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Eight games are available to buy now on the Wii U’s Virtual Console store in the US. Two of them are SNES titles – the seminal Super Mario World and racer F-Zero. The remaining six all stem from the NES era – Donkey Kong Jr, Excitebike, Ice Climber, Kirby’s Adventure, …

Microsoft has announced a new set of Xbox 360 console bundles as part of its promotion for the summer season. Three of the four Xbox 360 console SKUs currently sold in India will now be available as new game bundles, and arguably the most attractive one is of the standalone …

A net profit of $9.5bn for the quarter ending March was not enough to see Apple avoid its first quarterly profit decline in a decade. That’s down from the $11.6bn profit recorded in the same period the year before. In truth, Apple actually beat its guidance thanks to stronger than …

Adobe has 'eroded developer trust' in the platform, says David Helgason

As if the varied reporting on Nintendo’s financials this morning is not confusing enough, the disparity of the analysis could well baffle many readers. The fact is that Nintendo is a brand that matters personally to a lot of people. David Braben once suggested to me that this is because …

Wii U sells just 390,000 units since December

Japanese game maker's top executive takes control of North American operation

Nintendo’s global president Saturo Iwata is taking on a second job – CEO of Nintendo of America. The move is unexpected considering the relative strength of Nintendo’s American performance in its otherwise disappointing financial results released this morning. Current NoA boss Tatsumi Kimishima is to become Nintendo’s global MD and …

Bachus and Summers wish to 'create the legendary game studios of tomorrow'

As predicted by analysts, Nintendo has failed to return to profitability and posted its second successive annual loss. For the year ended March 31st net sales reached 635.422 (4.2bn) – 5.2 per cent short of the company’s 670,000m (4.42bn) forecast. Net income missed its 14,000m (920.3m) target by a whopping …