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MCV recently spoke to Grant Davies, managing director of Endgame Studios in Melbourne, about the overstated usefulness of stereoscopic 3D on the 3DS. Davies explains: "We’ve been involved in the development of 9 DS games in total, mostly working with brands such as Spider-Man, Shrek, and Spyro, but more recently …
Read More »505: PS Vita date is only speculative
Some parts of the internet became very excited an hour ago when 505 Games put out a press release entitled Supremacy MMA takes the fight to the streets with PlayStation Vita this fall”. However, the publisher has now confirmed to MCV that this is not a premature date leak, saying …
Read More »The 20 games that will save Christmas
SPECIAL REPORT: Half of all UK software revenues this year will come from a top-tier of select games – releases that might just offset a six month decline in the sale boxed games. MCV – with expert input from our Retail Advisory Board – has put together a list of …
Read More »November release for Mario & Sonics new Olympic game
As you’re no doubt aware, yesterday marked one year to the day until the beginning of the London 2012 Olympics, and Sega has used to hype to announce a release date for one of its Olympic titles. The Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games …
Read More »Game Boy games exclusive to 3DS Ambassadors
Having confirmed an unexpected 3DS price cut earlier today, Nintendo has now detailed how it intends to reward those who paid out full price for the system just a few weeks ago. Every current 3DS owner will be entitled to ten free NES games and ten free Game Boy Advance …
Read More »PES 2012 gets European release date
Konami has announced that the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions of PES 2012 will be released in the UK and Europe on October 14th. Notably, that’s two weeks after EA’s FIFA 12 hits retail. Dates for other formats will be released in the coming weeks. This year’s gimmicks include …
Read More »Doublesix turns to PSN and Steam for new project
Burn Zombie Burn sequel in development
Read More »Nintendo reports Q1 loss and cuts full-year profit expectation 82%
A slow start for the launch of the 3DS has bitten Nintendo hard. In its Q1 financials fro the period ending June 20th, the firm reported an operating loss of 7.7bn YEN ($483.6 million) and cut its annual profit forecast by 82 per cent from 175bn YEN to 37.7bn YEN. …
Read More »PS vita RAM cut won’t hurt studios – Novarama
'The first PSP had 32 MG of RAM and we have about ten times that now', says studio boss
Read More »3DS Euro price cut from August 12th, free games announced
Nintendo of Europe has confirmed it will be reducing the Europeantrade price of 3DS to retailers by around a third from 12thAugust 2011. The news is part of the hardware’s global trade price reduction initiative. Nintendo does not set the price for hardware or software in Europe so "the ultimate …
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