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Take 2 enjoys $1.2B revenue for fiscal year 2013
Take 2 has announced that the publisher earned $1.222B for the fiscal year 2013 ending on the 31st March, crediting such titles as BioShock Infinite, MLB 2K13, and Borderlands 2 downloadable content as the chief source, while older titles also drove sales.
2K tease "fresh look" at "evolved" squad-based tactical shooter XCOM
Posted: 24.04.2013 by Technet2k
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2K Marin has been busy 'evolving' the planned XCOM experience announced way back in 2010. Thanks to Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, "the time is right" is explore a new experience in the series.
It seems the XCOM shooter has become a "high-stakes narrative" that's imbued with "core XCOM concepts." It's all rather fuzzy as to what that means, but we can expect to hear more soon.
It seems the XCOM shooter has become a "high-stakes narrative" that's imbued with "core XCOM concepts." It's all rather fuzzy as to what that means, but we can expect to hear more soon.
Firaxis "not specifically looking" at next-gen hardware 'on Civ side at least'
Posted: 19.04.2013 by Technet2k
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All this new-fangled hardware for the next generation consoles wouldn't typically be something a PC centric developer like Firaxis would care much for, but producer Dennis Shirk says they're paying attention.
It's what Microsoft and Sony are coming up with that goes into the machines, like Kinect and PS4's new controllers with 'Move built in'. They're becoming "much more attractive" to PC studios.
It's what Microsoft and Sony are coming up with that goes into the machines, like Kinect and PS4's new controllers with 'Move built in'. They're becoming "much more attractive" to PC studios.
XCOM sequel teased by Firaxis at PAX East
Posted: 25.03.2013 by JonahFalcon
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During the PAX East 2013 panel hosted by Firaxis, after the developer showed off the iOS version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown (which Firaxis claims will be 100% faithful to the PC version), a short audio clip followed "Hello, Commander", and began to warn of a new threat before getting cut off by static.
Borderlands 2 shipped 6M copies in 2012
Posted: 06.02.2013 by JonahFalcon
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Take 2 has announced that Borderlands 2 shipped more than 6 million units in 2012 across 3 platforms, which sounds better than the 4M sales it actually sold that year. The sequel has yet to reach the sales of the original game, which moved roughly 5.5M units in its lifetime.
Posted: 14.05.2013 by JonahFalcon
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