A report from DFC Intelligence suggests that online game sales will surpass retail sales in 2013. Global Sales from online games including PC, console, mobile and tablet games are expected to rise from 19.3 billion in 2010 to $37.9 billion by 2016.
Star Wars Fan rejoice! A major digital distributor has put every Star Wars game in their catalog on sale for the weekend. If you aren’t into ancient weapons and hokey religions, then you can still find a few other good deals this weekend as well.
Max Payne was always a series about a hard-boiled detective who takes the law into his own hands, but the new trailer for Max Payne 3 shows that the latest game in the series is taking the franchise in a completely new direction.
If you were hoping to “Cross Lightsabers” in Star Wars: The Old Republic, you’ll be sad to hear that same-sex romantic subplots with NPCs are not going to be an option at launch. This is a surprise, considering that Bioware’s last game, Dragon Age 2, surrounded the player with a gang of priapic bisexuals.
Earlier last week, Electronic Arts’ CFO, Eric Brown, traveled to the Citi 2011 Tech Conference, talking about Battlefield 3 preorders and the current release status of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Now, he’s discussed the success of Origin and free-to-play games from EA.
A remake of the old isometric Syndicate strategy games has been rumored for years and finally some real details and screenshots have emerged of the game, which is being developed by Starbreeze. While many gamers were expecting this new Syndicate game to be somewhat similiar to the original, to a lot of people’s surprise (and anger) it was revealed that, like the new X-COM game, the new Syndicate will be a first person shooter.
Sony Online Entertainment has dabbled a bit in the free-to-play business model before, with the microtransaction model forEverquest 2 last August. Apparently, it worked quite well, since SOE has transferred the business model to the upcoming MMO, Planetside 2.
