Ubisoft revealed that RedLynx’s Xbox Live Arcade hit Trials Evolution had sold half a million units just three weeks after its April 18 launch. The game set a record on Xbox Live Arcade by seeing over 100,000 downloads in 24 hours.
The publisher also said that there was “great multiplatform potential for RedLynx brands”. In an earnings call, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said RedLynx games also offer “big multiplatform digital revenue potential.”
Source: Gamasutra
U4ia Games has released its first title, a free-to-play shooter title for browsers called Offensive Combat. The game hopes to carve out a niche in the growing field, and will base its revenue on avatar customization.
“Free-to-play is the next disruptive, permanent shift in gaming,” explains U4iA Games CEO and Co-Founder Dusty Welch. “Consumers are moving away from the traditional console retail model and demanding AAA-quality games accessible on all their devices with no upfront costs.”
“We believe the current crop of FPS games is just more of the same. With Offensive Combat, we are making the blockbuster game you’ll have to have, but it’s already in your browser, it’s free, and your friends are already playing. Just log on and click play,” adds U4iA Games CCO and Co-Founder Chris Archer. “We’re building Offensive Combat for passionate core shooter fans, delivering the features they want and empowering them to play the way they want. Gamers are clamoring for new ideas and experiences versus the same rehashed gameplay.”
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Alpha shows you the future of war with the most elite special-ops team of the US Armed Forces. Inserted deep behind enemy lines, the Ghosts must strike swiftly to eliminate one of the world’s most feared war criminals, and vanish as they came.
The Max Payne 3 Pro Exhibition saw 16 of the world’s best competitive gamers playing Rockstar’s latest for a total cash prize purse of $30,000. It shows the commitment Rockstar has to making Max Payne 3 into a top online shooter, and MLG’s commitment to pushing out the latest and greatest games.
Marvel created this video as a thank you to all the fans who’ve assembled around the world for The Avengers. Truly, the movie has become even more of a phenomenon than it was destined to be.
Upload a photo from Facebook, your computer or from a webcam and pose with the Dictator in a series of cartoony and villainous scenes! Share the image with friends on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest. While you’re at it, change your cover photo as well.
The Prototype 2 Official Sidekick mobile app is available to help gamers navigate the open world of NYZ. The app is available for both iOS and Android mobile devices and features interactive level maps to every collectible and the ability to track use progress across all found collectibles and earned achievements/trophies. Players can also explore the power of Prototype 2‘s mutations and learn how to obtain them.
The Prototype 2 Official Sidekick is the ultimate companion to making the most of New York Zero and exacting revenge in the epic, open world game of Prototype 2 . Interactive maps spanning the Green, Yellow and Red Zones of NYZ will help gamers hunt down every last collectible and check-off their progress as they play.
Gamers can try out the Yellow Zone map for FREE, and then unlock the Green and Red zones (combined map-pack upgrade) to uncover all that NYZ has to offer.
It’s the true American story of a legendary family feud — one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. Hatfields & McCoys, a three-part miniseries on the History Channel premiering on Memorial Day, showcases an all-star cast led by Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion, vengeance, courage, sacrifice, crimes and accusations, while forever transforming the two families and the region they lived in. On history.com, fans can tweet and pick a side. At the time of publication there were 670 tweets for the McCoys vs 586 for the Hatfields. On Facebook, fans can fill out a questionnaire to determine their allegiance between the two epic, warring families for a chance to win a new flat screen TV.
CrowdStar is bringing Top Girl and Tower Town to China and South Korea. Tencent will distribute the titles in China and Hong Kong while Gamevil will bring the games to South Korea.
“We’re excited to publish the top global female social game in Korea,” said Kyu Lee, vice president and head of Gamevil USA. “We’re confident that Top Girl will be a huge success leveraging our large user base and will also strengthen our leading position in the South Korean market.”
“CrowdStar is excited about the new consumer markets it plans to enter through today’s partnerships,” said Randy Lee, CrowdStar’s Head of Global Business Development. “In the U.S., Top Girl Android debuted as an exclusive on the Amazon App Store in December after the iOS version of the game saw enormous popularity, surpassing 1 million downloads in 10 days. We’re optimistic about seeing more impressive results with our new partners in Asia.”
An Associated Press-CNBC poll revealed that half of Americans think that Facebook is a passing fad. Furthermore, only a third think the $100 billion valuation of the company is appropriate and half thinks it’s too high.
At the same time, half think that the stock will be a good investment, while 31 percent do not. Age plays a factor, and the younger the person surveyed, the more likely they are to think it’s a good investment.
Use is also inverse to age, with 81 percent between 18 and 35 having an account but only 21 percent of senior citizens using the site. 55 percent of 30 year olds are on Facebook every day and a third log on several times a day.
Still, 51 percent of young adults predict Facebook’s appeal will fade down the road, and only 44 percent think it will stick around as a service. Just under half of adults (46 percent) predict a short timeline for Facebook, while 43 percent say it has staying power.
Only 13 percent trust Facebook to guard their data, and only 12 percent would feel safe making purchases through the site, a statistic reflected in the site’s heaviest users. 57 percent of users say they never click on ads or on Facebook’s sponsored content and about another quarter say they rarely do.
Source: AP
