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The Walking Dead has now joined the 8.5 million seller club, not normally an achievement associated with licensed adventure games. The game's multiplatform and episodic nature makes it hard to track financial specifics, but Telltale's Dan Connors says average customer spend reached $16, so about … [Read more...] about The Walking Dead Sells Ridiculous Amount

Crytek's upcoming engine showcase, Crysis 3, will not be gracing Nintendo's latest console, the Wii U, according to Crytek boss Yevat Cerli. The fact that multiplatform games landing on the Wii U have not been setting the world alight in terms of sales might be a deciding factor. "It's a business … [Read more...] about Crysis 3 Not Coming To Wii U Due To EA “Business Decision”

Nintendo has no intention of stifling free-to-play inside the company's development culture if new franchises warrant the business model, according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. While established franchises won't be getting the zero price point treatment any time soon, there is plenty of scope … [Read more...] about Nintendo Pondering Free To Play For New Franchises

Wii U digital game purchases are reportedly tied to the console itself, and second-hand Wii U buyers report being able to download games bought by previous owners of the console even with a newly created account. Trine 2 and Nano Assault are among games found on pre-owned systems. Understanding … [Read more...] about Used Wii U Consoles Can Download Former Owner’s Game Collection

Age of Empires Online, Gas Powered Games and Microsoft's attempt to bring the venerable franchise into the free-to-play fold, will no longer be updated with new content. The game's executive producer Kevin Perry says that the current six civilizations are final and mentions a planned Roman … [Read more...] about Age of Empires Online To No Longer Receive Content Updates

Or more likely, the announcement of an announcement and countdown to a countdown as these things go. The announcement was made on Larry Hryb's Major Nelson blog and is captioned with the phrase "And it’s on…", while the countdown is currently set to 158 days with E3 as the end date. There's a … [Read more...] about Microsoft Starts Countdown To Potential E3 Announcement Of New Xbox

Microsoft has started testing a new web service that will allow Xbox Live subscribers to switch their region in a much less frustrating fashion. Most Xbox Live features, like gamer tags, gamerscore, subscription level, and achievements are eligible for migration, but region-locked services like TV … [Read more...] about Microsoft Trying Out New Xbox Live Account Regional Transfer

While new console launches are notoriously choked with shovelware and uninspired ports, the Wii U seems to be changing that to some extent. While the Wii U has seen its fair share of them, the unique GamePad features or perhaps Nintendo's own insistence on a certain standard of quality to offset the … [Read more...] about Need For Speed Most Wanted Wii U Fully Playable On GamePad

It's no secret that 2012 has not been a banner year for Sony, and one of the ways it wants to turn that around seems to be by taking on the used games market. A patent filed by SCE Japan describes a novel solution of associating a game copy with a single user account, not through the use of passcode … [Read more...] about Sony Patents NFC-based Second Hand Game Sale Suppression Method

Notable Diablo-alike Torchlight 2 has broken the million copy barrier sales-wise, according to Runic Games's Twitter feed. No doubt boosted by the recent Steam mega-sale in this achievement, the indie success story has seen its way past some choppy waters. Delayed earlier in the year and faced … [Read more...] about Torchlight 2 Breaks Million Seller Mark

Fez, the perspective-bending puzzle platformer that took XBLA by moderate downpour earlier this year, has been announced for other platforms. Fez creator Phil Fish has had his hands full this year, from being featured in the indie documentary Indie Game: The Movie, notoriously refusing to pay … [Read more...] about Fez To Be Ported To New Platforms In 2013

An apology from the War Z boss Sergey Titov has made its way online, listing and putting into perspective the many issues plaguing the game in recent weeks. Missing features and misleading advertising have led to widespread player backlash and even prompted Steam to pull the game until the matter is … [Read more...] about The War Z Developer Posts Apology Letter