as the main driving reason. “Sunset was released one month ago…
Read MoreDragon Quest is a big deal in Japan. A very big deal. For example, there’s a reason that there’s that popular urban rumour that the Japanese government outlawed the release of a Dragon Quest game on a school/ work day: each new “proper” game in the series really does sell…
Read MoreImageepoch, the developer behind the supremely underrated Time & Eternity, Criminal Girls: Invitation Only, Luminous Arc, and the upcoming Stella Glow, has filed for bankruptcy in its homeland in Japan. The company apparently owes 1.1 billion yen across approximately 43 creditors, while its affiliate company, Smile Online Games owes three…
Read MoreNintendo, despite struggling with the Nintendo Wii U, has announced gains to its operating income for the full financial year. According to its results, published today, Nintendo’s operating income was 24.7 billion yen, on the back of net sales of 549.7 billion yen. Thanks to foreign exchange gains totaling 34.0…
Read MoreUnless you’ve been living under a rock over the weekend (or using your weekend to do something offline, in which case I tip my hat to you), then chances are that you’ve heard about Yooka-Laylee. The newest darling of the Kickstarter phenomenon, Yooka-Layleee is a game that is being developed…
Read MoreToday brought some sad news indeed: 2K Games has shut down its Canberra-based development studio, 2K Australia. 2K Australia was best known for the very good Borderlands: The Pre Sequel, a popular PlayStation 3 game that was recently re-released on the PlayStation 4 as part of The Handsome Collection. But…
Read MoreNintendo held a joint conference with mobile phone specialist developer, DeNA today. Why would it do this? To announce a partnership that would see Nintendo franchises appear on mobile platforms. Nintendo and DeNA will work together to produce these games, and you’ll need to be a member of a service…
Read MoreEA has quietly announced that it has shut down its Emeryville development studio. Gamastura noted a tweet from the designer of SimCity, Guillaume Pierre, that everyone from the studio was “out of a job”. In response, EA confirmed that the studio was being closed, but stated that Maxis franchises would…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Nintendo recently updated the market on its financial performance, as listed companies are required to do quarterly. The results were not great. While operating profit for the company increased by close to 50 per cent on a year-on-year basis when compared to the October-December time frame…
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