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E3 2014 lacked the drama of the year before. And, let’s be honest, we expected pretty much every ‘surprise’ announcement. Yet overall it was a good show. There were well over 250 products on display, and Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo can all feel happy as they head home from Los …

It can be a painful experience to look back at Nintendo’s more recent E3 press conferences. You may recall grinning marketing execs strutting the stage, playing Wii Fit and Wii Music, whilst talking about ‘expanding the demographics of gaming’. It was the right note for a business that had managed …

The world’s video games press are now back from E3 with jet lag, hangoversand sore fingers. But what did they think of this year’s show? And with so many publishers and platform holders using Twitch and the like to go direct to the consumers, what role did the media really …

Nintendo has shifted 2m copies of Mario Kart 8, according to a shareholder that had attended the company’s annual general meeting. The business also said Wii U sales have increased significantly following the game’s launch, although did not provide figures. Wii U is at a critical point in its history. …

Special agreements means key publishers can continue enjoying higher subsidies until 2019

It’s a great time to be a football fan. We are in the midst of the World Cup in Brazil. The excitement of transfer mayhem is in full swing. And EA has lifted the lid on FIFA 15. Everything is pretty peachy over at EA, too. FIFA 14 is now …

The World Ends with You: Solo Remix is now available on Android, Square Enix announced earlier today. Solo Remix can be purchased via Google Play for $17.99 / 12.99 / €15.99 – the same relatively steep price carried by the mobile port of Square’s action RPG when it first launched …

Arma III’s April Fools’ Day joke turned content add-on has brought in 1m Czech koruna – around $50k USD – for the Czech Red Cross. Developer Bohemia Interactive announced the milestone in a release on its website, and also discussed the success of the military shooter franchise’s new approach to …

The Xbox One and Xbox 360 Destiny beta will launch sometime late next month, Bungie has revealed. Eurogamer points to a new trailer for the game on the Xbox dashboard that states the beta will arrive in late July.” The upcoming title racked up 6.5m games played during its PlayStation-exclusive …

The era of portable consoles may be drawing to a close. New data from Futuresource Consulting says that tablets have for the first time overtaken Nintendo’s 3DS as the most popular personal games device owned by UK children. Specifically, 44 per cent of UK children between the ages of three …