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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 …

#1ReasonToBe panel receives standing ovation as devs encourage women to chase success in game industry

Two-week event to tell the story of the Silicon Spa's gaming heritage over the last 30 years

Source claims around ten employees let go as studio shifts priorities for future projects

Tech to help developers model, animate and render trees

Koch Media expects retailers to harvest plenty of sales from the upcoming console version of Farming Simulator 2013. Heading to Xbox 360 and PS3 in September, the cult hit has sold more than 800,000 units globally since the PC SKU launched in November. It has been a regular in the …