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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 …
Read More »Tomb Raider hits 60fps on PS4 but only 30fps on Xbox One – report
It is being claimed that Tomb Raider is the next big release to enjoy a notable performance advantage on PS4. A report on Rocket Chainsaw claims that while the game will run in 1080p on both PS4 and Xbox One, it will hit 60fps on Sony’s machine but only 30fps …
Read More »Klei’s Don’t Starve scores over 1m downloads
PlayStation Plus a plus for indie game developer
Read More »The rise of DayZ – how selling games is changing
The practice of selling games has changed forever. Our industry is built on a tried and tested business model – developers make games, publishers market them and retailers sell them. But digital marketplaces are changing this. Platforms like Steam in particular are providing an alternative for developers by offering a …
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