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Mortal Kombat X Is Still the #1 Game of 2015 so Far in the US, Warner Bros Is the Top Publisher

Written by Jason Dunning: " In Time Warner’s earnings release today, they announced that Warner Bros saw revenues increase 15% to $3.2 billion, with the video games division primarily helped out by the releases of LEGO Dimensions and Mad Max, as well as continued sales for Mortal Kombat X and Batman: Arkham Knight."

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marioJP873115d ago

Literally just experienced Mortal Kombat X on PC last night when i downloaded it. But WOW, number one game of 2015? Nice. Story is amazing and gameplay is pretty good.

VJGenova3114d ago

You bought it at the right time. The game ran like absolute trash on pc at launch. I haven't boight a game day 1 since. Witcher 3 doesn't count cause ot was already preordered ;-).

Also, your purchase does't count towards these figures as this is "retail sales only". Why can't these people figure out how to aggregate online sales? Only games I buy retail are ps4 exclusives ... so dumb.

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Warner Bros. Is Pivoting To Live-Service A Decade Too Late

Warner Bros. announced it's pivoting to live-service games, which could be a disastrous move for its devs

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anast181d ago

They really mean they are pivoting to slot machines on mobile devices.

CrimsonWing69181d ago

I don’t think there ever was a time for GaaS. Its entire resistance is revolved around making a game that generates recurring revenue constantly throughout its lifetime. It’s straight up a corporate scumbag design.

I watched the video seeing if anything changed since the initial Suicide gameplay vid before the delay and it looks the same. So weird watching all the characters just start a gun to their back and bounce super high shooting with no kick-back animation in an empty dead world. The voice acting is cringe and there doesn’t have any sense of atmosphere or immersion like the Arkham games.

And they expect you to pay $70 to $100 for this and then pay more for Battle Passes and items to make grinding less a chore. Yea, no thank you. I hope you learn a hard lesson with this one.

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Warner Bros. Eyes More Live Services as Mortal Kombat 1 Sells Nearly 3 Million Copies

Today, during Warning Bros' conference call, chief executive officer David Zaslav talked about Mortal Kombat 1, Hogwarts Legacy, and the company's gaming business.

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gold_drake189d ago

yea, because thats what people want, especially after those games sold millions and are not live service games haha.

so dumb haha.

Abriael189d ago

Genius executives at work. "hey, what we're doing is working great. Let's change it."

LOGICWINS189d ago

"Invasions" is technically free live service game with new content every 45 days. It's the best mode MK has ever had IMO. As a single player gamer, it gives me a reason to stick around after the story mode.

garos82188d ago

You have a terrible taste in games

-Foxtrot189d ago

I feel like their whole approach relies on how the Suicide Squad sells

Flewid638188d ago (Edited 188d ago )

Wait....why does live service = bad?

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CrimsonWing69189d ago

Oh great, looking forward to the sh*t future of gaming. Thanks industry!

PunksOnN4G189d ago

New mk sold less then the last in the same time frame the NEW MK is legit a live service game with its horrible monopoly board. I just wanted a normal title...

FatalityX77189d ago

It's not on older hardware, so that's why it seems less. No ps4/xbox one versions.

Sgt_Slaughter189d ago

I doubt older hardware would make a difference, given the ratios of sales of other multi-gen games

PunksOnN4G189d ago

Nah the new MK full of live service shit even the singleplayer monopoly board they gave use instead of a normal kyrpt says enough and sales reflect that also this MK is very combo heavy it not noob friendly what's so ever like others

Flewid638188d ago

Wasn't the last one a live service game?

MehmetAlperTR188d ago

More live services.. LOL.. i hope you ll see the deep.

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Total War: Rise of Mordor to Rebrand After being Removed from ModDB due to copyright claim

From GameWatcher: "Total War: Rise of Mordor has been removed from Mod DB following a DMCA takedown claim filed by Warner Bros.. Development of Total War: Attila's ambitious total conversion mod will continue, according to the developer, who is also looking into rebranding to avoid similar issues in the future.

"... we have received word from ModDB officials that Warner Bros has sent them a DMCA takedown request to remove Rise of Mordor from their databases. We are grateful to ModDB for giving us time to put our affairs in order before the page is taken down," read a post announcing Total War: Rise of Mordor's departure from Mod DB."

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