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The NX may hopefully only be a few months away, but Nintendo hasn’t stopped announcing new titles for the Wii U. Paper Mario: Color Splash, due out later this year, is another turn-based RPG outing for Nintendo’s famous mascot. It has a hint of the Epic Mickey about it, with …

New directors of organisation join as Sheri Graner Ray, Tom Buscaglia and Luke Dicken depart

CEO of VR firm criticises lack of focus on gaming capability: ‘You can buy a $6,000 Mac and it still doesn't match our recommended specs’

Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson has been named Person of the Year at the MCV Awards 2016. In a tribute video to Jacobson, leading industry figures discussed his outstanding achievements with Sports Interactive, Championship Manager and Football Manager, plus his incredible work for the charities War Child and Games Aid. …

Those unable to attend tonight’s MCV Awards don’t have to miss out, and can watch the entire ceremony on live-streaming service Twitch. The MCV Awards can be watched on Twitch either here, or on the embedded video player below. The awards will start at around 9:45pm tonight, with the grand …

June 21st – that’s the day No Man’s Sky will finally be released, it has been confirmed. A June release date was first announced back in October. And as reports yesterday suggested, final confirmation of the exact release has at last arrived. The date applies to both the PS4 and …

Japanese platform holder Nintendo has found itself once again accused of infringing upon the patents held by tech firm UltimatePointer. Referencing the Wii Remote, UltimatePointer claimed that Nintendo’s iconic handheld motion controller matched up with its own patented handheld pointing device that can be used to control the cursor on …

A retro console recently demoed at the New York Toy Fair could be little more than a hoax, it is being alleged. Nintendo Life reports that development of the Coleco Chameleon, itself a rebranded version of failed Kickstarter The Retro VGS, has been put on hold following a string of …

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has played down previous reports saying that Microsoft wants to bring down some of the walls between Xbox and Windows PC. Spencer said earlier this week that the company is adopting a more all-encompassing approach to its game releases, with its new Universal Windows Applications standard …