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'Fan-base cannot differentiate between a phenomenon and something that is ho-hum' says Nintendo of America president

Fantasy RPG ships more than one million copies as new IP becomes 'major Capcom franchise'

Square Enix has confirmed that ten-year-old MMO outing Final Fantasy XI remains the profitable title in the series ever released. Looking at profitability, it’s the top of all past Final Fantasy games,” Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada told the Vana Fest 2012 audience, Andriasang reports. The publisher recently announced yet …

Hyderabad-based BlueGiant Interactive today announced its next game – a competitive real-time strategy title named Tryst. Currently in development for release on PC and Mac, Tryst is set in the distant future where humans find themselves at war with a mechanical alien race – the Zali. Players will take command …

The latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine in the US has confirmed the existence of the Journey Collector’s Edition for PS3. OPM reports that the SKU will include all three of Thatgamecompany’s PS3 titles – Flow, Flower and Journey – on a disc for the first time. There are a …

'Major illness' forces industry veteran to resign after nearly 30 years at the studio

One of the things that, on one hand, I love and, on the other hand, that troubles me tremendously about not only our fanbase but about the gaming community at large is that, whenever you share information, the perspective is, ‘Thank you, but I want more’. ‘Thank you, but give …

Capcom believes it has found itself another major IP in the form of Dragon’s Dogma. The publisher has now shipped one million copies of the RPG – the 55th Capcom title to do so. The game has been a particular success in Japan, where its week one unit sales of …

The upcoming 3DS XL can now be pre-ordered for just 167.97 from online retailer GameStop. That’s the cheapest price yet seen on the handheld in the UK and suggests that Nintendo’s trade price on the device is directed towards a 200 – or perhaps even sub-200 – RRP on the …

Warner Bros’ LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has swung straight to the top spot in this week’s UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Its predecessor, LEGO Batman, managed only second place in its debut week. The Dark Knight aside, it’s a relatively unchanged Top 40 this week with …