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Contrast, the shadow-shifting puzzle platformer from Compulsion Games, will not be released in May as previously planned. After being Greenlit on Steam, the game has since been picked up by Focus Home Interactive for a wider release. Contrast will now be released on XBLA, PSN and PC in Q4 2013. We think Constrast could be pretty cool. Here's a new trailer to help you endure the longer wait.Contrast comes out of the shadows on PSN, XBLA, PC in Q4 2013 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Gamestop's financial data for the first quarter of its fiscal 2013 have arrived like a pizza with nearly 25 percent fewer toppings than the pizza you ordered during the same 13-week period last year. Also, cheesy bread sales are way up? This may not be the strongest analogy. In non-allegorical terms, gross revenue (overall sales) and net income (post-tax profit) were both down year-over-year, at $1.865 billion and $54.6 million, respectively. As far as net income, that's a 24.69 percent decrease from the $72.5 million Gamestop reported at the end of Q1 2012. Meanwhile, mobile device sales were up 290 percent, though this massive increase was largely due to the fact that Gamestop's mobile trade-in/sales program was just getting started during Q1 of 2012. Digital sales also increased, to the tune of 47.3 percent year-over-year, while new software sales, both physical and digital, fell 3.8 percent. As was the case during Q1 2012, used hardware and software sales accounted for the majority of Gamestop's pre-tax profit, with new hardware and software sales making up just 29.5 percent of the quarter's overall gross.GameStop Q1 sales and profits down, mobile/digital sales up originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

FIFA 14 will line up for the North American continental anthem on September 24 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The European launch is September 27. Pre-orders of FIFA 14 through GameStop, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Amazon or Origin get Ultimate Team gold packs. Each pack contains 12 items - players, contracts, stadiums, managers - to support players as they create fantasy teams of real-world athletes. FIFA 14 is one of four EA Sports games confirmed for Xbox One, Microsoft's next-gen console revealed this week. FIFA 14 will use EA's new Ignite engine on Xbox One and PS4, but not PC or current-gen consoles.Continue reading FIFA 14 launches September 24 in North America, 27 in EuropeFIFA 14 launches September 24 in North America, 27 in Europe originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

After the self-destruction of Spore and SimCity, you'd think EA executives would think twice about the future of always-online DRM. Think again.

Andy Velasquez has published the first Neverwinter State of the Game letter on the official site. In the lengthy note, Velasquez talks about things the team has worked on to fix during the game's open beta, gives a hint at things the team is working on now and drops a big "ranged" hint about the next character class that players can expect to see enter the game in the near future.

The new game announcements keep rolling in. Electronic Arts today announced the latest entry in the Need for Speed franchise, Need for Speed Rivals. It's set to release on 'current generation platforms on November 19, 2013 and will also be released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 later this year'. The press release describes the game as: "A white-knuckle action/racing game created by an inspired new development team, using a powerful engine and delivering next-generation gameplay... In Need for Speed Rivals, gamers play as either a cop or racer, where each side of the law has its own set of high stakes challenges, rewards and consequences. As a racer, the goal is to become infamous for taking risks behind the wheel and capturing your most intense escapes on video for the world to see. The more cops players evade, the more Speedpoints they collect, enabling them to unlock new cars and items. Keep raising the stakes race after race, earning more and more Speedpoints along the way and becoming a more valuable target to the cops – but risk losing it all if busted. As a cop, players work together as part of a team in pursuit of racers, earning prominence and rising in the ranks of the Police Force with every bust. Achieving higher ranks unlocks new police only cars and more powerful pursuit tech." The first batch of screenshots for the game were also released:This is an excerpt from the full story which was originally featured on gamrReview, read the full version here - Need for Speed Rivals Announced for Current and Next Gen Platforms - News

Consoles sporting just over 1 teraflops are apparently more powerful than today's high-end gaming machines, according to Electronic Arts. Someone slap some sense into me or explain how a card like the 7990 ?Malta? GPU with six times the raw processing power of either the Xbox One or PS4 all on its own is somehow a generation behind? Someone...anyone?!

Now that J.J. Abrams' second movie in the Star Trek universe, Into Darkness, has boldly gone into movie theaters, it seems only appropriate that Star Trek Online fire back with its first ever expansion pack, Legacy of Romulus.

Payday 2, the Overkill-developed crook sim, is set to launch in August. The news comes at the end of the trailer above, which teases a new web series set to start in two weeks. We have yet to see any actual Payday 2 gameplay beyond a brief teaser issued in March, but feel free to case our gallery of in-game shots below. Payday 2 - which adds classes and a contracts database on top of its predecessor's core robbery mechanics - is planning its heist on Steam, PS3 and Xbox 360. Pre-orders are open on Steam right now and all who sign up early will get an in-game loot pack. Gallery: Payday 2 Payday 2 planning an August heist, web series starts in two weeks originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More...

FIFA 14 will line up for the North American continental anthem on September 24 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The European launch is September 27. Pre-orders of FIFA 14 through GameStop, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Amazon or Origin get Ultimate Team gold packs. Each pack contains 12 items - players, contracts, stadiums, managers - to support players as they create fantasy teams of real-world athletes. FIFA 14 is one of four EA Sports games confirmed for Xbox One, Microsoft's next-gen console revealed this week. FIFA 14 will use EA's new Ignite engine on Xbox One and PS4, but not PC or current-gen consoles.Continue reading FIFA 14 launches September 24 in North America, 27 in Europe FIFA 14 launches September 24 in North America, 27 in Europe originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More...