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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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 …

Though yesterday’s decision to slash the price of the 3DS is no doubt good news for the machine’s prospects, it has proved disastrous for Nintendo itself. Bloomberg reports that shares in the company fell by a huge 21 per cent in Japan Osaka Securities Exchange yesterday. That’s an all-time record …

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 …

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 …