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Nintendo UK has pledged to meet with retailers worried about the performance of its Wii U games console. Growing dissatisfaction towards the new hardware has seen retailers Amazon, Asda, ShopTo and GameStop slash 50 off its price. But even that has failed to stimulate sales. We have taken the decision …

Work has begun on a PS4 title at Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream. What that does not mean, however, is that the studio’s upcoming Beyond: Two Souls is heading to Sony’s next-gen machine, with company boss Guillaume de Fondaumire confirming to Eurogamer that – for the time being at least …

The restriction that prevented Wii U owners from downloading 18+ content from the Nintendo eShop during daytime hours has been lifted. "Adults can now browse and buy all games at any time of the day,” a statement confirmed. "Following analysis of the Parental Controls system on Wii U and Nintendo …

New in-development facial capture solution works without markers or specialised cameras

A game called Sweatshop HD has been pulled from the Apple App Store owing to the sensitive nature of its content. Pocket Gamer reports that Apple said it was "uncomfortable selling a game based around the theme of running a sweatshop". The irony, of course, is that Apple itself has …

Canadian developer Roadhouse Interactive has become the latest studio to get its hands on an official Warhammer license. The company has reached an agreement with Games Workshop to make a side-scrolling Space Marine game for smartphones and tablets. The work we have seen to-date from Roadhouse makes us extremely confident …

Selection of in-development games including ArmA 3 to be opened up to users

Stainless Games has confirmed intentions to bring Carmageddon: Reincarnation to next-gen consoles. The game had already been confirmed for PC after successfully raising in excess of $625k on Kickstarter, but now an additional round of funding totalling $3.5m has seen plans expanded. "We are delighted to have fully funded Carmageddon: …

The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age is now available to play for free in browsers. The Facebook game is developed by Kabam and draws heavily on the license recently popularised by the first of Peter Jackson’s films. It’s the second game to be released via the collaboration between Warner …

Kochi-based indie game developer CSharks has just released Escapade for iPhone and iPad. Escapade is a casual arcade game that puts the player in control of a fish, which must collect coins and other small fish to create a shoal that grows as the level progresses. At the same time, …