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Nintendo’s upcoming DIY Mario title finally has a street date. Originally titled Mario Maker, the game has since been super bumped up to a new name – Super Mario Maker In it, players will be able to position environments, enemies and characters from throughout Mario’s history to create brand new …

Nintendo has announced two new Mario titles for release this year and the next. First up, Mario & Luigi Paper Jam is heading to 3DS in spring 2015. The game combines the worlds of the Paper Mario games and other more traditional Mario titles. Much of the gameplay is defined …

Tom Nook and his zoological buddies will be setting up home on 3DS and Wii U once again. Previously released in Japan, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer is due out on Nintendo’s handheld platform in late September in the UK and Europe. The decorating game will also feature support for …

Two of gaming’s biggest toys-to-life brands are teaming up. Ahead of the launch of Activision’s next instalment in the Skylanders franchise, Superchargers, the publisher made an appearance in Nintendo’s E3 Digital Event to reveal two brand new figurines for the game. Turbocharged Donkey Kong and Hammer Slam Bowser are brand …

A new multiplayer Zelda title is on the way for the Nintendo 3DS. It’s very much in the style of the last entry on the handheld, A Link Between Worlds and lets multiple players complete levels together. Gamers can also create ‘totems’ – stacks of characters – to help finish …

Nintendo is once again shunning a traditional E3 appearance by hosting a digital get-together. Among the games that could pop up during the Nintendo Digital Event are Star Fox, Zelda for Wii U and Mario Maker. Of course, there’s likely to be plenty of Amiibo reveals too, with 8-bit Mario …

The director of the long-awaited The Last Guardian and PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Fumito Ueda has set up a new studio. As spotted by Kotaku, the new development firm is called GenDesign, and is allegedly made up of Ueda himself, as well as a number of …

EA’s mobile boss Samantha Ryan took to the stage at the firm’s E3 conference and confirmed that a Star Wars mobile title is on the way. Entitled Galaxy of Heroes, the collectible card title features charaters and space ships from the prequel and classic trilogies. Players can ‘collect, battle and …

Rod Fergusson introduces next entry in the series, plus remastered edition of original Gears of War

New IP will debut as part of Xbox Game Preview