EA has announced that it made a loss during its third quarter ended December 31, 2009 blaming a lack of launches and the decline in boxed product.
GAAP net revenue for the quarter was $1.243 billion compared with $1.654 billion for the prior year. Non-GAAP net revenue for the quarter was $1.346 billion, down 23 per cent as compared with $1.742 billion for the prior year. GAAP net loss for the quarter was $82 million compared with a net loss of $641 million for the prior year.
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Sony Online Entertainment has announced that over eight million unique users have registered to play their kids MMOG, Free Realms. The Festival of Hearts, this year's Valentine's Day event in Free Realms, was also announced today, and is set to kick off sometime this week.
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Square Enix has announced its consolidated results for the nine months ended December 31, 2009.
The publisher and developer reported that its operating income increased 68 per cent year-on-year to 21.4 billion yen and that net sales for the period were up 30 per cent to 135 billion yen.
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Peter Molyneux has said that the PC mouse revolutionised home computing but Natal "could end up [with developers] creating something we can't even imagine now".
The Lionhead boss warned though that day one Natal titles would be "the obvious stuff" rather than groundbreaking new directions in gameplay.
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Relentless Software, the studio behind the award winning Buzz! Franchise and the recently self-published Blue Toad Murder Files for PlayStation Network has rejoined the trade association representing the UK games industry.
Andrew Eades, executive director at Relentless Software explains the company’s reasons for rejoining TIGA: “Relentless has always been a strong supporter of the UK games industry and recognises the recent steps forward that TIGA has made in establishing a dialogue with government.
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Mass Effect 2 has seen off new releases from Star Trek Online (boxed sales) and Dante’s Inferno to remain at the top of the all format UK charts for a second week running.
BioWare’s sequel was well received by critics and consumers, selling two million copies globally in its first week of availability. First week UK sales on Xbox 360 were almost double those of the original Mass Effect and three times higher on PC.
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Not long ago we reported on the record-shattering $330,000 purchase of the Crystal Palace property in First Planet Company's Planet Calypso. Today, we bring news of the sale of yet another high-ticket item, this time, a unique virtual egg, which has sold for $69,000.
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The Bullroarer test server is now host to the Volume III, Book I update for The Lord of the Rings Online.
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Guilds and guild leaders have a unique perspective on the world of MMORPGs. Today, Sean Stalzer answers a number of questions for the guild that he leads known as The Syndicate.
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Tomorrow, on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010, there will be a special maintenance period for all Ankama sites in addition to the weekly DOFUS service update.
All sites, games and mobile Ankama applications will be unavailable from 7:00 AM GMT+1 until 9:00 AM GMT+1.
This service period will allow for an update of our databases and core code of our servers to improve their function and to prepare for the arrival of new features.
Thank you in advance for your patience!
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