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Current and former NBC execs reportedly approached to take on new role

Business unit leader Martin Good also leaves company to 'pursue new opportunities'

Legendary Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto has assured fans that he will not, as a recent interview implied, be retiring from Nintendo in the near future. The gaming world lit up yesterday when an interview with Wired appeared to quote Miyamoto as saying he was retiring from triple-A games development to …

Microsoft has announced a brand new Kinect-only game featuring many of Disney Pixar’s most popular IPs. Formerly known as Rush, the freshly renamed Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure will include appearances from Toy Story, Cars, The Incredibles, Up! And Ratatouille. Little is known about the game other than it …

One developer has labelled the new Xbox 360 ‘Metro’ dashboard an advertiser’s dream” and criticised it for effectively hiding away a user’s game content. "For me the truly disheartening news is that the ‘games’ tab on our game console is now several pages away from the start," Mommy’s Best Games …

Developers share their concern as software update throws all XBLIG games into single list

In what many gamers will say is a long overdue move, Club Nintendo is to begin offering free games in exchange for Nintendo coins. Coins are earned when consumers purchase a Nintendo or select third party title for Wii, DS or 3DS. A user can exchange them against Nintendo’s catalogue …

Gesture and voice control 'to be integrated into all new content'

OnLive appears eager to end its direct competition with the established home consoles, with one of the company’s executives openly encouraging Sony and Microsoft to incorporate the cloud game tech. Bruce Grove, OnLive’s newly appointed general manager for the UK, said the company is willing to talk about provide cloud …

New UK boss talks up the potential of service partnerships