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After a 19 year wait, European fans will finally get their hands on acclaimed RPG EarthBound. Nintendo boss Satoru Shibata made the announcement during the firm’s Nintendo Direct Mini presentation earlier today. Available from today via the Nintendo eShop, the cult SNES RPG makes its debut within Europe on the …

Ubisoft’s stealth blockbuster will be in GAME stores after trading hours next weekend – but gamers won’t need their night-vision goggles to get their hands on it. Instead, GAME will be welcoming customers with open doors as 10 stores around the UK host the latest in the retailer’s series of …

This week’s issue of MCV features the latest from the video game toy war and an interview with PS4’s Mark Cerny. The stage is set for a Skylanders vs Disney Infinity vs Angry Birds clash – and that’s before Nintendo dated its toy-based Pokmon offering. Meanwhile, Cerny reveals why PS4 …

Rumour-mongers say we should expect another shock stock market float from a UK games firm. In the last seven days, developer Frontier and localisation outfit Keywords have floated on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternate Investment Market. Yet nose-tappers reckon these are just a warm up for the biggest games industry …

Future Publishing says the depreciated games market has hurt its growth. I’m not convinced that’s true. In fact, think hard about the notion that games overall are ‘challenged’ – at a time when the addressable audience for all kinds of games is bigger than ever – and the whole thing …

Former Sega product manager among four new hires at the German games firm

Android console firm to match successfully backed crowdfunding projects up to $250,000

Specialist games magazine publisher Future is planning more cuts, it has warned in a new trading updated. Sales in the three months up to June 2013 were below expectations and the firm will miss targets, it said today. So Future plans to keep cutting its print cost base until the …

Rovio has confirmed Angry Birds Star Wars will debut on consoles this November. The developer has confirmed the return of the slightly miffed birds, despite only announcing the game’s predecessor Angry Birds Star Wars II earlier this week. Angry Birds Star Wars will launch on all current-gen consoles, including Xbox …

Viacom has been ordered to pay a $299 million to Harmonix shareholders in a court battle that is now in its third year. The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld two previous judgments claiming that Viacom avoided paying out hundreds of millions in bonuses to stockholders. Under the terms of the …