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Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata has said that many quality games are suffering because retail is afraid to order SKUs in sufficient numbers. That’s because retailers are afraid of being left with surplus stock, he argues – a problem that could be solved by increasing the space given to digital sales …
Read More »Nintendo’s digital sales stand at £75.6m for current financial year
Digital sales across Nintendo platforms currently stand at 11.1bn for the current financial year. That equates to 75.6m in real money. The figure puts Nintendo on track to beat the record digital revenues it posted in 2010, when Wii was riding high as the DSi was fresh on the market. …
Read More »Develop in Brighton opens call for speakers
Eighth Develop conference to take place between July 9th and 11th
Read More »Reliance confirms Indian release for Grid 2
Codemasters’ upcoming racer Grid 2 will see an official Indian release, Reliance Home Video & Games has confirmed. We had previously reported that an Indian release for Grid 2 through Reliance Home Video & Games was uncertain. However, the company has announced that the game will be in stores in …
Read More »Scribblenauts Unlimited suffers last minute delay on Wii U and 3DS
Nintendo has announced a surprise delay to Scribblenauts Unlimited just three days before its planned UK release. No specific reason was given and, perhaps more surprisingly, no new date has been announced. We are sorry to announce that Scribblenauts Unlimited, a game developed by Warner Bros Interactive and 5th Cell …
Read More »Facebook refocusing on core games market
Facebook is set to redefine gaming on its social network with a string of new ‘core player-focused’ titles, the head of game partnerships at the company has claimed. Speaking toReuters, Sean Ryan said a new set of games would be released on Facebook during the next two quarters, embracing both …
Read More »Capcom almost halves DmC sales expectations
DmC: Devil May Cry is going to fall well short of Capcom’s initial expectations for the game. Capcom had originally forecast sales of 2m units by the end of its financial year. That has now been lowered to just 1.2m units, Eurogamer reports. In its first week on sale in …
Read More »Tough console market sees Square Enix report loss
Square Enix has reported a net loss for the nine months ending December 31st. It blamed the result on what it described as the increasingly difficult condition of the world-wide console game market, under which the Group is struggling to achieve a fair expected return on its investment”. Net loss …
Read More »PS3 finally gets Elder Scrolls: Skyrim DLC release date in Europe
Bethesda has at last confirmed a European release date for its three pieces of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim DLC on PS3. The Sony SKU of the popular RPG has been beset with problems on PS3, not least of which has been an undefined technical struggle that has thus far kept …
Read More »Kongregate invests $10m into indie mobile initiative
Gamestop has announced a new program to help fund and promote free-to-play mobile titles developed by indies. The Kongregate Mobile Developers program brings a $10m fund to support financially-challenged devs, as well as offering direct consultation and a reworked GameStop app designed to help promote selected games. The initiative will …
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