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Future Publishing’s independent Nintendo-focused magazine Nintendo Gamer printed its final issue today. Nintendo Gamer will continue to run its website but the magazine will cease to exist. The magazine’s editor Nick Ellis wrote a farewell note in the final issue stating that the move "draws the curtain on 20 years …

A new Metal Gear Solid set in an open-world? That’s more or less all we have to go on, but that’s enough. We do know that it’s called Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes (or is it Ground Zero? Opinion seems divided). And we also know that a Metal Gear Solid …

A protracted development cycle normally means one thing – RED FLAG! DANGER! POTENTIAL STINKER APPROACHING! But LA Noire exists to prove that there’s always an exception to the rule. The game endured a highly troubled seven year development cycle that saw it begin as a Sony-funded PS3 exclusive in 2003 …

The recent job cuts at PopCap were due to roles that were duplicative” of those that already existed at parent company EA. That’s according to EA Labels boss Frank Gibeau, who says that the loss of jobs is a normal and expected process as part of any takeover. Typically at …

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Team Bondi has confimed that Whore of the Orient will be a next-generation IP. The official blurb reads as follows: Shanghai, 1936. Whore of the Orient. Paris of the East. The most corrupt and decadent city on the planet, where anything can be had or done for the right price. …

Yellow Monkey Studios has announced that its upcoming mobile puzzler HUEBRIX will arrive on iOS and Android devices on 6th September. The game was initially set for release on 15th August. HUEBRIX is the Mumbai-based indie studio’s third game, and the follow up to its award winning iOS title It’s …

UK startup app publisher Appynation has taken the brave move of calling out six sites that it says routinely charge publishers and developers to review their games. Specifically, six sites are named – AppCraver, Tapscape, Best 10 Apps, The iPhone App Review, iPhone Toolbox and iPhone Footprint. Accusations range from …

Indian PC and mobile games developer Gamiana has announced that its upcoming MMO strategy game Vinashi is now in open beta, with the commercial release set to follow soon. The browser-based game is based on the lore of 16th century India and supports multiple platforms and devices, with a single …

In the wake of E3 in June serious questions were being asked about PlayStation Vita. For all its whizz bang technology, high-end games and control schemes, the portable has yet to find its audience. And not just in the UK, but in Sony’s homeland of Japan, too. So retailers looked …