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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed US sales figures for Wii U during its launch week. The hardware sold 400,000 units in the US, with Nintendo also sharing with CNET that 300,000 Wii consoles and 500,000 portable systems (3DS and DS) were sold during the period. That puts …

Digital retailer brings 90 per cent of its catalogue to new OS

Kickstarter game pushed back from January to May next year

Fans select four prototypes; live streamed jam begins at 2PM

Reggie Fils-Aime claims new console is more graphic intensive than other systems

Minecraft creator doesn't want studio to focus on 'super polished' games as they 'require larger teams'

Victors to visit SCE London Studio and get the chance to work on their game with experts from the University of Abertay

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has claimed that the length of the current console generation has damaged the games industry. And with Wii U launching this week and at least one of Xbox 720 and PS4 likely to launch next year, he’s calling on platform holders to make sure the next …

The latest track from British dance music band Hot Chip features a parody football video game as the subject matter of its video. In it we see two anonymous teams competing on the pitch, resulting in a standoff between two players. Then something else happens. We won’t spoil the surprise. …

Develop discovers what's in store for the future of character animation