Electronic Arts’ Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has sold through 2.3 million units globally since its March 2 debut, developer DICE said today. The game’s seen 230,000 concurrent users at peak, and players have spent a collective 2.9 million hours online in the last 24 hours alone, says the company. In fact, Battlefield franchise EP Karl [...]

Although some publishers have used downloadable content and unlockables to discourage used game sales, retailer GameStop sees itself as a publisher partner in the DLC biz. CEO Dan DeMatteo doesn’t believe DLC opportunities are much of a deterrent to used game buyers, anyway: “Through our years in the used business, we have learned that the [...]

Sega is developing “several” Project Natal and PlayStation Move games planned for late 2010 and early 2011, says Mike Hayes, the company’s European and North American head. The publisher’s placing a lot of faith behind the platform holders’ push toward motion-controlled gaming; Hayes tells consumer site CVG Natal and Move “allow us to do things [...]

Oxford, UK-based Rebellion confirmed layoffs at its Oxford headquarters alongside the closure of its Derby satellite office, after a period of consultation that began earlier this year. The number of cuts at the Oxford headquarters,which recently shipped Aliens vs. Predator, is unspecified; a spokesperson told UK trade site Develop that its source’s estimation of 20 [...]

Despite industry-wide retail contractions last year, leading U.S. and international video game specialty retailer GameStop says its just-ended fiscal 2009 brought the second-highest earnings in its history. In its fourth quarter, which ended January 30th, 2010, it saw sales rise 0.9 percent year over year to $3.52 billion, although comparable store sales fell nearly 8 [...]

[We catch up with Heavy Rain composer Normand Corbeil to discuss the creation of the soundtrack to the acclaimed Quantic Dream-developed PlayStation 3 exclusive.] Composer Normand Corbeil previously joined game director David Cage and film composer Angelo Badalamenti on the production of Quantic Dream’s paranormal thriller Indigo Prophecy, titled Fahrenheit in Europe. The soundtrack to [...]