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The publisher reveals how important digital sales and DLC are to its future.
Speaking at the Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference yesterday, EA chief financial officer Eric Brown highlighted the importance of DLC and microtransactions to the publisher’s business. The comments directly contrast with Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick’s comments at yesterday’s Reuters Global Media Summit.
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Squad-based shooter from Toshihiro Nagoshi in development for HD consoles, targeted at Japanese and Western markets.
Toshihiro Nagoshi is best known for his work on the Yakuza and Super Monkey Ball franchises, but the man is distancing himself from those properties for his next body of virtual work.
Today, Sega announced Binary Domain, a squad-based action game from the mind of Nagoshi. It is set in Tokyo in the year 2080, a time when humans are locked in battle with robots. The title is described by Nagoshi as a “dramatic and energetic sci-fi shooter.” In the game, players take control of a peacekeeping team that, as it continues its fight against the robots, begins to ponder whether or not they are becoming robotic or robots are becoming human.
“When you hear sci-fi you may think of cold, clinical environments, but with Binary Domain I wanted to combine this with a deep human drama,” Nagoshi said. “The keyword we have in mind for this project is ‘Life’. I wanted to make something that will be accepted by both the Japanese and Western markets, and this fundamental theme is something everyone knows but which the full extent of can be difficult to grasp.”
Sega did not provide a release window for Binary Domain. The game’s first trailer was released today and is embedded below.
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Sony’s racer jumpstarts PS3 sales too.
Gran Turismo 5 topped the Japanese Media Create charts after its first week on release, selling an impressive 430,707 copies.
According to Andriasang’s report, other notable new entries in the software chart included DS mech scrapper Super Robot Taisen L at two and Mario Sports Mix at three.
The full top 10 shaped up like this:
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Following Gran Turismo 5’s release, Sony’s console sales double week-on-week.The Japan hardware chart for the week ending November 28 saw continued strong performances for Sony systems.
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The Activision Blizzard CEO says that his company won’t be entering these game markets any time soon.
Speaking during the Reuters Global Media Summit yesterday, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said that while there was still room for expansion of the publisher’s existing games portfolio including Call Of Duty and WOW, he couldn’t see as much opportunity in the mobile and social games market.
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Sony’s racer takes pole position in the latest chart, toppling Black Ops and beating competition from Mario Sports Mix.Gran Turismo 5 debuted in the Japan chart with sales of 430,707 units for the week ending November 28.
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Canadian university launches online “genetic” puzzle game with plans for Facebook and mobile expansion.McGill University released Phylo, a free, Flash-based game “in which every puzzle completed contributes to mapping diseases within human DNA” on Monday.
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First augmented reality game for Parrot’s iPhone controlled AR.Drone device. -
Trough week forces Namco apology.
Namco Bandai has formerly apologised for the malfunctioning Enslaved DLC – Pigsy’s Perfect 10 – on PS3.
All problems have now been resolved, the publisher said. Anyone still having problems redeeming their DLC code will be given a replacement, providing you can recall your 37-digit code received from the PS Store.
“Namco Bandai are aware that a very small amount of consumers have been having issues with their PSN purchases of Pigsy’s Perfect 10 for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. This problem was quickly resolved last week and players are able to purchase and redeem codes as normal,” stated the publisher.
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Sony yet so far.
The first video footage of what could be the PlayStation Phone has appeared on the internet.
Greek website Techblog (via Endgadget) hosted a clip (below) showing a man thumbing his way around a phone’s touch-screen interface. Airy music wafts dreamily in the background.
There’s no footage of the phone sliding open to reveal a more PSP-like shape, nor any sign of a game running. The man, presumably bored, settled for menus.
