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DayZ has fallen victim of a potentially significant hack. Reddit reports began to emerge recently that the game had actually had its entire source code stolen. Speaking to Rock Paper Shotgun publisher Bohemia has not commented on that particular claim, but has confirmed that an incident has taken place. It …

Develop speaks to middleware firms to find out the best tools available for making browser games for desktops and mobiles

Microsoft has insisted that not having a Kinect-free Xbox One SKU at launch was not a strategic error. That’s despite earlier this week revealing that it will in June launch a discounted Xbox One SKU without the much-maligned motion camera. I think it was the right call to bundle with …

The fact that gamers have been more satisfied with the Xbox 360 than PS3” is part of the reason why PS4 has so far outsold Xbox One. That’s according to chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi, who has told Forbes that there are three reasons he can identify for …

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Card fighting game Yu-Gi-Oh is coming to Nintendo’s handheld for the first time this June. World Duel Carnival will be available both digitally via Nintendo’s eShop and physically on June 26th. Fans who buy the latter version get three Yu-Gi-Oh cards included. This new game follows the Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal TV …

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Electronics firm Philips has asked the Delaware courts to force Nintendo to stop selling Wii U in the US. The demand is part of a lawsuit, as reported by Game Informer, in which Philips is claiming that Nintendo’s console and some of its accessories have infringed two of its motion …

MCM Comic Con has been named as the host of Nintendo’s first ever pop-up shop. Stocked with Official Nintendo Store exclusives, fans will be able to get their hands on lucrative items including figurines from The Legend of Zelda, Metroid and Super Mario series. The store will also offer games, …

There seems to have been two main reactions to Nintendo’s recent annual loss of $456m. The most prominent is that these huge losses suggest Nintendo’s time is up. ‘Nintendo is over,’ was what one prominent business journalist said on Twitter. It’s not true. For all its financial miscalculations, Nintendo’s main …