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The extreme problems that have dogged Battlefield 4 unavoidably cast a shadow over EA’s upcoming online-only title Titanfall. EA Games Label executive VP Patrick Sderlund, however, has defiantly downplayed the recent tech problems and insisted that the unique set of circumstances that troubled DICE’s shooter will not do the same …
Read More »Iwata takes 50% pay cut after 30% profit dip; Wind Waker HD and Mario World sell 1m+ units
Nintendo president Saturo Iwata is to take a 50 per cent cut in wages following the company’s predicted net loss in its latest set of financials. The dock in wages will last for five months and is being pitched as a compensation of the company’s recent poor performance. Other board …
Read More »Respawn drafts Bluepoint Games for Xbox 360 Titanfall
Austin-based studio working with Vince Zampella's team to port next-gen blockbuster
Read More »Nintendo prepping mobile demos for first party games – report
Nintendo is reportedly readying a push onto mobile devices, but it doesn’t appear to be the full experience many are looking for. Japanese outlet Nikkei reports Nintendo plans on launching a mobile initiative this year – one that will market its console games by releasing free mini game” downloads and …
Read More »Minecraft PS3 sells one million copies
Mojang's world-building hit continues selling on new platform
Read More »Another opinion piece telling Nintendo what it should do
A slew of analytical features and opinion pieces sprung up in the wake of Nintendo’s worrying profit warning last week. Editors, analysts and journalists the world over seemed to know exactly what the company should do, or shouldn’t have done in the first place (always easy to say in retrospect, …
Read More »Microsoft ships 3.9 million Xbox Ones in record revenue making quarter
Xbox hardware and rising Surface tablet sales boost computing company's finances
Read More »Paradox pledges support for PS4, Xbox One
Notable strategy and RPG publisher Paradox Interactive aims to branch out from its PC roots, pledging to bring games based on existing and new brands” to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Shacknews reports on company CEO Fred Wester’s declaration of support for the recently launched next-gen consoles. "You can be …
Read More »European release date confirmed for Yoshi’s New Island
Nintendo has confirmed the launch details for 3DS title Yoshi’s New Island on 3DS. The game will arrive in this neck of the woods on the same day it hits North America – March 14th. It will be released simultaneously both at retail and on the Nintendo eShop as a …
Read More »‘Nintendo was dead to EA very quickly’ after Wii U launch, source claims
An anonymous source has supposedly told one website that EA’s relationship with Nintendo was crippled shortly after the launch of Wii U. "Nintendo was dead to us very quickly," an ‘EA source’ told CVG when asked about the publisher’s sudden change of heart following Wii U’s arrival. "It became a …
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