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GDC: Super Mario 3DS announced

Nintendo has announced it is working on a new Super Mario game for 3DS. The game is being worked on by the team behind Super Mario Galaxy on Wii and is temporarily titled ‘Super Mario.’ The game was announced during Nintendo President Satouri Iwata’s GDC Keynote in San Francisco. A …

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PlayStation Home hits 19m downloads

Sony has announced that the number of PS3 owners who have downloaded and booted up PlayStation Home at least once has reached 19m. Director of Home Jack Buser wouldn’t confirm how many users are actively using the service, however, though he did say that 1.6m people in North America played …

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Gioteck doubles market share

The accessories market has a new leader in the form of Gioteck. The company doubled its market share last month and became the No.1 third-party peripherals brand in terms of unit sales, according to GfK Chart-Track. Gioteck achieved year-on-year growth of 19.2 per cent in terms of January unit sales …

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Layton dominates Japanese 3DS launch

Professor Layton’s latest adventure was the best-selling 3DS launch title, with over 117,500 copies sold during the handheld’s opening weekend. The newest entry in the Level 5’s popular puzzle series – Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle – sold nearly one copy for every three handhelds shifted, according to …

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GDC11: Gaikai arrives

US-cloud based gaming service Gaikai has gone live with a number of EA-published titles available for online play in time for GDC 2011. Announced by company CEO and co-founder David Perry on his blog, open cloud trial versions of Mass Effect 2, Dead Space 2, The Sims 3 and Second …

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Gamescom wants more international visitors

The minds behind European trade show Gamescom want to branch out and make the event even more appealing to international firms. Gamescom 2011 will be held at Cologne’s Koelnmesse this August and has already received exhibitor registrations from the US, Canada, Korea, the UK, France, Switzerland, Poland and the Netherlands …

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