Ubisoft CEO says he is "very happy" with sales for Far Cry 3 spinoff and Call of Juarez: Gunslinger.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, a $15 downloadable Far Cry 3 spinoff, sold 500,000 copies in under two months, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot told GamesIndustry International in a new interview.

He added that Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon helped spur sales of the full Far Cry 3 game, most notably so on PC.

Guillemot also addressed Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, another downloadable game based on a major retail franchise from Ubisoft. He did not give a specific sales figure for the game, but said he was "very happy" with its performance.

Both games released in May. The performance of both Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Call of Juarez: Gunslinger gives Ubisoft the chance to explore furthering its investment in downloadable brand extensions in the future, Guillemot said.

For more, check out GameSpot's reviews of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Call of Juarez: Gunslinger.

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Microsoft announces "landmark" deal with Time Warner to bring US subscribers 300 live TV channels this summer.

Today, Microsoft announced a "landmark" deal with Time Warner Cable that will bring 300 of the cable company's live TV channels to Xbox 360 later this summer.

Users must have an Xbox Live Gold membership and a subscription to Time Warner Cable to watch live television through their Xbox 360s. Live-streaming is only available to those in the United States.

Supported channels include AMC, BBC World News, Bravo, Cartoon Network, CNN, Comedy Central, Food Network, HGTV, and more. Users will be able to control the programming using their voice through Kinect, Microsoft said.

This deal is similar to the existing offer for Verizon FiOS subscribers, where users can watch many of the same channels live through their Xbox 360s with Kinect compatibility.

Live TV streaming through Microsoft's next-generation Xbox One won't require a separate application, as it currently does on Xbox 360. The console will plug directly into a user's cable box and feed live TV through the system with an HDMI cable.

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PC owners will need to buy a Windows-specific version.

Microsoft has confirmed that its next-generation Kinect for Xbox one won't be compatible with the PC.

Microsoft will instead be releasing two versions of its next-generation Kinect. The version for Xbox One feature a proprietary connector, and Microsoft has no plans to provide an adapter to make it possible to work on a computer.

"The Kinect for Xbox One sensor will not have an adapter that allows it to plug into a computer," said a Microsoft spokesperson to Ars Technica. "The new generation Kinect for Windows sensor will connect to computers using a standard USB3 port."

Every Xbox One will come bundled with the new Kinect sensor.

The Xbox 360's Kinect also featured a proprietary connector, but retail models sold outside of console bundles featured a USB 2.0 adapter. Enterprising developers managed to use the Kinect on the PC months before Microsoft provided an official SDK for the platform.

Microsoft is currently offering a Kinect for Windows developer program for $399, which offers early access to the pre-release Windows version of the next-generation Kinect sensor in November 2013.

The general release date for the new Windows version of Kinect is expected to be sometime in 2014.

The Xbox One, and its Kinect sensor, will launch in November.

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Wall Street Journal reports Google is expected to launch an Android-powered video games console later this year.

Internet giant Google is working on its own Android-powered games console, a new report claims.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google intends to release the console later this year, alongside an Android-powered wristwatch. The report adds that both devices are in production to compete with similar devices that Apple may release in the future.

WSJ sources add that Google has expectations that Apple will launch a gaming console as part of its next wave of Apple TV products.

One source says that Google is also keeping a watch on the $99 Ouya, the Android-powered microconsole that saw its public release this week. Amazon sold out of its Ouya stock earlier this week, although the console is now back in stock.

Both Google and Apple declined to comment.

Any upcoming video games hardware, from either Google or Apple, would have to compete with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4, both of which will launch later this year.

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PS3 exclusive sequel to dragon-themed action game series to also come in 10th Anniversary box set; no North American and European plans as of yet.

Square Enix has announced that the PS3 action game Drakengard 3 will be out in Japan on October 31.

The special Drakengard 3 10th Anniversary box set artwork, featuring the protagonists of the entire Drakengard series.

The game will be sold in a regular edition and a Drakengard 3 10th Anniversary box set via Square Enix's e-store. In addition to the game, the set will contain a book called Drakengard: World Inside, a music CD called Drakengard Chips Music that features 24 tracks from the Drakengard and Nier games remixed in an 8-bit style, and a Blu-Ray disc called Drakengard History Films that contain cutscenes, trailers, and commercials for the Drakengard titles.

The box set also contains an art book, a Drakengard 3 DLC code, and a novella that acts as a prequel to Drakengard 3. Square Enix has yet to announce plans for a North American and European release.

Drakengard 3 is an action game that mixes ground-based combat and air combat using dragons. Players control two sisters named Zero and One who wield the power of the ancient Utautai goddesses. The former wishes to kill the remaining Utautai for reasons unknown, while the latter wants to bring peace and stability to the world.

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Campaign for strategy game exceeds initial $725,000 goal.

Double Fine Production's Kickstarter campaign to fund an upcoming strategy game called Massive Chalice recently ended with a total of $1,229,015 raised.

Massive Chalice will be a strategy game in the vein of X-COM and Final Fantasy Tactics.

The company created the Kickstarter page on May and initially had a funding goal of $725,000. The goal was surpassed in early June. Project lead Brad Muir will now lead a separate team within Double Fine to create Massive Chalice, following the success of the campaign.

Massive Chalice was billed as a tactical strategy game that will be a hybrid between X-COM and Final Fantasy Tactics, coupled with a bloodlines and breeding mechanic. This is the second game Double Fine Productions has created a Kickstarter campaign for, with the first being Broken Age.

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