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Today, Ubisoft released its sales and earnings figures for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. Full-year sales for 2011-12 totaled €1,061 million, up 2.1% compared with the €1,039 million recorded for 2010-11. Sales for the fourth quarter of 2011-12 came to €161 million versus €178 million in the corresponding prior-year period, representing a decrease of 9.6%. Fourth-quarter sales wer...

We posted details and screenshots of FIFA 13 a while, back, so head on over here to read up on the new features and see some of the game in action. Even better, check out the videos below from some of the influential members of the Youtube FIFA community, who were invited to EA’s Showcase event, and have provided their own preview coverage. Can’t do better than those that play the gam...

A countdown timer has gone live on the Metro: Last Light site, pointing towards a live action short on May 24th, right before E3. Metro: Last Light is due to release in Q1 of 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Wii U. THQ have confirmed that they will have no booth or stand at this year’s E3 Expo in LA, although they will be present for business and media purposes.

[via Battlefieldo] Community site Battlefieldo are reporting that EA are set to announce Battlefield Premuim at this year’s E3, according to their “very reliable source”. We’ve heard those words before. Anyway, Battlefield Premium will apparently serve as direct competition to Call of Duty Elite, and: “….will land you a number of content drops with unique in-g...

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3 will be taking place from June 5th to the 7th in the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. What exactly is E3 you ask? “E3 is the world’s premier trade show for computer and video games and related products. The show is owned by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the U.S. association dedicated to servi...

Microsoft have today confirmed that the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft has broken the 1 million sales barrier (1,061,954 copies to be precise) in just 5 days on Xbox Live Arcade. Some other facts, which have been provided via Major Nelson’s blog incude: Total Online Hours: 5.2M Multiplayer sessions: 4M Total Multiplayer gaming hours: 2.4M

[via The Telegraph] GAME Retail Limited reportedly owes its landlord, Lazari GP, 3 months advance rent on its flagship Oxford Street store. The total amount comes to more than £100,000. It could be forced to close the doors on the iconic store as Lazari have the right tow force Game Retail off the premises at any point while the matter is being settled. The court order gives the landlord the pow...

President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) Jack Tretton has apparently gone on record to say that he is “opposed” to blocking used game on consoles (specifically with a view to Next Gen or “Gen4″ consoles). The view comes via Michael Pachter, who was speaking on GTTV’s Bonus Round segment on Sony at E3. Pachter stated that when asked, Tretton ...

The lastest all formats charts for week 19 of 2012 are out, and Sniper Elite V2 has managed to hold on to the top spot this week. FIFA Street and Prototype 2 switch places this week, with FIFA 12 being the non mover in the top half of the chart. The rest of the Top 10 remains stationary except for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, which climbs 5 places to inch past Call of Duty: Modern...

Crystal Dynamics have announced that their Tomb Raider reboot has now been delayed into 2013. In a post on the Official Tomb Raider blog, Darrell Gallagher, Head of Studio at Crystal Dynamics had this to say: “When Crystal Dynamics first set out to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise, there were two goals that we were extremely passionate about. The first was to create a modern Tomb Raider ga...