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Following months of speculation, Nintendo’s US based senior vice president of marketing and corporate communication has confirmed that he will be leaving the format holder in December. The initial rumours that Harrison and other top execs would leave the firm emerged In June, when the decision was made to move …

Gamers are in with a chance of grabbing a slice of a 10,000 prize in XLeague.TV’s new Halo 3 tournament. The league competition will kick off on the day of the title’s European release – September 26th. Consumers wishing to enter can sign up on the XLeague website. The whole …

XNA boss confirms plans for â??distribution mediumâ?? allowing public game sharing

According to a report by Japanese economics resource Nikkei Net Kansai, the Wii has overtaken the Xbox 360 as the current leader of the next-generation console war – the first time Nintendo has reclaimed the title since the SNES days. As translated by MCV sister site Develop , Nikkei has …

Emergentâ??s game engine now part of Nintendoâ??s third party tools programme

Microsoft pushes Mizuguchi, Sakaguchi, and Itagaki produced games at Tokyo event

Nintendo’s Wii Zapper – the gun-shaped holster for the console’s motion-sensing Remote and Nunchuck – will be sold with a new Zelda title when it is released in Novermber. The platform holder has revealed that the Zapper will be released on November 19th in the US, where it will retail …

Over in Spain Bioshock’s worldwide success rumbles on, as does Pokemon Diamond on DS, which claims second spot. There’s also an impressive start for Microsoft RPG Blue Dragon, which comes in at three, and movie licence Ratatouille on DS, which charts at 4. Nintendo’s Brain training products also continue to …

GameBrains says deal will help studio expand from boutique status to 'development powerhouse'

Development key topic in interview with SCE president