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Nintendo is once again shunning a traditional E3 appearance by hosting a digital get-together. Among the games that could pop up during the Nintendo Digital Event are Star Fox, Zelda for Wii U and Mario Maker. Of course, there’s likely to be plenty of Amiibo reveals too, with 8-bit Mario …

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If YouTube viewer numbers are the barometer of E3 excitement, then it’s Final Fantasy VII that has stolen the show. The game’s trailer on the PlayStation channel has at the time of publication been viewed nearly 2.25m times. That’s around three times the amount of its nearest rival The Last …

Fumito Ueda founds GenDesign, staffed by Team Ico veterans

Another crowdfunding success for InXile Entertainment

Nearly 70,000 backers pledge support for spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie

Metal Gear Rising director Kenji Saito has said that comics have provided the narrative inspiration for the recently revealed Transformers: Devastation. I’ve loved Transformers since I was a kid, so I’m honoured to be a part of the team making Transformers: Devastation,” he said. Within the world of this long-running …

Women in games take centre stage at press conferences

The director of the long-awaited The Last Guardian and PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Fumito Ueda has set up a new studio. As spotted by Kotaku, the new development firm is called GenDesign, and is allegedly made up of Ueda himself, as well as a number of …

Two of the game modes that will feature in EA’s Star Wars Battlefront have been demonstrated in a pair of E3 gameplay demos. First off, Walker Assault. The video below takes place on the ice planet Hoth, as seen in The Empire Strikes Back. Players will take control both of …