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Newly-named RPG Dream Drop Distance will bring Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts franchise to 3DS in 2012. The game was originally announced as Kingdom Hearts 3D at E3 2010 and was featured in a list of major third-party franchises heading to Nintendo’s new handheld. As with previous Kingdom Hearts titles, it …
Read More »Sony Tablet S gets PS3 controller compatibility
Free mini-game collection Ape Escape included in latest update
Read More »UK retail sells 3m games last week
UK games retailers took a whopping 73.9m last week from game sales alone. In total 2,978,493 titles were sold last week. It’s up over the week before, although slightly down on the comparable week in 2010. But this year there’s still a full sales week to come, including a Saturday …
Read More »Relentless opens new digital division
Brighton studio 'serious' about social and mobile gaming
Read More »Old Republic has ‘up to 1.5m’ players
It’s been live less than a week but Star Wars: The Old Republic could have as many as 1.5m users signed up already. EA’s subscription-based PC MMO went on sale in UK retailers today, although customers who pre-ordered it early have been able to log in and play it since …
Read More »Sniper: Ghost Warrior tops 2m sales
City Interactive has announced more than 2m copies of Sniper: Ghost Warrior have been sold worldwide to date. The FPS was a surprise hit when it landed in the UK last year, quickly gunning for a position in the UK All Formats Top Ten. Sniper passed the 1m sales mark …
Read More »Vita sells 320,00 units in two days
Japan launch sales beat PSP but down 50,000 units on 3DS
Read More »Naughty Dog: Next-gen move ‘terrifying’
Transition from PS2 to PS3 were the 'darkest days' for studio, says co-president Evan Wells
Read More »Halfbrick scoops MCV Pacific developer award
Fruit Ninja outfit takes Developer of the Year award as top Australian studio
Read More »Sony apologises for Vita bugs
Platform holder Sony has apologised and released a guide to help PlayStation Vita owners fix an early system freeze problem. A number of buyers have reported bugs since the handheld went on sale in Japan this weekend, such as unresponsive touchscreens and system lockups, reports Engadget. Several have uploaded videos …
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