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UK and European Nintendo owners are now able to redeem their ill-fated Stars to claim free games. Nintendo announced the planned closure of Club Nintendo earlier this year, bringing with it the end of its existing loyalty program. Any unused Stars that users have accrued will be lost by the …

Arty Rajendra, partner at Rouse Legal, discusses the legalities around key stripping and the impact it is having on the games business The market for digital downloads increases year-on-year, yet there remains a healthy market for the boxed products. Why is this and should gaming companies continue to invest heavily …

It appears that rumours of trouble in the Metal Gear Solid camp are real. Konami has confirmed via an official translation that it does plan on releasing further Metal Gear games post September’s Phantom Pain, and that it is hiring new developers for the project. Ominously, however, it only confirms …

Tech to power number of new titles including upcoming mobile RPG

Developer hiring production staff for next chapter of flagship franchise ahead of Hideo Kojima’s expected departure

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed that whatever it is Rare may be working on, it isn’t a new Conker game. However, Project Spark developer Team Dakota is working on a Conker Build Pack featuring assets that players can use to create their own Conker content and has also developed …

Key Metal Gear Solid V developers expected to leave in December

Support for racing game set to continue despite redundancies

EA’s long-awaited Star Wars Battlefront will finally be demonstrated to the public for the first time next month. Having previously promised more information this spring, the publisher has said that DICE’s title will feature at the Stars Wars Celebration event in California kicking off on April 16th. We could not …

Just one day after rumours of a rift between Kojima Productions and Konami, the publisher has put out a job ad for a new Metal Gear development team. Assorted translations, including this one on NeoGaf, of a listing on Konami’s Japanese website suggest that the company is looking to recruit …