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It was certainly a Merry Christmas for Nintendo in Japan. NintendoLife reports that Famitsu figures show that eight of the country’s Top Ten best selling games for the period between December 23rd and December 29th were games for Nintendo systems, with 3DS outing The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds …

Force of Habit's Ashley Gwinnell looks at the offerings from the big three console manufacturers, and what they should be doing to really help 'true' indie developers

It may have had a rocky start in life, but Windows 8 adoption is clearly increasing amongst PC gamers. PCGamesN reports that Windows 8 is now installed on 19.97 per cent of PCs owned by those logging in to Steam. That’s up on 18.45 per cent the month before. Windows …

February issue of Develop will feature seven-page guide to games recruitment

PS3 owners will soon find the online features of some key titles are no longer available. Sony has confirmed that the online servers for Gran Turismo 5 will be taken offline on May 20th 2014. Before that, however, the online servers for Resistance: Fall of Man, Resistance 2 and Resistance …

A proposed online contest for players of recent digital Wii U titles NES Remix has been scrapped. Joystiq reports that an exploit in the game was discovered that was allow mean-spirited players to post unbeatable times in some of the games. "In the interest of being as fair as possible, …

Tech firm touts new chip as capable of delivering graphics features on par with next-gen consoles

Outplay’s Riccardo Tramma discusses the key skills needed for his role in system engineering

The Xbox One user interface will be adapted and refined over time according to user feedback, Microsoft has promised. When we look back and look at what we’ve done, we want to continue to adapt the system to what gamers want,” director of programming Larry Hyrb told Canada.com. The team …

You have under three weeks 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 …