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Nintendo has offered an explanation for its decision to withhold the New 3DS and New 3DS XL from Western markets this year. The reason, boss Satoru Iwata says, is that the company does not yet believe that the current 3DS has achieved its full sales potential outside of Japan and …

Super Smash Bros will be the first game that can be pre-loaded onto a Wii U prior to its release. Gamers will be able to pre-order titles both via their console and through download codes purchased in-store. Furthermore, pre-loading will also be added to 3DS at some stage next year. …

Sales of Samsung’s smartphones have fallen to their lowest point in over three years, forcing the market leader to order a total revamp of its operations. Samsung’s net profits from mobile fell 73.9 per cent in Q3. Its smartphone market share fell from 33 per cent last year to 24 …

Simply pass a storefront stocked with N64, PlayStation and Dreamcast games with older gamers in tow and you’ll be able to see that retro is very much still in fashion. The accompanying chorus of phrases like ‘I remember playing this as a kid’ and ‘I put so many hours into …

Tim Cook has decided to openly discuss his sexuality after realising that doing so may help those who are still struggling to come to terms with theirs. Throughout my professional life, I’ve tried to maintain a basic level of privacy [but] I’ve come to realize that my desire for personal …

Microsoft has confirmed the closure of Xbox Entertainment Studios as it lets go of the division’s last two employees. XES bosses Nancy Tellem and Jordan Levin have been let go in the latest round of job cuts at Microsoft, according toGames Industry, meaning the studio is officially closed. Xbox Entertainment …

The industry has a responsibility to do more to protect those who are being harassed by the ongoing GamerGate hate campaign. That’s according to Zoe Quinn, who has told the BBC that it is unfair that the responsibility of tackling such behaviour has remained the burden of individuals whom the …

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MCV looks at the best new products heading to UK retail. This week, we blend in with a camouflage Xbox One headset and controller, before starting a fight on the Wii U. Xbox One Camouflage Headset and Controller Microsoft has released a set of products patterned with military-style camouflage. The …

Sony Worldwide Studios holds the keys to the tech behind hit games such as The Last of Us and Killzone – and it has made them available to everyone