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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D can do for 3DS what Super Mario 64 did for the original DS, says Nintendo. Super Mario 64 DS was a launch title for the original dual-screen handheld which arrived in March 2005. In the UK it sold around 50,000 copies in …
Read More »LA Noire cant prevent UK market dip
The UK games market suffered another monthly drop in sales last month, despite impressive sales of Rockstar’s LA Noire. Just under 73.2m was generated at UK retail during May, a drop of 5.4 per cent compared to the 77.4m made over the same period in 2010. In terms of units …
Read More »‘Dont give up on Wii’
A little more belief from third parties and Wii can live long after Nintendo’s next console arrives. That’s according to Nordic Games boss Pelle Lundborg, who insists the Nintendo platform still has plenty of life left in it. What the format really needs is a little more belief – outside …
Read More »Nintendo and Epic hacked
Two further games companies have become embroiled in the hacking epidemic. On Friday Gears of War develop Epic admitted that it was forced to deactivate its web sites and forums for a limited amount of time following an illegitimate hack. "Our Epic Games web sites and forums were recently hacked. …
Read More »Cliffy B: ‘We should work with hackers’
Epic Games’ design director Cliff Bleszinski has encouraged the games industry to embrace the hacking community. The Gears of War man was talking about the chances of seeing more user generated content options appearing in Gears of War 3. His comments come following the security breaches of Sony’s PSN and …
Read More »E3 2011: Battlefield 3 set for iOS
EA is bolstering its mobile offering with new versions of its major franchises coming to the iPad and iPhone. A promotional video released by EA reveals that Madden, FIFA, Need for Speed and Battlefield are all coming to iOS. EA’s Battlefield 3 is headed for a face-off with Activision’s Call …
Read More »New versions of core EA franchises to hit iOS
E3 2011: Publisher boosts its iOS line-up with new versions of its core franchises
Read More »LulzSec exposes NHS security gaps
Infamous hack collective LulzSec has warned the NHS that its computer network is vulnerable to cyber attack. Lulz Security, which claims to have been behind recent PSN hacks, sent an email to NHS administrators exposing breaches the service’s network, the BBC reports. Playfully dubbing themselves ‘pirate-ninjas’, the groups published the …
Read More »Bleszinski: You have to work with hackers
E3 2011: Epic Gamesâ?? design director encourages industry to embrace the hacking community
Read More »E3 2011: Iwata ‘surprised’ by Nintendo stock fall
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has described the company’s falling share price following the announcement of their Wii successor as very strange.” Honestly speaking, the reaction to [Tuesday’s] presentation and what I heard from people I met and the mood of the convention did not chime at all with what happened …
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