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The leadership of Capcom Europe has changed once again. The publisher has announced that Katsuhiko Ichii, a ten-year veteran of the company, is now in place as the CEO of Capcom Europe, having started on April 1st. He replaces Hiroshi Tobisawa who was only appointed as CEO back in December …

Nintendo has confirmed plans to release the Yokai Watch series for 3DS in Europe. The series, which will for some reason go by the name Yo-kai Watch, was confirmed as being planned for the West back in August, but this is the first tiem Nintendo has been confirmed as the …

Another video games YouTuber has criticised Nintendo for its copyright claiming strategy. ‘Angry Joe’ Vargas revealed over the weekend that Nintendo had filed a claim over a Let’s Play video he made about Wii U title Mario Party 10. This behaviour is in line with its Creators Program that allows …

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Yet another stark warning about the risks posed about the increasingly online-dependent console gaming world has arrived courtesy of NBA 2K14. Polygon reports that publisher 2K Games recently shut down the online servers for the title. That in itself was enough to infuriate many players, occurring just 16 months after …

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