Consoles

Nintendo’s change of mind in deciding to bring its titles to smartphones did not come about because the company believed it had run out of options. That’s according to director and president Satoru Iwata, who explained in a now translated transcription of a chat with investors the reasons behind his …

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare brought in the most digital sales via consoles last month, beating out the likes of Grand Theft Auto V as well as new releases including Evolve and The Order. Games Industry reports on SuperData’s latest monthly digital console sales report, which shows a total of …

Nintendo UK is in the final stages of selecting a new consumer PR agency, the firm says. The platform holder has teamed up with agency-client intermediary AAR to help find the new agency. The account was previously held by 77PR – the consumer arm of Fishburn. Fishburn will continue to …

Slender: The Arrival, the commercial expansion of the original Slender game, is hitting new-gen consoles this week. The game is now available on PS4 in North America. It’ll arrive for PS4 owners in Europe tomorrow, March 25th – the same day it launches worldwide on Xbox One as an official …

There will be an added hurdle for New 3DS owners to navigate if they want to purchase the digital version of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D. Nintendo has admitted that those still using the SD card that shipped with their device won’t actually have enough room to download the game in the …

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said that Nintendo’s smartphone games may well be free-to-play. The industry is still collectively digesting the news that one of the big three platform holders has conceded to popular opinion and decided to bring its IP to non-owned smartphone devices. Fans, however, have expressed discomfort …

The creator of Rock Band has vowed not to saturate the market with games when the franchise returns this year. Harmonix and Activision released over 30 different guitar-based games between 2005 and 2010, causing the market to become oversaturated and collapse. Rock Band 4 is now set to return this …

Now that consumer virtual reality headsets are finally on the horizon, are they really going to change the world as firms like Oculus would have us believe? We speak to HTC’s connected products marketing boss Jeff Gattis to see what it is doing to ensure the sucess of its Vive …

Gamers in Australia are already able to pre-order Nintendo’s new NX console. EB Games has announced via Facebook that customers are able to lay down an unspecified amount of cash against the largely unspecified console in-stores right now. Note that the Nintendo NX is not only without a price or …

Nintendo’s first titles developed specifically for mobile phones should be out by the end of the year. "Regarding the individual video game titles, when it will be launched, we will be making the announcement when each of those games are ready," boss Satoru Iwata told investors in a Q&A, as …