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Newly-named RPG Dream Drop Distance will bring Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts franchise to 3DS in 2012. The game was originally announced as Kingdom Hearts 3D at E3 2010 and was featured in a list of major third-party franchises heading to Nintendo’s new handheld. As with previous Kingdom Hearts titles, it …

Free mini-game collection Ape Escape included in latest update

Fruit Ninja outfit takes Developer of the Year award as top Australian studio

Platform holder Sony has apologised and released a guide to help PlayStation Vita owners fix an early system freeze problem. A number of buyers have reported bugs since the handheld went on sale in Japan this weekend, such as unresponsive touchscreens and system lockups, reports Engadget. Several have uploaded videos …

PlayStation’s new portable console has been out in Japan for a few days now, and the first numbers are in. Famitsu (citing Enterbrain) says 321,407 Vita machines were sold in its first two days on sale. It’s a decent figure, higher than what the original PSP managed. But it is …

'Our employees have a real love and pride for the company'

The Quebec Court of Appeal has overturned a Ubisoft injunction against THQ which sought to block the latter from soliciting staff from the French publisher. Ubisoft was granted the injunction in March this year thatprohibited THQ from approaching staff at Ubisoft, as employees at the publisher had a ‘non compete …

Channel 4 has appointed former Realtime Worlds studio manager Colin Macdonald as its first ever games commissioning editor. He will work on commissioning games related to the station’s TV shows as well as projects that have potential to cross over to the small screen. Macdonaldwill also act as Channel 4’s …

Angry Birds studio wants to be 'as big as Disney'