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The release of Wii Fit on April 25th will see the next chapter in the platform holder’s wider mission to seduce non-gamers, says Nintendo UK marketing director Dawn Paine. And with Mario Kart arriving just a few weeks before on April 11th, Nintendo believes it will raise both mainstream and …

Activision has announced Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition, which will be released in April. The new game will feature the full COD4 game, as well as a token for use on Xbox Live, which will allow gamers to download the upcoming map pack. Call of Duty …

WiiWare Week: A handy list of our week of interviews and analysis in one place

WiiWare Week: Orr says Nintendo's platform 'drives developers to innovate, take risks and create new IP'

US sales body NPD has released its figures for games industry sales in February in North America, and they show a massive 47 per cent increase in software sales and 19 per cent hike in hardware sales – with total national sales hitting a massive $1.33 billion. Breaking that number …

Samsung, Sony and Sharp are selling Blu-ray players for the highest prices all year, following what is generally considered the demise of rival format HD-DVD, according to a price comparison on Tom’s Hardware . Advocate vendors of Blu-ray dropped prices of players earlier this year, in a move which put …

WiiWare Week: Independent studios the world over are out in force backing Nintendoâ??s upcoming distribution platform

Fans of Mortal Kombat rejoice: Midway boss David Zucker has confirmed what many consumers expected – a new Mortal Kombat game is on the way this year. Nothing is known of the game or its title, but a boxed version of the title is likely to arrive on next-gen formats …

WiiWare Week: Developer of Gravitronix talks up platform's potential and says it will help win over more non-gamers

Microsoft Europe exec jumps up to new role; will manage publishing, development and Xbox Live in Europe