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Dylan Cuthbert feels Miyamoto removed the 'cool' from the original concept

UK peripherals specialist Gioteck wants to become one of the best-known brands in accessories. The firm’s high-end products are some of the best-selling third-party peripherals on the market, but Gioteck remains largely unknown. We are the most successful unheard of brand in the UK games market,” Gioteck’s GM Alan Jones …

Mobile advocate Ben Cousins has questioned how long the home console experience can last in the face of increasing uptake of mobile devices. Speaking to Bloomberg, the former EA exec supported evidence that showed an increasing migration of developers away from consoles to mobile platforms. It’s anarchy out there, and …

This is the year of eSports in the UK, says event specialist Multiplay. The iSeries organiser claims the widespread popularity of games has raised the profile of professional gaming, and that consumers are turning to eSports titles as new releases dry up at retail. Gaming in general is now more …

The No.1 selling game on the European PlayStation Network is Tomb Raider. The game has been No.1 since it launched on March 5th. With PSN allowing day-and-date releases of physical games on its digital store, its chart is often filled with retail games. And that’s certainly the case this week, …

Minecraft is the No.1 UK Xbox Live Arcade game for the ninth week on the trot. It’s been No.1 since we started printing our exclusive XBLA charts back in February. The game has withheld stiff competition from free-to-play game Happy Wars, plus a string of price discounts in recent weeks. …

Advocate of mobile development is doubtful of next-gen consoles

As part of its continuing push to bring in more indie titles, Sony has revealed plans for player access to alpha and beta versions of games being developed for Playstation’s various platforms. Joystiq reports that the flexibility in when a game is ready for public release isn’t just limited to …

Consumers are buying Xbox 360 consoles purely to play Minecraft says Graeme Taylor, store manager at indie retailer Game On. Game On told MCV that the Xbox Live Arcade title, which has sat at the top of the XBLA charts now for almost a year, has helped the firm shift …

Mobile’s increasing dominance of the game industry is over and will be usurped by new technology, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell has said. Speaking to AllThingsD, Bushnell said that the industry reinvents itself every five years, and that while mobile had dominated, the next big opportunities for developers to flock to …