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Miyamoto admits company didn't anticipate rise in time and cost of Wii U games

Company president tells investors restructuring isn't the answer to falling profits

After initially being restricted to Twitter, the #EAPCIndia campaign has now picked up on Facebook and received local and international media coverage over the weekend. The #EAPCIndia campaign was designed to give Indian gamers a platform to voice their opinions on EA’s decision to hike PC prices in India by …

Final Fantasy VII beat out upstart Rogue Legacy for the top spot on Steam’s latest top ten selling chart. Square’s PS1 classic roared up the sales chart this past week after launching late during the period. The game relaunched on PC last month through Square Enix itself, but just days …

Premium in-game items are being considered for World of Warcraft, according to a Blizzard rep. Community representative Jonathan Brown wrote on the possibility via Battle.net forums – specifically noting that only certain regions are being considered for the additions at this time. We are currently exploring the possibility of adding …

The LittleBigPlanet player community has created over 8m levels across all titles, series developer Media Molecule has announced. The studio revealed the milestone on the US Playstation Blog ahead of LBP’s five-year anniversary this October. LittleBigPlanet continues to burst with awesomeness and pure creativity as we now have more than …

Jen Topping named business manager at Kinect Sesame Street studio

InMCV’s weekly roundup of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Green Man Gaming hires Square’s Bateman and we look at the best vacanices. Ben Bateman joins Green Man Gaming’s Playfire team Online games retailer Green Man Gaming has appointed Ben Bateman as its new community development manager for …

A club designed to make the life of Premier League footballers that little bit easier is now reaching out to execs in the games industry. The Integrity Club performs a variety of tasks for footballers, from booking holidays and travel, to collecting mail, organising calendars, getting them into VIP parties …

With less than a week to go until the big night, we give you the rundown of this year's nominees