Japanese publisher Sega has lowered both its sales and profit forecasts for the current financial year. It had initially predicted full-year net sales of $3.38bn and profits of $98.1m. However, those numbered have been revised down to $2.94bn and $44.6m respectively – those are drops of 13 per cent and …
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It seems as if Marvel Heroes will close a month ahead of schedule and that its developer Gazillion has been shut down. The game’s termination was announced last week, at which time it was claimed that it would continue to operate until the end of the year. Now multiple reports, …
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