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Becoming a third party publisher is not the easy answer to reversing Nintendo’s ongoing problems, president Satoru Iwata has argued. Iwata vowed not to resign earlier today after Nintendo cut its sales predictions for Wii U and 3DS, leading Michael Pachter to call for the platform holder to take its …

Only a few places left at this month's industry battle of wits

Two new cross-publisher bundles have been announced for the US. 2K Games and Bethesda are to release a single SKU containing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and BioShock: Infinite on Xbox 360 and PS3. Also on the way in a single release are Dishonored and Borderlands 2. Both SKUs will …

Goldsmiths, University of London computing professor William Latham gives you seven rules for picking your course in games programming

Nintendo needs to bring its rich slate of IP to rival platforms, US analyst Michael Pachter has said. The call to go third party comes following today’s significant sales forecast revisions from the platform holder and the insistence from president Saturo Iwata that he will not resign. The Wii U …

Figure Games showing off smartphone and tablet title in London next week

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An army of purpose built PS3 consoles is being amassed for the launch of PlayStation Now, it is being claimed. Eurogamer reports that the new machines consist of eight custom built consoles housed in a single server unit. The company had apparently originally planned to use standard PS3 retail units, …

Britain’s broadband is more than capable of offering on-demand gaming, MCV has been told. UK regulator Ofcom and games streaming specialist OnLive believe the roll out of fibre optic broadband has opened up streaming to more gamers than ever. It follows the announcement of PlayStation Now at CES last week. …

Core Online, the HD streaming games service from Square Enix, has been shut down. Visitors to the site are currently greeted with a simple holding image saying Core Online is discontinued”. A statement on the publisher’s support pages adds that: Core Online was released as an experiment to see what …