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Saturo Iwata accepted responsibility for lower than expected international sales of the 3DS. Having already pointed a finger at its international teams for the disappointing performance of Wii U to date, the Nintendo boss also believes that the company has only itself to blame for the handheld’s current performance. It …

Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata has said that many quality games are suffering because retail is afraid to order SKUs in sufficient numbers. That’s because retailers are afraid of being left with surplus stock, he argues – a problem that could be solved by increasing the space given to digital sales …

Digital sales across Nintendo platforms currently stand at 11.1bn for the current financial year. That equates to 75.6m in real money. The figure puts Nintendo on track to beat the record digital revenues it posted in 2010, when Wii was riding high as the DSi was fresh on the market. …

'I find it strange that many people claim cloud gaming is the future,' says Nintendo president

Eighth Develop conference to take place between July 9th and 11th

Codemasters’ upcoming racer Grid 2 will see an official Indian release, Reliance Home Video & Games has confirmed. We had previously reported that an Indian release for Grid 2 through Reliance Home Video & Games was uncertain. However, the company has announced that the game will be in stores in …

Nintendo has announced a surprise delay to Scribblenauts Unlimited just three days before its planned UK release. No specific reason was given and, perhaps more surprisingly, no new date has been announced. We are sorry to announce that Scribblenauts Unlimited, a game developed by Warner Bros Interactive and 5th Cell …

Grand Theft Auto V was delayed solely to give devs time to polish and improve the game. That’s the message from Rockstar, which following its announcement last week that the game has been delayed from spring to September was inundated with over 9,000 comments on its website – many containing …

Deployment add-on to be released this summer

Facebook is set to redefine gaming on its social network with a string of new ‘core player-focused’ titles, the head of game partnerships at the company has claimed. Speaking toReuters, Sean Ryan said a new set of games would be released on Facebook during the next two quarters, embracing both …