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Sales of Nintendo’s Wii U have been well below even the bleakest of expectations. The latest financial report from the platform holders says that, across Europe, Wii U has sold a lowly 10,000 consoles. And so it comes as no surprise that the likes of Morrisons and Asda have decided …

A lack of new releases saw Capcom post a 72.9 per cent decrease in operating income for the quarter ending June 2013. Net sales fell 6.2 per cent to 17,457m. Net income was down 37.3 per cent at 828m. Resident Evil Revelations basically achieved projected units” according to Capcom while …

Sales of Android hardware have been ahead of Apple for some time now, but for the first time Android downloads have now overtaken iOS. App Annie‘s report, as spotted by The Guardian, covers Q2 2013. It’s important to note that despite this, Apple’s iOS App Store still generated 2.3x the …

Microsoft looks to put early Xbox 360 overheating problems behind it with new hardware

Microsoft has offered more details on its troll-avoiding Reputation system that will be used on Xbox One. Feedback on players has been streamlined to be more direct and ultimately group players into one of just three categories – Green (Good Player), Yellow (Needs Improvement) or Red (Avoid Me). This categorisation …

Vita and PSP sales fall to 600,000 as PS3 and PS2 sales also slump before next-gen launch

Video games publisher EA has added two new official football club partnerships to its books – Liverpool and Barcelona. As of the upcoming season EA Sports will be Liverpool’s Official Football Video Gaming Partner and Barcelona’s Official Club Partner. Demo pods for FIFA 14 will be offered at Anfield during …

US company looks to reverse decline in games business with acqusition

Battlefield could be on the cusp of usurping Call of Duty from the FPS throne, according to former CEO John Riccitiello. "The one thing I know most about now is Battlefield and CoD and I feel pretty confident that EA’s got better cards,” the putspoken exec told Games Industry. But …

There are many evils in this world and it’s safe to say patching Black Ops II and suggesting Harry Styles has a penis are definitely two of the worst. Such is the conclusion one can draw from the Twitter reaction of both the Call of Duty and One Direction online …