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Wired's Chris Kohler spoke with Mark Rein of Epic Games in an interview published yesterday. In it, Rein reveals some interesting tidbits about his company's blockbuster Gears of War and the Unreal Engine. In light of regular big game budget announcements, it might come as a surprise that Epic's pumped up third-person sci-fi shooter went out the door for so cheap. More »
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It should come as little surprise that Nintendo reported record profits today for the end of their third quarter, selling millions upon millions of things worldwide. What kind of things? How about 3.19 million Wiis? Would you believe 1.5 million Virtual Console games? Can I possibly impress you with nineteen Nintendo published titles that sold more than a million copies in nine months? More »
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For Microsoft, video games have always been a money pit. Good thing the company has cash coming out the whazoo. In 2005, the company lost US $485 million, and for fiscal year 2006, it was out US $1.26 billion. Not exactly chump change. More »
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A blurb so short, we might as well just quote it: More »
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