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Development of Pikmin 3 is well under way”, according to a recent comment from Official Nintendo Magazine. The publication left a post on their Twitter feed saying: ONM is at the BAFTAs. Miyamoto just told us Pikmin 3 development is well under way." No other details including release window, gameplay …
Read More »AUS: Atkinson steps down
The man who many see as the main barrier to Australia’s introduction of a R18+ ratings certificate, Attorney-General Michael Atkinson, is to leave Parliamant in 2014. Atkinson has been involved in a number of controversies over his two decades in Government, the most recent of which is his resolute stance …
Read More »Master Miyamoto takes BAFTA Fellowship
Iconic Mario maestro takes BAFTA Fellowship award
Read More »BAFTAs: The winners list in full
The 2010 awards night had a fair share of pleasant surprises and deserved wins
Read More »Uncharted 2 sweeps BAFTAs
Sony’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves dominated tonight’s GAME British Academy video game awards, picking up no less than four awards. The hugely popular PS3 title picked up gongs for Action, Story, Score and Use of Audio. Sony also received an additional two awards, with LittleBigPlanet winning Handheld and Flower winning …
Read More »Titchmarsh tackles game violence
Former MCV associate editor and current CVG editor Tim Ingham has this afternoon taken on the tough task of defending video game violence on ITV’s late afternoon spot The Alan Titchmarsh Show. With an anti-games agenda clear to see from the word go, Ingham bravely defended in the industry against …
Read More »FFXIII breaks series UK records
Final Fantasy XIII has shattered the series’ UK sales records, becoming the fastest ever selling Final Fantasy game in the region, as well as the fastest selling UK game of the year. It’s also become the fastest selling game of the year so far in Germany and France. The news …
Read More »ELSPA undergoing rebrand
Industry body to become the UK Interactive Entertainment Association
Read More »No Twilight game ‘has lost millions’
The games industry is missing out on millions of pounds in revenue due to the absence of a licensed Twilight video game. Both the original books by author Stephenie Meyer and the subsequent film releases from Summit Entertainment have become a worldwide phenomenon. With the franchise yet to penetrate the …
Read More »EA Sports reshuffles after Chiang exit
Andrew Wilson and Pauline Moller step up following departure of Steven Chiang
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