Financials (Page 80)

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Ubisoft loses $71 million in quiet first half

Tough comparison to prior year when Watch Dogs launched also reveals 57% dip in revenues [UPDATE: Assassin's Creed Syndicate sales down in first week]

Nov. 4, 2015 James Brightman

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Lego Dimensions, Mad Max drive WBIE to growth

Continued sales of Mortal Kombat and Batman: Arkham Knight helping push Warner Bros' game division to a record year

Nov. 4, 2015 Brendan Sinclair

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Activision Blizzard Q3 sales, profits slide

Publisher pushes engagement metrics over unit sales as non-GAAP numbers drop year-over-year

Nov. 3, 2015 Brendan Sinclair

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Gfinity reports £3.6m loss in first fiscal year

Major investments tell on eSports company's bottom line, will raise another £1 million through share sale

Nov. 2, 2015 Matthew Handrahan

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Sega misses lowered six-month profit forecast

Company is nevertheless back in the black despite a lack of major new releases

Nov. 2, 2015 Matthew Handrahan

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Metal Gear ships 5 million in a strong six-months for Konami

Kojima's swansong helped to double profits at Japanese publisher

Oct. 30, 2015 Matthew Handrahan

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EA raises full-year outlook in advance of Star Wars Battlefront launch

Publisher exceeds guidance in Q2, but loses $140 million on a GAAP basis [UPDATE: Mirror's Edge Catalyst delayed]

Oct. 29, 2015 James Brightman

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Sony shipped another 4m PS4s in Q2

Raises fiscal year forecast from 16.5 million units to 17.5 million units

Oct. 29, 2015 Matthew Handrahan

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Capcom reports broad six-month profit decline

Digital, Arcade and Pachinko segments all down over last year, overall revenue up 22 per cent

Oct. 29, 2015 Matthew Handrahan

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Ancient Games launches fund for indies

£25,000 on offer, devs keep 100% of the intellectual property rights

Oct. 28, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Koukoi Games gets $1m in funding

"With these resources we are able to launch the game globally and compete against other studios"

Oct. 28, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Nintendo profits dip slightly, but Wii U sales are up

First results under Tatsumi Kimishima show firm holding steady

Oct. 28, 2015 Dan Pearson

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Apple sells another 48m iPhones in Q4

"Record fourth quarter sales of iPhone" helped push net income to $11.1 billion

Oct. 27, 2015 James Brightman

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Reforged Studios scores $2.5m from NetEase

"Allows us to be part of the future of gaming globally.”

Oct. 27, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Xbox Live revenues up as Microsoft's overall revenues fall

"We are making strong progress across each of our three ambitions by delivering innovation people love"

Oct. 22, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Artillery closes Tencent-led funding round

Californian startup will expand past 20 people as it continues work on a free-to-play RTS

Oct. 22, 2015 Matthew Handrahan

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Star Citizen had more crowd-funding in 2014 than all gaming Kickstarters combined

RSI banked $33m last year, compared to $20m for Kickstarter's video games

Oct. 16, 2015 Dan Pearson

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Russian esports company nears $100 million investment

USM Holdings will fund a major expansion of esports activity for Virtus.pro

Oct. 16, 2015 Matthew Handrahan

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Vivendi buys stakes in Ubisoft, Gameloft

6.6 per cent stake in Ubi bought for €140 million, 6.2 per cent of Gameloft cost €5 million

Oct. 15, 2015 Matthew Handrahan

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UK government's Games Prototype Fund launches today

£4 million to be distributed to studios over next four years

Oct. 12, 2015 Dan Pearson

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MinoMonsters rebrands as Mino Games, raises $2.2m

"The funds will be used to fuel marketing Mino Monsters 2, and grow the team for our next titles”

Oct. 8, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Scribblenauts studio joins Fig

5TH Cell will bring new IP to funding platform

Oct. 8, 2015 Rachel Weber

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iWin acquires ArcadeTown.com

Casual gaming company's fourth acquisition in two years

Oct. 1, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Reload Studios closes first funding round with $4m

"Gaining partners who believed in the future of VR is like gaining a huge army"

Oct. 1, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Sega lowers six month revenue forecast by 22 per cent

Taiyo subsidiary will offer "voluntary retirement" to 200 employees as part of restructuring effort

Sept. 30, 2015 Matthew Handrahan