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Nintendo has reported a 10,331 million operating loss for the quarter ending June 30th 2012. That’s an improvement over the 93,928 million loss reported in the same period the year before. Net losses reached 17,231 million which, again, is an improvement over the 25,516 million net loss a year before. …
Read More »Diablo III faces two consumer rights battles
Blizzard is facing pressure from both sides of the globe as consumer rights groups get up in arms about Diablo III. PCGamesN reports that German body the Federation of Consumer Organisations is threatening to take legal action if Blizzard doesn’t move to highlight the game’s requirement for a persistent internet …
Read More »November 2nd arrival for Nike+ Kinect Training
Microsoft is already sizing up the Christmas gift market with a festive release date for Nike+ Kinect Training. The game will be released on November 2nd and will retail for 39.99. Get fitter, faster and stronger with Nike+ Kinect Training, a personalised training experience built from the ground up with …
Read More »Red, white and silver PS3s hit UK
Sony has said that three new versions of the PS3 should be in stores right now. Three brand new colours – Scarlet Red, Satin Silver and Classic White – are apparently already in-store” across Europe and the UK, according to the UK PlayStation blog. Each version is apparently a Limited …
Read More »Sony shutting down Motorstorm and SOCOM servers
Games to be taken offline from October 1st
Read More »Microsoft offered to help Polytron with patch fees
US dev 'made the decision not to work on an additional update' despite support, claims console giant
Read More »Minecraft XBLA surpasses 3m downloads
Game sales for indie smash-hit on all platforms fly past 10m
Read More »Double Dragon: Neon hits in September
Developer WayForward has announced release date and pricing info for Double Dragon: Neon. The new take on the classic franchise will arrive via digital distribution September 11th on PSN , and September 12th on XBLA. The retro love letter also includes a drop-in, drop-out online co-op mode that WayForward has …
Read More »Pearce named Nintendo UK marketing boss
Nintendo UK has named Shelly Pearce as the firm’s UK marketing and PR director. Pearce joined Nintendo in 1998 and has been head of European PR since 2002. The current Nintendo marketing team: trade marketing chief Ben Taylor, marketing manager James Honeywell and head of communications Jo Bartlett, will all …
Read More »Kickstarting Ouya – Was it right?
We talk to the people behind the hackable console and ask why they've taken to crowdfunding
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