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Nintendo has revealed that, following their respective release, Wii U shooter Splatoon has consistently outsold Mario Kart 8. Although the racing game made a far bigger impact at release, from week two onwards the colourful shooting release has outsold it worldwide every single week, enjoying a particular boost in the …

As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Independent Retailer category Base.com Base.com revamped its website in 2015 and ended the year with sales growth of nearly 30 per cent year-on-year. Games Centre Games …

Customers with defective iOS handsets are to be given the option of trading them toward a newer model, it has been claimed. 9to5Mac reports that Apple will next week begin allowing those whose iPhones have damaged screens, cameras and buttons to hand them over for credit toward the purchase of …

The latest entry in 2K’s XCOM franchise is hitting shelves today, and it appears that the strategy title has native Steam Controller support. Word comes via the XCOM 2 community page on Steam, where a spokesperson for 2K Games has confirmed that the strategy title will support Valve’s new controller. …

The future of Satoru Iwata’s Quality of Life initiative looks even more uncertain today after Nintendo admitted to officially abandoning its only product. In October 2014 Iwata announced a sleep sensor, which to date is the first and only QOL device to be detailed. Now Wired reports that Nintendo president …

My friend Andrew was the only friend I knew with a computer when I was 12. He had a few games for it, including one we’d picked up at a car boot sale called: UFO: Enemy Unknown. We loved it. We had built our base, equipped our ships and put …

A game’s front of box age rating warns parents about a title’s content, but figuring out what ability is required to play the game is altogether trickier. That’s a problem website Everybody Plays is hoping to address with the launch today of its new EPAL (Everybody Plays Ability Level) system. …

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By his own standards, the past few years have been quiet for Ian Livingstone. The man who founded Games Workshop, co-authored the Fighting Fantasy series and launched Tomb Raider, has spent the last five years transforming the UK games market. He was instrumental in introducing the Games Tax Relief, and …

And you thought making room for Kinect was tough? VentureBeat has spotted a Vive instruction manual uploaded by HTC that reveals the true extent of the effort needed by owners to set up their playing space for the full VR experience. The setup described is the one that is designed …