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Capcom Records Massive Drop in Profits

Following Nintendo's disappointing financial results, Capcom have also reported "sluggish" results, with a 90% decrease in profit down from the same time last year -- though the company still managed a profit; admittedly a mere 213 million yen, or roughly 2.4 million dollars.

As with Nintendo, Capcom blamed an unfavourable exchange rate, particularly as a result of "US and European markets shrinking under the stagnating economy." However, the poor results may have some wide-ranging results for Capcom's future release schedule. The company recently announced that they intend to increase the output of releases in their most popular franchises, and their financial report squarely places the "drastic decline" in profitability on the "increase of new flagship titles release from the same term of the previous year, when most sales were made of repeat titles." This "resulted in higher game development costs."

Sony More Than Doubles PlayStation 3 Sales in April-June Quarter

Things are looking up for Sony following the company's financial results for the first quarter of 2010. For the period ending June 30, the Japanese electronics giant recorded overall operating profits of $753 million -- a massive improvement over the nearly $300 million loss the corporation posted during the same timeframe last year.

According to Sony's breakdown (via Gamesindustry.biz), the PlayStation division still ran at a loss during this last quarter, though it's making huge strides towards profitability. Losses reached just $43 million during Q1 of this year, which adds up to just over a tenth of the previous year's first-quarter deficiency of $422 million.

Much of those reduced losses can be attributed to increased sales for PlayStation 3 hardware and software. Sony more than doubled the number of PS3 consoles sold during the first quarter compared to 2009's figures, reaching 2.4 million units (up against last year's 1.1 million). The company moved an equally impressive number of PS3 games, with over 24.8 copies sold during the same period. Q1 2009's number: 14.8 million.

New “Golems of Amgarrak” DLC Coming for Dragon Age: Origins

While much of the focus may already have shifted toward BioWare's announcement of Dragon Age 2 (and all the seemingly Mass Effect-influenced changes being made to it), it turns out BioWare hasn't given up on Dragon Age: Origins yet, as they have a new piece of downloadable content in the pipeline.

Called "Golems of Amgarrak," the DLC appears to take you back into the Deep Roads of Orzammar, as it adds a quest that follows a group of Dwarves who went missing in an ancient ruin where an army of golems (we're guessing golems of Amgarrak) was being created. The DLC will allow you to either import a character from Origins or create a new high-level character to play through, and apparently an advanced character will be needed as BioWare describes it as "an advanced challenge for even the most experienced adventurers."

The DLC will also add new characters to meet and new creatures to battle, and will offer new rewards that can be transferred into the main quests of Origins or Awakening.

Burglary In Kirk Michael

Police are renewing appeals for information to a burglary that occurred at a house on the Ballaleigh Road, Kirk Michael on Friday 3rd July 2010 . This property is near to the Cronk y Voddy cross roads.

Pixar Artists Masterclass Coming To Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Canada - July 27th, 2010 - Artists from Pixar Animation Studios will be presenting a unique Masterclass in Animation & Story Development this September in Vancouver, Canada.

SOCOM 4 Delayed Into 2011

A key PlayStation Move-compatible title won't be launching until 2011. Zipper Interactive confirmed today on their official website that SOCOM 4 has been delayed.

While the game was playable at both GDC and E3, it seems that it wasn't quite ready. Zipper didn't say why the game has been delayed, but they did say that they didn't want to take "any shortcuts."

"Instead, we want to deliver the best and most immersive SOCOM game we possibly can and we're going to use our extra time to do just that," Zipper Interactive community manager Jeremy Dunham wrote.

Elvis Hits the Big Screen, Just Not in Memphis, Yet

Thursday, July 29, "Elvis on Tour: 75th Anniversary Celebration" will hit movie theaters across the nation for the first time since the 1970's, but you won't see it in Memphis,...

Metalocalypse Game for Xbox 360, PS3 Canceled

The Metalocalypse game that was to be released by Konami has been canceled, according to online reports.

Based on the Adult Swim series, Metalocalypse: Dethgame was to be a beat-em-up released digitally on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was being developed by Kick-Ass and Screwjumper! developer Frozen Codebase.

Search continues for missing Darton student

Wednesday, they handed out fliers in an area where neighbors say they saw 21-year old Brandon Schiff trying to sell his bicycle.

Tales of Graces Coming to PS3, Two More Tales Games Confirmed

Tales of Graces hasn't been released in North America yet, but Namco Bandai may be biding its time ahead of a high-definition release. Three news Tales games were announced in the recent Jump magazine, one of which will be Tales of Graces for the PS3 (via Adriasang).

Titled Tales of Graces F, the high-def update will feature new special attacks and a new outfit for the heroine Sophie along with the expected visual improvements. A second Tales game was also announced for the PS3, but it is currently nameless.

The third game is Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3, and is currently under development for the PSP. It will feature appearances by some 80 Tales characters and is scheduled for release next year.