Japanese specialist Rising Star wants to bring more games from cult studio Cave to the UK. The publisher will release DoDonPachi Resurrection in the UK this year. It is the second Cave game to be handled by Rising Star, with the company having released Deathsmiles on Xbox 360 earlier this …
Read More »UK CHARTS: There’s no stopping Zumba
With the release schedule utterly stagnant ahead of its reignition at the end of the month, there was little around to challenge 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness which still sits pretty at the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. That’s an amazing eight consecutive weeks …
Read More »Uncertainty surrounds Team Bondi future
Sydney studio Team Bondi is on the precipice of financial collapse, according to a growing number of online sources. Claims that the company is filing for bankruptcy originate from theNeogafdiscussion board. They have not been substantiated by an official representative.A Team Bondi spokesperson declined to initially comment when approached by …
Read More »Mad Catz steps up publishing game
Peripherals firm Mad Catz says that it had to move into publishing or risk becoming ‘redundant’. The company wants to become a multi-platform game publisher and is even considering bundling its games with its accessories. Earlier this month it signed a publishing deal with Microsoft to produce games for Xbox …
Read More »Gearbox confirms Borderlands 2
A sequel to 2009 role-playing shooter Borderlands is currently in development at Gearbox Software. A source told Eurogamer that an official announcement will be made soon, and that the shooter will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC next year. The original Borderlands was released in 2009 and was …
Read More »Another week at No.1 for Zumba Fitness
505 Games’ Zumba Fitness has scored its seventh consecutive week at the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. On and off the game has been No.1 in the UK a total of 10 times now – as this is week 30, that of course means game …
Read More »Kinect and Wii U tempt BBC into retail games
The BBC wants some of its biggest brands to lead a new wave of boxed retail games, an executive at the company has said. The broadcaster is seeking both publisher and studio partnerships with a view to creating games based on some of its famous TV series,according to CVG. Simon …
Read More »Iwata cuts own salary in half
Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has announced that he and other key executives are to significantly slash their wages. Kotaku reports that in asplendidly Japanese piece of news, Iwata himself will dock his pay cheque by 50 per cent. Other Nintendo directors have agreed to a 30 per cent cut while …
Read More »Sony source: PS Vita RAM not cut
Though system's final specification remains undisclosed
Read More »Nintendo losing money on every 3DS sold
A report from Bloomberg Japan translated by Andriasang claims that Nintendo will lose money on every 3DS it sells once yesterday’s price cut is introduced. Nintendo CEO Saturo Iwata justified this strategy at a Japanese press conference by saying that such major moves were necessary in order to improve fiscal …
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