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Rovio revenue in 2012 doubles to $195 million, toys contribute 45%

by Jessica Conditt (Apr 3rd 2013 6:30PM)

Angry Birds developer Rovio reported $71.3 million in net profit in 2012, up $25 million from the previous year, and its revenue doubled to $195.6 million. Rovio attributes the growth to its new gaming franchises, such as Bad Piggies and Amazing Alex, and its consumer products, including all of ...

DS puzzle game Orion's Odyssey raising funds through Kickstarter

by JC Fletcher (Apr 2nd 2013 11:00AM)

Orion's Odyssey is the second Nintendo DS game to seek funding assistance through Kickstarter, following the successful use of the platform as a pre-order campaign for Jason Rohrer's Diamond Trust of London. Developed by Island Officials, the team of board game enthusiasts behind semi-obscure DS ...

April Fools: Pokemon Mastery degrees

by JC Fletcher (Apr 1st 2013 8:30PM)

Today, the Pokémon Twitter account delivered a heartwarming anti-college message as its April Fools joke, highlighting a fake course schedule for a Pokémon Mastery degree, with a link to a page saying that "Every Pokémon Trainer knows that the road to becoming a Pokémon ...

April Fools: WayForward's 'Cat Girl Without Salad' has everything but salad

by JC Fletcher (Apr 1st 2013 1:00PM)

Cat Girl Without Salad! is the newest game from WayForward, combining "elements from several gaming genres, including puzzler, platformer, shmup, action, shooter, adventure, strategy, fighting, rhythm, arcade, horror, tactical, RPG, TPS, RTS, and visual novel" into one game, due this fall ...

Now Playing: March 25-31, 2013

by Steven Wong (Mar 25th 2013 5:40PM)

Visit the city in the sky this week with BioShock Infinite... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list: ...

Now Playing: March 18-24, 2013

by Steven Wong (Mar 18th 2013 11:59PM)

Join Kilo Squad this week with Gears of War: Judgment... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list: ...

Devil Survivor 2 European release still in the works

by Jordan Mallory (Mar 16th 2013 8:30PM)

Ghostlight's European localization of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 is "finished and has been approved for release by Nintendo," according to the publisher's blog, though that unfortunately does not translate into a European release date for the DS game. "Without going into too much detail," ...

New Nintendo eShop releases: HarmoKnight demo, Rayman Origins, Mega Man 3, Punch-Out!!

by Richard Mitchell (Mar 14th 2013 11:45PM)

Both Rayman Origins and Mega Man 3 arrive on the 3DS eShop today, along with a HarmoKnight demo and a pair of DSiWare games in Forgotten Legions and Goony. Nintendo has also announced several games slated for March 19, including Wii U downloads of retail games Lego City Undercover (which we found ...

February NPD: Dead Space 3 on top, Aliens: Colonial Marines in sixth

by Jessica Conditt (Mar 14th 2013 7:15PM)

Dead Space 3 outsold Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 in February to snag the No. 1 spot, throwing the latter to No. 2, according to the NPD's US sales data. Following those, in descending order, are Crysis 3, NBA 2K13, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and the critically lambasted Aliens: Colonial Marines. ...