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Console giant increasing collaborations with other studios 'as the scope of development is getting larger'

The January and February release slate for Nintendo’s Wii U is pretty bare – but that changes in March. In today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast on Wii U, delivered online to gamers, company president Satoru Iwata outlined plans to beef up the online service and the release schedule – although the …

The US trade body ESA has bolstered its membership to 36 companies with the addition of mobile business DeNA. The move continues the ESA’s diversification and marks an acknowledgement by the organisation of the ever-growing mobile games market. DeNA is a leader in developing and publishing social mobile games and …

Well, of course they were coming out – but Nintendo has name-checked the lot, and a few will be playable at E3. In a Nintendo Direct broadcast online today Nintendo detailed a number of new games on the way for Wii U, including two Zelda games, a new 3D Mario …

Resident Evil’s 3DS debut – Revelations, is headed to the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and PC, Capcom has announced, confirming rumours that have been doing the rounds for a while. While the game will receive a boxed release across all platforms on 24th May, it will only be available …

New branch to offer support for Enlighten to development teams in the US and Canada

Developer working on both mobile and console titles

Intel Developer Blog: A look at what cheaper smartphones could mean for developers

Developers can now incorporate in-app purchases into their games

Two firms are reported to be in discussions to rescue bankrupt rental firm Blockbuster UK. The prime candidate is reportedly GA Europe, the restructuring firm that administrators PwC brought in to handle the recent closure of Jessops. "GA bosses are understood to believe they can successfully run a rump Blockbuster …