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More than 10m people worldwide have signed up to Miitomo,Nintendo’s first foray into the mobile games space. This was announced as part of the platform holder’s financial report today – the firm also announced this news via Twitter (below). Nintendo has also revealed that over 300 million conversations have taken …

Internal forecasts for the Wii U in Nintendo’s current financial year point to a possible cancellation for the hardware. Nintendo says it expects to sell just 800,000 units in the 12 months ending March 31st 2017. That compares to sales of 3.2m units for the machine in the financial year …

Hubs in San Francisco, Beijing and Taipei to offer help from experts, investment, mentorship and other support services

As a brand new expansion launches for Hearthstone, Blizzard has revealed that over 50 million people are registered for the free-to-play card game. This was announced by Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime in a blog post on Activision Blizzard’s investor relations portal, and indicates that 20 million people have …

UPDATE: All Uncharted 4 stock sold at CEX and on eBay was the result of a violent assault and theft, PlayStation has said. "We can confirm that unfortunately some contents from a lorry transporting a variety of video game and DVD titles, including a quantity of the much anticipated Uncharted …

Platform holder confirms that next Legend of Zelda title has been in development for Wii U and console successor simultaneously, and will also launch next year

Nintendo’s next two smartphone titles will, as promised, be based on two of its more recognisable IP. Games based on Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing are both on the way, although neither will arrive until the autumn. Nintendo says the Fire Emblem game will be more accessible” in comparison to …

The longstanding rumour has been confirmed – Nintendo’s next Zelda game is in development for both the Wii U and the NX. The Legend of Zelda: The latest instalment in this classic series is scheduled to launch simultaneously for both Wii U and NX, and both versions of the game …

Nintendo has confirmed a launch date for the NX – and it’s nearly a year away. The console will be released in March 2017. This means it will not directly compete with the PS4 Neo, or the rumoured Xbox One upgrade, although whether this has factored into the decision is …

YouTube King PewDiePie has admitted that he’s uncomfortable with some of the comments he used to make on YouTube. In a video entitled ‘Old vs. New PewDiePie’, Felix Kjellberg addressed fan criticism claiming that he is no longer the entertainer he once was. While saying that he understands why an …