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Sales of Sony’s PlayStation Vita in Japan barely scraped above 10,000 units last week as both Nintendo’s 3DS and its predecessor the PSP outsold it once again. Vita shifted 10,023 units between February 27th and March 4th – that’s down 1,163 units week-on-week according to Media Create. By comparison, the …

The next Assassin’s Creed will arrive earlier than usual as Ubisoft looks to grow its best-selling franchise. Assassin’s Creed III hits retail on October 31st for PS3, 360 and PC.?That’s two weeks earlier than its usual mid-November release window. Ubisoft believes the game will hold its own against the Q4 …

Tools compatible with Vita as well as Sony mobile and tablet devices

Rayman Origins continues to go from strength to strength, thanks to its PlayStation Vita outing. The game was a flagship entry in Ubisoft’s launch line-up on Sony’s newly-launched handheld, and has become one of the platform’s most successful games. The launch of a console is a good way to spotlight …

EA is currently recruiting for its new studio in Gothenburg, on the west coast of Sweden. The new studio will concentrate on developing new generations of games, and the engine of choice is Frostbite 2”. Patrick Sderlund, EVP of EA’s Games Label, took the initiative to start the new studio …

Celebrated developer to pursue independent venture after completion of Fable: The Journey

Consumers are clearly winning to pay in excess of 40 for a copy of Mass Effect 3, but are they willing to do the same for its companion iOS title? EA certainly hopes so. Mass Effect: Infiltrator was released on iPhone and iPad yesterday. It costs 4.99 to download. However, …

Xbox 360 owners can now access music video application Vevo in the UK, US, Canada and Ireland. The service – which goes live today – lets users watch more than 45,000 music videos by 11,000 artists, from Kelly Clarkson to Tinie Tempah. They can also browse videos using Kinect’s voice …

In a pleasant deviation from accepted games industry norms, Sony has announced that PlayStation Vita title Unit 13 will be released… today! The game should be available at certain retailers today and will appear for purchase on PSN at some point, hopefully this morning. The game is made by SOCOM …

The first set of games from Sega’s original handheld are set to arrive next week on both US and EU versions of the3DS eShop, Nintendo has announced. The debut batch will include Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble, Shinobi, and Dragon Crystal, as was announced in the Japanese line-up back in …