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Nintendo ‘New 3DS’ announcement appears, at least on the surface, as a unneccessary and wasteful move from the platform holder. There’s a tweaked CPU, the inclusion of NFC for those Amiibo toys, a slightly improved battery life, a better quality screen. And the biggest changes – namely a small analogue …

Swedish developer SimBin Studios has gone bankrupt, former COO Christopher Speed has toldDevelop. He said the company had decided to go through a re-structuring process and the easiest way to do this was through a bankruptcy”. In total 18 staff were affected. Following the bankruptcy proceedings Speed has formed a …

David Braben’s missing political thriller The Outsider for PS3 and Xbox 360 looks to have been scrapped. Development stopped back in 2011/2012 as Frontier prioritised its partnership with Microsoft, developing first-party titles such as Kinectimals, Kinect Disneyland and Zoo Tycoon, as well as the crowd-funded and hotly-anticipated Elite: Dangerous.Eurogamernow reports …

There won’t be a GTX 800 series range, with Nvidia believed to be preparing to launch its GTX 900 series of graphics cards next month. Videocardz.com had initially reported that the 900s would arrive this month, but newer reports pin a release date for some time in October. The 800 …

Long absent political thriller has essentially been scrapped

Exec reshuffle continues at social and mobile gaming firm

Portal developer offers Steam accounts, Valve games and Source SDK to students

18 staff affected as new company takes reigns on RaceRoom Racing Experience

Egmont Publishing is releasing a new Minecraft book called Blockopedia. This hexagonal book is a ‘comprehensive reference tool for beginners and more experienced players alike’, written by former Edge editor Alex Wiltshire and is accurate up to the latest 1.8 game update. Working closely with Mojang, we wanted to make …

Music show The Voice is to feature in a new karaoke title. Going by the same name, the game is coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 as well – get this – Wii U and Wii on October 21st. The game will ship with a microphone. Impress the coaches and …