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Nintendo says it will make 90 billion YEN (680m) for the financial year ending March 2011, less than half its original estimate. The firm had been expecting to make 200 billion YEN (1.5bn). Nintendo blames stronger than expected YEN appreciation, disappointing sales performance and the ‘decided release conditions of 3DS’. …

As well as confirming the launch details for the exciting looking 3DS console, Nintendo this morning also revealed that the new handheld will be the host of a Game Boy download service. The Game Boy has remained a notable omission from the current Virtual Console offering on Wii that to …

A new report from American stats body NPD has thrown more doubt over the current market importance of digital games retail – specifically in the console market. NPD reports that in a three-month period just six per cent of console owners downloaded content to their console. On PC and Mac …

PlayStation owner looking for a significant launch line-up

Though its official launch date remains unknown for now, German newspaper giant Bild has slipped a supposed launch date for the machine into a wider story about the device. The paper claims that the 3DS will launch in Japan on November 11th and then in Europe in spring 2011. A …

Speaking at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference today, Zynga’s CTO Cadir Lee has revealed a number of stats and details which show what an impressive infrastructure and vast operation it runs. The numbers include:* 10 PER CENT of the world’s internet population has played a Zynga game* 215 MLLION monthly users* Zynga’s …

Super Meat Boy developer will pump new levels into the game without MS checks

The next stage in Atari’s most recent reinvention has been revealed. It’s called Atari GO, and it’s designed to help increase the publisher’s footprint in the growing casual games space. Atari Games Online will be headed up by the executive VP of online and mobile Thom Kozik (pictured), who is …

£250,000 state-of-the-art facility officially opened next week

Mindscape and Universal Music have announced that Dance Paradise will go on sale as Kinect launches on November 10th. The new game will go up against rival Kinect motion-sensing dance titles at launch including Microsoft’s Dance Central and Konami’s Dance Evolution. Dance Paradise includes 40 hip hop, pop and dance …