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Nintendo’s 3DS handheld has been held back by a lack of quality launch titles, Nintendo’s president Saturo Iwata has admitted. GameSpot reports that Iwata also told investors that it is going to be problematic, once the idea has taken seed, to dispel the belief that the handheld is underperforming on …
Read More »Keita Takahashi joins social games craze
Katamari Damacy man moves to Vancouver to work for Tiny Speck
Read More »Zumba Fitness claims 7th UK No.1
The surprise hit of 2011 has continued to deliver as 505 Games’ popular sports title Zumba Fitness has claimed its fourth No.1 on the trot in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s its seventh No.1 in total since the Wii version was released in Chart-Track’s 13th week …
Read More »Takahashi at last finds a game to love
Many thought we’d seen the last of him, but Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi has finally found a project to drag him out of the gaming doldrums – indie MMO Glitch. The studio has announced via its blog that Takahashi has joined the studio. In fact, he and his family …
Read More »Bungie says goodbye to the Chief
After a decade spent producing one of the most popular console franchises of all time, developer Bungie has at long last finally said goodbye to the Halo universe. In an emotional letter to fans, the studio said that it would be going dark” for a while as its full attentios …
Read More »Real-time Development
Crytek's Licensing Team technical designer Ade Esan looks at how a real time development engine can improve the quality of a project
Read More »Microsoft confident of Japanese Kinect sales boost
Microsoft believes a new wave of locally developed Kinect titles will help boost sales of the peripheral in Japan. Earlier this week, the platform holder’s Japanese Xbox 360 general manager Takashi Sensui admitted that the console’s motion-sensing camera did not met expectations at launch in the region, according to Andriasang. …
Read More »Tech problems affecting PlayStation Plus members
Sony has outlined details of a PSN problem that it temporarily stopping PlayStation Plus subscribers from accessing some of the free content on offer. The issue stems from the infamous Welcome Back program, some legacy code of which is preventing full PlayStation Plus access. I just wanted to let you …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 gets Origin-exclusive content
Publisher EA is making good on its promise to reward those who shun rival retailers and buy direct from its own portal by dishing out freebies with upcoming RPG Mass Effect 3. It has announced that the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game purchased on the Origin Store will include …
Read More »Namco Bandai sues CD Projekt over Xbox 360 Witcher 2 rights
Having successfully brought the PC version of acclaimed RPG The Witcher 2 to PC, Namco Bandai has launched legal action against CD Projekt over its decision to hand the Xbox 360 publishing rights to THQ. Gamepur reports that Namco Bandai is filing action on two counts – firstly, that the …
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