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Sony’s consoles have topped the Japanese hardware rankings once again, despite a week full of new titles for Nintendo’s 3DS platform. The latest data from Famitsu shows that last week marked the third consecutive week on top for PS4 and Vita, after they were propelled and subsequently kept there by …

RPG studio even had a potential date for shut down before Kickstarter success

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Nintendo has confirmed the European release date for Wii U exclusive Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush. It will arrive both physically and digitally on the console on May 8th, which is earlier than the previously expected second half of 2015”. It arrived in Japan and the US earlier this year …

New-gen home console will cost 2,899 yuan (£307)

Jonathan Biddle leaves indie publishing for independent development

Gfinity today continued to expand their ranks with news that veteran shoutcaster, ESL One and WCS host Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner would join the company as Head of Broadcasting. Chaloner is known best as one of the first professional shoutcasters, and the host of Blizzard’s StarCraft II tournament WCS Europe. The …

Gfinity today continued to expand their ranks with news that veteran shoutcaster, ESL One and WCS host Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner would join the company as Head of Broadcasting. Chaloner is known best as one of the first professional shoutcasters, and the host of Blizzard’s StarCraft II tournament WCS Europe. The …

Undead Labs has admitted that the original version of State of Decay shipped with some unexpected – and mostly unnoticeable – additions. The Xbox 360 version of the game shipped in June 2013 but wasn’t until the developer started working on the 1080p Year One Edition – due out later …

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