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Gearbox head Randy Pitchford has revealed Borderlands 2 will not be making it onto Wii U. NintendoEverything reports on a GamesMaster magazine interview where Pitchford discussed why the port isn’t in the cards. We get asked if there is going to be a Wii U version of Borderlands [2], and …

Valve’s PC digital games and software service Steam saw a record setting number of users this past weekend. Steam boasted over 6m users signed in concurrently during its autumn sale event–a new high water mark for the platform. The figure bests Steam’s previous record of over 5m concurrent users during …

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 …