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Mobile boom doesn't preclude strong next-gen sales, argues Zelda creator

Former Gamestop vice president Frank Christopher Olivera has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for committing fraud. GI.biz reports Olivera, who previously held the position of VP of corporate communications and public affairs at Gamestop Texas, was charged with defrauding his own company for more than $1.7m. Olivera …

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is set to give a technical presentation on the FOX engine at this month’s GDC, but he also has an announcement to make. Kojima posted on Twitter today, ”I will give presentation speech at GDC3013 in SF. It will be tech presentation of FOX …

University of Utah, USC get top spots in US and Canada

Trailers approved for general audiences will no longer require age checks before viewing

Middleware maker's latest engine is the result of five years of development

It’s over a year old, but Bethesda says it’s still not done with Skyrim at retail. Far from being just a hit at launch, the RPG has been a mainstay in the Top 20 since November 2011. The company has been using the High Street to help push the game’s …

Activision says its new Walking Dead shooter will mimic the feel of the TV show. The firm promises the title offers more to fans than just a ‘run-and-gun shooter.’ It follows the success of rival tie-in The Walking Dead by Telltale games, based on the comics. The episodic point-and-click adventure …

We’re now ten weeks into 2013 and so far it’s been a dreary start to the year. Plenty of new releases have topped the charts, but they haven’t performed well enough to stop total sales declining by more than 20 per cent year-on-year. Obviously retailers still have long-tail sellers like …

Once dubbed the Steam Box, the Xi3 Piston is no longer a Valve-associated product. The machine was revealed at CES in January. Its makers confirmed that Valve had invested in the tech, leading to the media concluding that it was indeed the long-awaited Steam Box. However, just days later Valve …