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Specialist games retailer Game4u has opened its first store in Chandigarh, making this its fifth store in northern India. The new store is located in Elante Mall, and Game4u is giving away various prizes to the first ten customers who walk into the store, take a picture with their purchase, …
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Read More »SimCity 2.0 patch leads to further woe as players complain of new bugs
The 2.0 patch released for SimCity has, according to some users, caused new problems with the game. PCGamesN reports that the update, released earlier this week, has sparked outrage on both the game’s forums and Reddit after seemingly causing fresh issues with many of the title’s in-game systems. Some users …
Read More »Nintendo details Wii U Virtual Console US launch line-up
Eight games are available to buy now on the Wii U’s Virtual Console store in the US. Two of them are SNES titles – the seminal Super Mario World and racer F-Zero. The remaining six all stem from the NES era – Donkey Kong Jr, Excitebike, Ice Climber, Kirby’s Adventure, …
Read More »Microsoft bundles Arkham City, Gears of War 3, Darksiders 2 with Xbox 360
Microsoft has announced a new set of Xbox 360 console bundles as part of its promotion for the summer season. Three of the four Xbox 360 console SKUs currently sold in India will now be available as new game bundles, and arguably the most attractive one is of the standalone …
Read More »Apple reports first quarterly profit drop in a decade
A net profit of $9.5bn for the quarter ending March was not enough to see Apple avoid its first quarterly profit decline in a decade. That’s down from the $11.6bn profit recorded in the same period the year before. In truth, Apple actually beat its guidance thanks to stronger than …
Read More »OPINION: Where now for Nintendo?
As if the varied reporting on Nintendo’s financials this morning is not confusing enough, the disparity of the analysis could well baffle many readers. The fact is that Nintendo is a brand that matters personally to a lot of people. David Braben once suggested to me that this is because …
Read More »Iwata takes over as Nintendo of America president
Japanese game maker's top executive takes control of North American operation
Read More »Saturo Iwata takes control at Nintendo of America
Nintendo’s global president Saturo Iwata is taking on a second job – CEO of Nintendo of America. The move is unexpected considering the relative strength of Nintendo’s American performance in its otherwise disappointing financial results released this morning. Current NoA boss Tatsumi Kimishima is to become Nintendo’s global MD and …
Read More »Former Xbox staff create games fund for innovation
Bachus and Summers wish to 'create the legendary game studios of tomorrow'
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