Activision-Blizzard Q3 Financials: Xbox 360, PS3 Top Revenue Earners

Posted in Activision, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 with tags , on November 6, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

PS360Activision-Blizzard has revealed that it’s top console revenue earners for Q3 of 2009 were the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with the Wii coming in 3rd.

The highest earning gaming revenue was MMOs, with over $104 million.

The 360 took 15% of Acti’s consoles earnings with $104 miilion, with the PS3 bring in $74 million (10%) and the Wii results in at $73 million (10%).

Activision as a whole raked in $703 million, although expect a slight boost in Q4 with over $1.3 billion in earnings, thanks to the release of Modern Warfare 2 this coming Tuesday.

“We believe we have the industry’s strongest holiday release schedule which includes Bakugan Battle Brawlers™, Band Hero, Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare® 2, DJ Hero and Tony Hawk®: RIDE™. We are committed to making great games and our fall releases deliver against this more than ever before,” said Activision president Bobby Kotick.

“As of today, our calendar 2009 financial outlook remains unchanged, and we still expect to deliver record non-GAAP operating margins based on the strength of the Call of Duty franchise and high consumer anticipation for Modern Warfare 2, which we project could be the largest entertainment launch of the year.”

Square Enix Q3 FY2010 Financials: Square Detail Line-up for Holiday Season in Japan

Posted in Activision, Final Fantasy XIII Japanese Launch Portal, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 with tags , , , , on November 6, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

AC2Square Enix has detailed it’s holiday line-up for Japan. Starting with Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers for the Wii on November 12th, and ending with, of course, Final Fantasy XIII on December 17th for the PlayStation 3.

Crystal Bearers also got a North American release date of Boxing Day.

Assassin’s Creed II, which is being published by the company in Japan on behalf of Ubisoft, gets a release on December 3rd for the PS3 and 360, and Modern Warfare 2, also being published by Square on behalf of Activision, gets a release a month after the West does on December 10th.

Find the full list of releases after the jump.

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Square Enix Q3 FY2010 Financials: Wada: FFXIII Could Be Out Before the End of Fiscal ’10

Posted in Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII Japanese Launch Portal, PlayStation 3, Square Enix, Xbox 360 with tags , on November 6, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

lightning-2Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has revealed that development of the international version of Final Fantasy XIII is going so well, it could be out before the end of Fiscal 2010.

Translation: out before April 2010.

Speaking at the company’s Q3 FY2010 financials, Wada said the development was in “good progress”.

Brillant.

So far, it’s only been tagged for Spring 2010 in Europe and the US. It’ll be out in Japan on November 17th for the PS3.

Thanks, .

Square Enix Q3 FY2010 Financials: Batman: Arkham Asylum Sells Over 2.6 Million Worldwide

Posted in PlayStation 3, Square Enix, Square Enix Europe (Eidos), Xbox 360 with tags , , on November 6, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

Batman Arkham AsylumSquare Enix has confirmed in its Q3 financials that Batman: Arkham Asylum has sold over 2.6 million units worldwide.

Over 1.5 million units has been sold in the US, while a million has been sold in the EU.

It’s Square’s second best-selling game for the quarter, only behind Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS, which sold over 4 million units since it’s launch in Japan back in July.

The rest are of handheld games like DQIX, Dissida: Final Fantasy for the PSP and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days for the DS, but Mini Ninjas popped up at the end of the top five. The game sold over 600,000 units in the quarter, with 250,000 units in the US and 350,000 in Europe.

Square Enix Q3 FY2010 Financials: Wada Not Concerned Over Potential Sales Failure of Final Fantasy XIII

Posted in Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII Japanese Launch Portal, PlayStation 3, Square Enix, Xbox 360 with tags , , on November 6, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

FFXIII 3Speaking during the company’s Q3 FY2010 financials (via ), Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has said he, or the company, aren’t concerned of a potential sales failure for Final Fantasy XIII.

“PS3 sales are still growing. PS3 and FF XIII included in the sale of the units can be expected to grow more. FF XIII never a bad order situation,” said Wada.

That said, it’d be pretty hard to see the game falling flat on it’s face in Japan. It’s out in Japan on December 17th for the PlayStation 3. As for EU and US, it could be before March.

Activision-Blizzard Q3 Financials: New Guitar Hero and Call of Duty Coming Next Year

Posted in Activision, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 with tags , , , , on November 6, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

WaWIn their Q3 financials, Acti-Blizz confirmed that new Call of Duty and Guitar Hero games will be coming in 2010, as well as new Tony Hawk and Spiderman.

Ain’t that a bloody surprise?

“In 2010, Activision publishing is expected to release a strong product line of innovative new titles,” Tipple said. “The diversified lineup will include, among others, titles based on the best-selling franchises in the company’s history, including Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Shrek, and Spiderman, and a select few new intellectual properties such as Blur and Singularity, and a strong catalog based on our top sellers of 2009.”

No shit.

We’re listening to the call right now. If we hear anything interesting, we’ll let you know.

Halo: Reach Screens Leaked

Posted in Microsoft Games Studios, Xbox 360 with tags , on November 5, 2009 by James Love

Halo Reach

Over at GAF leaked screenshots of Halo: Reach have been posted, and some game play has been detailed too.

Gameplay Details:

New carbine that shoots needles, and explodes when 3 needles are hit.

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It is a one shot battle rifle with 12 rounds, pretty powerful and effective long range.

Perks

  • New HUD (see photos). In the bottom left, you can see your squad mates health and names.
  • Right above the radar shows what perks you are carrying. When I played there were 3 perks-sprinting, cloaking, and hologram.
  • The sprinting makes you run when you hold LB
  • Cloaking makes you invisible (when you cloak your radar jams and you can’t really hear anything around you).
  • The hologram creates a hologram of you, so enemies will shoot at both.

Check out the screens after the jump! The game is set to launch Autumn 2010.

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New Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta Announcement Trailer

Posted in EA, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 with tags , , on November 5, 2009 by James Love

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As promised earlier, here is the brand new trailer for Bad Company 2 upcoming beta trial for it, which is set to begin on November 19th for the PlayStation 3.

Trailer is after the jump. BF: BC2 launches on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 2nd 2010 in North American and March 5th in Europe.

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta Coming November 17th

Posted in EA, PlayStation 3 with tags , on November 5, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

BFBC2EA has announced an open beta for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be commencing on November 17th, exclusive to the PlayStation 3.

The beta is one of the new game types in the game, Rush.

Xbox 360 owners will have to wait until next year to get their hands on it before release. While there will be a new demo at Christmas time, it will be for PC only. The 2010 demo is for all formats.

Find screenshots of the beta after the jump. We’re currently uploading the trailer from the beta, so that’ll be up shortly.

BFBC2 is out in March 2010 for PS3 and 360.

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European Game Releases [2/11 - 6/11]

Posted in Activision, Atari, EA, Namco Bandai Partners (Atari EU), Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, Ubisoft, Xbox 360 with tags , , , on November 5, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

DAO

This week’s EGR is headed up by the release of Dragon Age: Origins for the Xbox 360. No PS3 version until the end of the month, we’re affraid.

As well as DAO, you also get Band Hero for PS3, 360 and Wii, Singstar: Take That for the PS3, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time for the PS3 and the 360/Wii release of Ghostbusters, after the release of the PS3 version in June.

Full list is after the jump.

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