Archive - Brendan Sinclair

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Brendan joined GamesIndustry International in 2012. Based in Toronto, Ontario, he was previously a long-time news editor at CBS-owned GameSpot in the US, and joins up with the US editorial team led by James Brightman.

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5 Trion hit by mass layoffs

2 days ago Defiance developer reportedly makes deep cuts to staff, Rift and other games "unaffected"

Galaxy S4 sales approach 10 million

2 days ago Samsung says latest smartphone is outpacing the S3, expects it to hit milestone next week

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5 Selling Your Children: Game Entrepreneurs On Letting Go

2 days ago Trip Hawkins, Alex Seropian, and Tony Goodman on regrets, emotional trauma, and what drives them to keep starting new companies

33 EA pulls plug on Wii U support

3 days ago Publisher confirms it has no games in development for Nintendo's latest console

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Denise Warren joins EA board of directors

3 days ago New York Times head of digital content and subscriptions signs on as Greg Maffei steps down from publisher's board

1 Core games drive Ubisoft sales up 18%

4 days ago Assassin's Creed publisher rakes in €1.26 billion for the year, expects casual games to shrink to less than 20% of sales

7 Vivendi still looking to unload Activision Blizzard

4 days ago French telecom weighing options as publisher brass reportedly interested in buying back some of parent company's stake

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5 E3 still vital to industry, says ESA

4 days ago Trade group exec says attendees overwhelmingly pleased with the show, confirms it will return to LACC through 2016

2 Rift goes free-to-play

5 days ago Trion Worlds opens up entirety of 2011 MMORPG for non-paying gamers starting next month

2 Rovio launches publishing brand

5 days ago Angry Birds maker debuts Rovio Stars; first game will be iOS title Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage

9 Sony's largest investor calls for break-up

5 days ago Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb suggests splitting Sony Entertainment from Sony Electronics, says they're obscuring each other's worth

8 BioShock Infinite hits 3.7 million, boosts Take-Two sales

6 days ago Publisher's full-year revenues jump 47 percent as digital nearly triples, but it fails to post a profit

2 Shadow of the Eternals gets a Kickstarter

6 days ago Precursor Games now operating simultaneous crowdfunding campaigns for Eternal Darkness follow-up

Samsung leads $15 million investment in Ubitus

6 days ago Taiwanese cloud company attracts funding to push gaming services in the TV market

Sales declines expected through July

6 days ago Cowen and Company projects double-digit NPD sales declines until Madden hits; April game sales expected down 13%

5 Electronic Arts exec sells all shares

9 days ago EA Sports executive VP Andrew Wilson unloads more than $687,000 worth of stock after Madden maker's price bump

Defiance TV show renewed for second season

9 days ago Syfy orders another 13 episodes of Trion MMO's transmedia tie-in

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3 Wartune advertising runs afoul of ESRB

9 days ago Free-to-play online game uses Adults Only rating as selling point, even though it's never been rated at all

Namco posts best annual results in years

9 days ago Tekken, Soulcalibur, and Naruto games all top 1 million sold; revenues and profits at five-year highs

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4 Ken Kutaragi joins Marvelous AQL

10 days ago Former Sony chairman and CEO becomes external director at Japanese publisher of Harvest Moon

Konami sales down 15%, profits nearly halved

10 days ago Publisher's fiscal 2013 a setback as mobile growth stalls, Metal Gear Rising posts "solid" performance

PlayStation full-year sales slide

10 days ago Sony boosts overall revenues and profits as gaming business heads in opposite direction; Vita continues to struggle

3 Ouya raises $15 million in new funding, delays launch

10 days ago New investor puts Bing Gordon on board of directors as release shifts back a few weeks to June 25

Diablo III auction house taken down by gold-duping bug

11 days ago Blizzard temporarily shuts down feature after update-induced glitch upends in-game economy

9 EA drops gun licenses, will use them anyway

11 days ago Publisher says it doesn't need manufacturers' approval to put their weapons into games