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Future Games of London MD and co-founder Ian Harper explains why the Hungry Shark studio doesn’t believe in the ‘Starbucks coffee rule’

Nintendo announced a western release date for Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past during one of its livestream at E3. The RPG will launch on 3DS in Europe and North America on September 16th. Originally released on PSOne in 2000, Dragon Quest 7 was remade for the 3DS …

Wii U-exclusive Paper Mario: Color Splash is hitting shelves at the end of 2016. Publisher Nintendo has revealed an October 7th release date for its new entry in the quirky RPG Paper Mario series. This is currently the only exclusive title currently dated for release for the Wii U at …

Eiji Anouma hints at control system for Nintendo’s mysterious new console

The locking off of Microsoft’s first party PC games from Steam may only be a temporary measure. Speaking on Giant Bomb’s E3 livestream, as reported by GameSpot, Xbox boss Phil Spencer recognised the importance of Vale’s platform to the PC games market. "I look at Steam today, it’s on an …

Code merges, UI rebuilds and more slow progress on upcoming release

Outlet founded by former Infinity Ward producer Pete Blumel, as well as former execs from Disney, DreamWorks and Sony

Compulsion Games’ We Happy Few, shown on stage at Xbox’s conference, was the most popular game at E3. That’s according to internet tracking company ListenFirst, which – as reported by GamesBeat – worked out the number of organic searches on Wikipedia for all titles at E3. The thinking here is …

The producer of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has admitted that having experimented with it, his team rejected the idea of incorporating Wii U GamePad functionality into the game. We realized that having something on the GamePad and looking back and forth between the TV screen and the GamePad actually …

Nintendo has revealed a brand new IP at E3 yesterday. Entitled Ever Oasis, it will see gamers play as adventurer Thethu to build a prosperous village in the middle of the desert. The RPG of course features its share of puzzle-dungeons, during which players will be able to switch between …