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A slew of analytical features and opinion pieces sprung up in the wake of Nintendo’s worrying profit warning last week. Editors, analysts and journalists the world over seemed to know exactly what the company should do, or shouldn’t have done in the first place (always easy to say in retrospect, …

Microsoft has shipped 3.9m Xbox Ones into retail, which has helped Microsoft as a whole score better-than-expected results. It’s not quite as high as PS4s 4.2m consoles sold, but then PS4 is available in more territories, is cheaper and enjoyed one of the most successful PR campaigns in console history. …

Xbox hardware and rising Surface tablet sales boost computing company's finances

Former AC II programmer claims gameplay demo shows stolen code and animations

You have just hours to get your lobbying in for the 2014 MCV Awards. Just days remain to get in your suggestions for hotly-contested prizes like Specialist Retailer, Game Publisher, New Game Brand, Marketing Team and PR Team. Plus this year we have new prizes for Events Team, Digital Strategy, …

The small yet power BitMonsters team discusses the importance of an efficient toolset

A European retailer is cancelling pre-orders for the Wii U version of Watch Dogs. Wiitalia reports that the Italian arm of GameStop has informed customers who have pre-ordered the SKU that it will no longer be released. The site says that specifically GameStop is telling customers that Ubisoft has scrapped …

Microsoft continues its push for original Xbox One programming this week, with word that AMC executive Ari Mark has been hired on at Xbox Entertainment Studios. Games Industry reports AMC Network’s former VP of development has joined the Santa Monica-based studio as the new head of unscripted programming. While with …

Notable strategy and RPG publisher Paradox Interactive aims to branch out from its PC roots, pledging to bring games based on existing and new brands” to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Shacknews reports on company CEO Fred Wester’s declaration of support for the recently launched next-gen consoles. "You can be …

Microsoft has reported revenue of $24.52bn for the quarter ending on December 31st, 2013 – a 14 per cent increase in net sales fueled by what the firm described as a great” holiday period. Xbox hardware sold 7.4m consoles during the quarter. Xbox One’s output in terms of units shipped …