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Game development pioneer Yu Suzuki has joined Tokyo-based Premium Agency as executive game producer, the group has announced. The industry veteran Suzuki will advise on a number of social and mobile projects, but also for living-room devices. Premium Agency has said Suzuki will oversee a new, as yet unknown, fighting …

Nintendo has decided against supporting Flash content on its 3DS, according to reports. In a move that echoes Apple’s ban on the Adobe technology, the web browser on Nintendo’s latest handheld is thought will not display Flash content. That would mean the huge array of free Flash games available on …

There’s something to be said for diversity. Activision, the house of Call of Duty, has announced a brand new and somewhat adventurous IP – Wappy Dog. Developed by Sega Toys, Wappy Dog is actually a robotic toy that communicates with an owner’s DS. It marks Activision’s second foray into the …

Sega talisman joins Premium Agency as executive producer and advisor

Today marks the long-awaited return of the PlayStation Store, but one hacker has said that the network will remain unsafe until Sony hires hackers directly to test its security. "Most big corporations have what’s called an annual security audit and they go out and hire outside security companies," Ligatt Security …

Pinches of salt at the ready. A Mass Effect 3 packshot apparently obtained from EA’s online store seems to suggest that Mass Effect 3 could support Xbox 360 Kienct. The claim comes from the BioWare forums, though any reference to the game seems to have been removed from the EA …

Nintendo has said that its first major update for the 3DS will be available to download worldwide on June 7th. Chief amongst the new features is the long awaited introduction of the Nintendo eStore which will for the first time allow owners to purchase games and content directly over a …

FIFA 12 will revolutionise the franchise and stun fans, says the man behind the series. The latest game in the award-winning, best-selling football franchise was shown to the press last week. That’s earlier than usual because EA believes it has something special this time, says producer David Rutter. This year’s …

One consumer site has gone live with its impressions of Sony’s NGP. Mobile-review.com says that it had some hands-on time with the machine at a London press event on May 19th. It says that its final dimensions are very similar to the original PSP and that "you immediately recognise the …

LucasArts boss Paul Meegan has told MCV he feels people look at the firm ‘and wonder why it hasn’t done better’. In his first interview since becoming president of the firm a year ago, Meegan says he wants to reverse that perception with a focus on decent Star Wars games. …