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Oscar Clark offers the case for the defence for IAPs and why the issues lie with game design decisions, not the business model itself

A single system combining both home and handheld consoles could be the future of Nintendo’s hardware business. That’s according to president Saturo Iwata. Although the exec admits that he’s not personally convinced by the idea, he does say in an investor Q&A that the company could pursue such a strategy …

Nintendo IS releasing enough first party games to propel its platforms forward. That’s the message from senior MD Shigeru Miyamoto, who when accused of releasing insufficient titles to support Wii U told investors: I interpret the question as asking whether we are making the same mistake every time we launch …

Nintendo’s financial plans for the year ahead have not been designed to accommodate a Wii U price drop. President Saturo Iwata said last week that a price drop for the console was not an option”. Now he has told investors that the company’s business strategy for the year ahead was …

Designer Cliff Bleszinski’s upcoming project may look to go the Kickstarter route, the industry veteran has revealed. Speaking with GamerHub, Epic’s former design director teased that some concrete info on his new effort should arrive in the next month or two. "Expect some news hopefully in the next 4-6 weeks," …

The next chapter in the new season of The Walking Dead is likely to arrive sometime later in February. The developer teased on Twitter that the impending release of The Walking Dead: Season Two’s second episode is just around the corner” – providing an image of protagonist Clementine and the …

Update: The price of theXbox 360 version ofCastlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 has been revised to Rs 3,699. Indian prices for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 have been announced, and are lower than we’d have expected from a Konami title. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will be available at …

Minecraft has reached new sales heights again this week, thanks to another milestone for the original version on Windows and Mac. Creator Markus Persson, better known as Notch, announced on Twitter that the unstoppable indie title had reached 14m sold on PC. The game has now sold (conservatively) more than …

Flipkart is now selling two variants of the Wii U at the same price as the PlayStation 4 – Rs 39,990. These aren’t just the standard Wii U consoles though – the retailer has listed the Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD Limited Edition bundle and the Mario & Luigi …

Watch Dogs is still in development and will still be called Watch Dogs, despite a fraud attack on the trademark today. Eagle eyed Neogaf users spotted that Ubisoft had abandoned the Watch Dogs trademark, but this was not a move something instigated by the publisher, the firm has told MCV. …