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Bethesda isn’t developing any of its upcoming games for Wii U and the console is not part of the company’s near-term focus, according to VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines. Speaking withJoystiqat QuakeCon, Hines elaborated on Bethesda’s stance on Nintendo’s current hardware – specifically citing hardware issues as a …

Square Enix has reported its first quarter financial results, showing significantly reduced losses year-over-year for the three month period concluded on June 30th. The company posted a $5m loss for the period, a 75 per cent reduction versus its $21m loss for the same period during the year prior. Social …

Use of porn stars to advertise game went against spirit of satire

It appears confirmation of Left 4 Dead 3 has surfaced on account of someone at Valve forgetting to turn off a monitor. IGN reports on an image taken by an unidentified Dota 2 player taking a tour of Valve’s offices as part of The International 3 tournament. The shot lists …

Browser, social, and mobile sales drive turnaround, but company held back by console performance

GamesLab to offer funding, workshops and business expertise to studios in the region

Sony has reiterated that Gran Turismo 6 will arrive this year, but is still shying away from nailing down a release date. Speaking with GTPlanet about the game’s release, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president and CEO Jim Ryan said, It will be before Christmas [2013], definitely”. We gave a lot …

Microconsole and cross-platform game sessions added to conference line-up

Six million Britons play smartphone games every day according to new research from ComScore. In addition a total of 20m play games every month. That places gaming ahead of instant messaging in the most popular mobile activities race and approximately on par with photo messaging, reading the news or weather …

A surprise Nintendo Direct will take place tomorrow, the platform holder has announced. The broadcast, hosted by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and Nintendo of Europe President Satoru Shibata,” the announcement reads. [It] will mainly provide updates on software coming to Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in the remainder of 2013.” …