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Nintendo has now shipped 5.7m of its Amiibo toys worldwide since their release last year. 63 per cent of them have ended up in the US and Canada with just 23 per cent making their way to Europe. 11 per cent went to Japan and three per cent to Australia. …

Nintendo has revealed that 335k units of the new 3DS and New 3DS XL were sold in the West in the week of release. The console launched in both Europe and America last week. Of that number, 175k were sold in the US and 160k in Europe. Launch sales of …

Online gaming and sports betting software company PlayTech has purchased GameMaker creator YoYo Games for $16.4m. The deal also includes an earn out clause that carries up to an additional $5.25m if certain, unspecified performance goals are met. PlayTech states the acquisition is part of the firm’s plans to expand …

Sony had chosen not to renew its trademark for The Last Guardian in the US. VG247 reports on the US office of patent and trademark website listing, which shows Sony has allowed the current trademark to expire. What this means, if anything at all, is anyone’s guess. Sony abandoned the …

Evolve is on top of the latest top ten selling products on Steam, finishing ahead of indie Early Access title Darkest Dungeon. Evolve claims victory despite a rough run with Steam’s user reviews, with a slew of negative posts centered around 2K and Turtle Rock’s much maligned plans for the …

Turning away from her degree in geological engineering not long after graduation, Osman started at Herald Communications/Fleishman Hillard as a temp, before being offered a full time position on the consumer tech team. Accounts included Fox Pathe, the ER Show, The Gala Group and Eidos Interactive – the latter being …

MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we listen to Trust’s Extreme Sound headset and check out Nintendo’s New 3DS coverplates GXT 315 Extreme Sound Headset Game accessories brand Trust has launched its latest headset, the GXT 315 Extreme Sound. The peripheral is …

Following the Next Gen report in 2011, Parkinson-Hill led the bid to open the first Studio school in the UK, specialising in gaming and digital technology for young people aged 14 to 19. The Studio opened in Liverpool in 2013. Parkinson-Hill has also worked with key industry stakeholders to co-create …

An analysis of articles published online in 2014 has shown that PlayStation enjoyed around 35 per cent more coverage than Xbox. A report from Ico Partners’ Thomas Bidaux found that the PlayStation brand as a whole was the subject of 560,573 articles while the Xbox brand received 411,380. That number …

Japan continues to be one of the most lucrative games market in the world, despite the falling presence of console gaming in the region. 2014 marked one of the toughest years in more than two decades for Japanese console gaming. According to Famitsu, the Japanese console games industry generated 368.55bn …