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Struggling Wii U and lower-than-expected 3DS sales spell rough year for platform holder

But losses deepen to $308m despite new-gen push and growing digital revenues

Nintendo is snubbing the chance to earn nearly $3bn in the next seven years by not bringing its IP to smartphones. That’s according to a piece entitled Nintendo’s $2.7bn mobile games opportunity that’s never going to happen” by SuperData Research. By all accounts, the notoriously proprietary-only publisher and device maker …

Full game digital downloads on PS4 and Xbox One are a sector that is of particular interest for EA, the publisher has said. Speaking to investors, COO Peter Moore has suggested their sales are likely to increase once the launch window has passed, although conceded that meaningful data won’t be …

EA has revealed that the software attach ratio (the number of games bought per console sold) for Xbox One is down compared to Xbox 360. PS4, however, is tracking ahead of PS3. I’m actually pretty bullish on what I’m seeing so far,” EA COO Peter Moore told investors last night, …

InnoGames’ Brett Partridge discusses the key skills needed for his role in business development

Damon Johnson has been named as the new senior vice president and general manager of IGN.com. He joins from Sony Computer Entertainment America where he was PlayStation’s senior director of strategic business development. He had previously worked at Fox News as VP of digital media for Latin America. "With the …

London-based event to help developers get the most out of Android game development

Trading halt lifted as of 12:30pm local time following police investigation

Angry Birds creator refutes claims that the NSA collects end user data