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Nintendo’s Mii App for smart devices has been pushed back into 2015, company president Satoru Iwata has confirmed. As part of a briefing for Nintendo’s investors, Iwata explained the team working on the app needed additional time to refine various elements” for release on tablets and smartphones. The application under …

Top sellers on Unity’s Asset Store are earning in excess of $30,000 a month, the company has announced. In a post on the Unity Asset Store blog celebrating the store’s anniversary, the firm revealed various milestones for its marketplace of user-created development assets, tools and services. The Asset Store brought …

Ex-Capcom senior producer Chris Rowe to head Canada branch

The studio head discusses his development plans and why the Canada province is experiencing a resurgence

Future’s PC gaming site PCGamer.com has experienced what the company says is record-breaking growth following the roll-out of its redesign last month. Worldwide, page views for the month hit 52m – 109 per cent up on the previous record of 24.9m. Page views have jumped 111 per cent and average …

In a world where Season Passes and DLC releases come at a huge premium and are often announced before a game is even out, this is quite a surprise. CD Projekt has revealed not only that it will release 16 bits of DLC for upcoming RPG The Witcher 3, but …

Minecraft creator Mojang is now a Microsoft company. The news was confirmed by Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who said: It’s official, today we welcome Mojang to the Microsoft Studios family. We’re excited for the possibilities ahead with the Minecraft community.” The $2.5bn acquisition was announced in September, with a Mojang …

Because frankly, we just weren’t sure that jumpers alone were enough to quell your video games clothing appetite. Hot on the heels of this morning’s news of Numskull’s festive gaming jumpers, Musterbrand has brought word of a range of World of Tanks themed garments. Included in the selection are the …

Winners will receive Unity 5 Pro licences

Nintendo has issued a slightly more definitive release date for one Wii U game and confirmed a new title for another. Colourful shooter Splatoon will be released on the console in the second quarter of 2015. It features kids battling squids with ink guns. Really. Also confirmed in the name …