News Highlights: Thu 2nd Feb

Another day in the books, and a lot of the focus was on quarterly reports from the likes of Sony and Electronic Arts.

THQ have outlined the DLC plans for UFC Undisputed 3, which includes a season pass option that you can get for free if you shop at THQ's online store. Perhaps it's the game that can turn THQ's fortunes around...

Activision have announced two new standalone characters and a new world (including a new character) for Skylanders Spyro's Adventure. Video and assets if you follow the link.

Bethesda have announced that patch 1.4 for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is available for PC players on Steam as of today. And in this trailer you can have a look at the new Creation Kit.

Sony reported selling 6.5 million Playstation 3 units during the last quarter, with the console reaching 62 million in lifetime sales. However, the company as a whole saw a massive loss of $2.1 billion for the period.

While still recording a loss for the quarter EA saw revenues grow in their third quarter on the back of strong sales for FIFA 12, Madden NFL 12, Battlefield 3, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. The latter now has 1.7 million subscribers with 2 million copies shifted so far.

As part of their business realignment to focus on core games, THQ had laid off 240 people and CEO Brian Farrell takes a pay cut of 50 percent for one year.

Ubisoft have confirmed a 33 song strong tracklist for Lumines: Electronic Symphony that includes the likes of Pet Shop Boys, Air, Orbital, Benny Benassi and The Chemical Brothers.

That's it for today. See you tomorrow!