GameStop today reported earnings for the second quarter ended August 2, and the results were strong across the board. Overall, the company posted revenue of $1.73 billion for the quarter, up 25.1 percent compared to last year. Meanwhile, profit was $24.6 million, an increase of 134.3 percent compared to last year’s net earnings of $10.5 […]
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GameStop Profit Jumps 134% Year-Over-Year, As The Busy Holiday Season Awaits
August 21st, 2014 
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Comments Off on GameStop Profit Jumps 134% Year-Over-Year, As The Busy Holiday Season AwaitsFive Nights at Freddy’s Scare Compilation
August 21st, 2014 Mark Mary decides to take over the nightly security role at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, only to find out the animatronic robots are out to get her.
Xbox One Now Supports Pre-Loading
August 21st, 2014 Mark The Xbox One now supports pre-loading for digital games, and Microsoft has delivered the feature ahead of schedule. At Gamescom, Microsoft announced that pre-purchasing and pre-loading would begin on Xbox One with FIFA 15 (September 26) and Forza Horizon 2 (September 30). But in fact, the feature is available today with Madden NFL 15. If […]
Oculus Rift DK2 and the Future of VR
August 21st, 2014 Mark Jeremy spends some quality time with the new Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 and Elite: Dangerous to see how far virtual reality has come and assess where it still needs work.
Microsoft: New Gears of War Shaping Up Well — What Do You Want to See?
August 21st, 2014 Mark Frustratingly blurry concept art for the new Gears of War game The new Gears of War game currently in development at Microsoft’s Black Tusk Studios in Vancouver is shaping up well, according to Xbox executive Aaron Greenberg. He visited the studio recently, and reports on Twitter that he left feeling “very impressed” with what he […]
Super Smash Bros. Bug-Testing Sounds Insane
August 21st, 2014 Mark Bug-testing is a critical part of game development, and for Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U, it sounds like an incredibly complicated and challenging endeavor. Game director Masahiro Sakurai writes in his latest Famitsu column (translated by Kotaku) that there are an “astronomical” number of sequences that Nintendo must test for bugs, which […]
Facebook Will Pay You to Find Oculus Rift Bugs
August 21st, 2014 Mark Facebook has extended its “bug bounty” program to include the Oculus Rift, the virtual reality headset technology the social networking giant paid $2 billion to acquire in March. As part of the program, Oculus Rift headset owners can report bugs to Facebook for a chance to be financially compensated. The minimum reward is $500, and […]
WoW Expansion Mists of Pandaria Drops to $10 Ahead of Warlords of Draenor’s Release
August 21st, 2014 Mark Need to catch up on World of Warcraft expansions before the release of Warlords of Draenor this November? You’re in luck, as Blizzard Entertainment is now selling the game’s fourth and most recent expansion–2012’s Mists of Pandaria–through Battle.net for $10. That price is good for a digital copy of the expansion. If you want a […]
Posted in PC Comments Off on WoW Expansion Mists of Pandaria Drops to $10 Ahead of Warlords of Draenor’s ReleaseStar Wars: Commander Out Today; Dev Promises It’s Not Pay-to-Win Or A Clash of Clans Clone
August 21st, 2014 Mark Disney Interactive may have canceled Star Wars: Attack Squadrons before it even left beta, but the company has bigger and bolder plans for Star Wars: Commander, a new free-to-play combat strategy game released today on the App Store for iOS devices. An Android version is coming in a couple of weeks. The first thing you’ll […]
Posted in PC Comments Off on Star Wars: Commander Out Today; Dev Promises It’s Not Pay-to-Win Or A Clash of Clans CloneXbox 360 Game Ascend Discontinued, Dev "Deeply Saddened"
August 21st, 2014 Mark Free-to-play Xbox 360 game Ascend: Hand of Kul (formerly known as Ascend: New Gods), has been removed from the Xbox Marketplace, and developer Signal Studios isn’t happy about it. In a post on the company’s website, Signal Studios says, “Despite our best efforts and the game’s success, Microsoft has discontinued support for Ascend: Hand of […]
