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Ubisoft is confident that the Nintendo NX will recapture the lost Wii audience, Ubisoft has told MCV. The Wii was one of the most successful games consoles in history, with over 101m consoles sold. By comparison its successor, Wii U, has been a failure, shifting just shy of 13m units. …

Hertzian talks us through its new review aggregation and analysis tool

Planning to enter the scary world of crowdfunding? We collect the best advice from Playtonic’s Andy Robinson, ICO Partners’ Thomas Bideaux and Revolution’s Charles Cecil – whose projects have collectively raised more than £6m on Kickstarter – at this year’s Interface on positioning your campaign for success

Aaron Greenburg insists “no one gets left behind” as devs eye new console

As the studio prepares to launch upcoming RPG The Dwarves, owner and creative director Jan Theysen reflects on how German developer King Art has evolved its technical prowess

The annoying thing isn’t so much that there isn’t an option for Link to be female in Zelda: Breath of the Wild, it’s more the weakness of the excuse given for that decision. Speculation about either a female Link or the option to choose the character’s gender in the new …

Bethesda has confirmed that a sequel to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is in the works, but that we won’t be seeing it for some time. As reported by IGN, Bethesda’s Games Studios boss Todd Howard said on YouTube’s Live at E3 stream that The Elder Scrolls 6 is one …

Platform holder denies claims by The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson that framerate in Gears of War 4 is more consistent on slimmer console

Blizzard’s online shooter has reached a new milestone. Overwatch just hit 10 million players, less than a month after its launch on May 24th, the publisher announced on Twitter (see below). This number takes into account PC, Xbox One and PS4 players. The game had already attracted 7m players during …

Preview gives devs early access to 9-splice spirts, 2D tile map, sprite masks and more