Sony Corporation today announced the sale of its Sony City Osaki office building for 111.1 billion yen ($1.2 billion/ £790.9 million). The building was sold to Nippon building Fund, Inc. and one unnamed Japanese investor, but Sony will remain in the building for five years under a new lease agreement. Net cash after transaction costs comes to 110 billion yen ($1.19 billion/ £783 million), with Sony expecting a gain on 41 billion yen ($442.4 million/ £291.9 million) to go against operating income for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending...
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Bungie has begun unveiling Destiny, the grand game project that’s been in the works for years. The future for Bungie, and a significant part of Activision’s future, is depending on the success of this game. Bungie and Activision brought members of the press to Seattle to start revealing information about the game and to create some excitement and anticipation for Destiny. The process also raised many questions that have yet to be answered. A full...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Good old Crystal Dynamics has unearthed a rather long game play footage taking us through the trials and tribulations of young Lara Croft utilizing cover while being shot at and the tired old QTE sequence. The game in its entirety is expected to be on sale on 5th March for the PC, PS3 and the Xbox 360. Escape From The Monast...
Monday, February 11, 2013
One way or another, February 20th will be remembered as an important day in the legacy of the PlayStation brand. As we have been oft-reminded by every single news writer in the industry for the last few weeks, this is the day that Sony will presumably unveil the PlayStation 4, the culmination of years of work and the earnest beginning of the next generation of consoles. For all of you about to dive into the comments section with some variation on...
Epic Games has closed Impossible Studios, the studio founded by former members of 38 Studios subsidiary Big Huge Games. The studio was founded when 38 Studios shuttered both of its development houses in May of 2012. Impossible Studios was put to work on Infinity Blade: Dungeons, an expanded iOS dungeon crawler based in the Infinity Blade universe. “We’re closing Impossible Studios,” said Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney in a message today. “When...
Friday, February 8, 2013
Activision today confirmed a new Call of Duty game will launch in 2013. The news was revealed during a post-earnings financial call, where Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg also revealed the new entry in the franchise is not expected to perform as well as the record-breaking Call of Duty: Black Ops II. “The Call of Duty franchise continues to set the bar for innovation and we expect the new Call of Duty game in development for 2013 to raise...
Ninja Theory’s DmC was released not too long ago, and surprise, surprise, gamers are still complaining about the series’ reboot just as much as they were back in 2009 when it was first announced. From gripes about Dante’s attitude being too different to the game’s easy-peasy difficulty, their grievances have been made loud and clear. But developers shouldn’t let such a backlash to what actually turned out to be a pretty swell game completely turn...
Thursday, February 7, 2013
It’s little surprise Ubisoft is prepping another Assassin’s Creed game, but given the many times the company had us playing as Ezio, it’s interesting to learn Connor won’t be back next time. Additionally, we’ll be heading to a new moment in history. Goodbye, Revolutionary War! Ubisoft made the announcement on its earnings call this morning, revealing another Assassin’s Creed game is in development, and that it’s scheduled for a release in the next...
Sunday, February 3, 2013
A PlayStation 4 reveal will make the console all official like. Then, expect a hardware race to kick off between Sony and Microsoft, with anticipation building for the new machines and new games. What about the old machine? And the games that haven’t come out yet? The clock’s ticking! There are some PlayStation 3 games that have been officially canned, like Eight Days. Then, there are upcoming games that always seem to be waiting for new info reveals....
Saturday, February 2, 2013
In case you haven’t noticed, GameXentral has been a bit wary about using the term “Japanese RPG” within the past year or so. With experiences like The Last Story, Xenoblade Chronicles, and Dark Souls eroding our preconceived notions about role-playing games from the East, the term “JRPG” is rapidly losing the meaning it once had — especially now that American creations like Costume Quest, Cthulu Saves the World, and Penny Arcade 3 have adopted certain...
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