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We hear lots about the success Nintendo has enjoyed in the emerging casual games sector, but new statistics about the North American PSP audience suggest that Sony has achieved great things in the female sector. Edge reports that 52 per cent of US PSP owners are female. This compares to …

Japanese publisher Capcom believes that future growth in the current generation of consoles will be focused on the Xbox 360 and PS3, stating that it intends to pump fewer resources into development of Wii titles. The decision follows poor sales of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles on Nintendo’s console. The …

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Capcom France’s Antoine Seux has declared Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles to be a disappointment” after it failed to meet sales expectations. Speaking to Gamekult (translated by Nintendo Everything), he attributed the game’s poor performance – 16,000 units in three weeks – to the lack of hardcore gamers within the …

With Sony Pictures handling the DVD and Blu-ray releases of recent Michael Jackson documentary This Is It, the Japanese arm of SCEJ has announced a new King of Pop themed PS3 bundle for the region. Along with a 120GB charcoal black version of the PS3 Slim, the SKU will also …

Company talks up the strengths of its own format as it launches a dedicated 3D TV channel

Obviously cheery after the Wii’s impressive December performance across the globe, Satoru Iwata has kicked off the New Year by stating that the new Zelda game on Wii will be released some time in 2010. The news comes from a translation of an interview with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, courtesy …

Having confessed his concern about the health of the Wii in the latter stages of 2009, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has now told Reuters that has machine has recovered from its downturn. The statement comes after it was revealed that the Wii sold a massive 3m units in North America …

Nintendo’s successor to its wildly-popular DS handheld will boast highly detailed graphics” and motion sensing capabilities, reports suggest. The Kyoto-headquartered firm has released several iterations of the DS handheld over the past six years. Now for the first time, however, company president Satoru Iwata is openly discussing the system’s next-gen …

Space Invaders Infinity Gene's director talks the evolution of a classic