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An August 17th release date was just one of many announcements made by Nintendo in last night’s Nintendo Direct Conference. As reported earlier, Nintendo has also announced a brand new 3DS and confirmed Namco Bandai as the developer of the new Super Smash Bros. Also announced was Professor Layton and …

Soul Calibur and Tekken staff to lead development of Wii U and 3DS titles

Long-standing studio steps up as Gold Partner for anticipated ceremony

Cloud gaming service Gaikai is reportedly actively looking for a buyer. CNN reports that the company has already hired bankers and is expecting well in excess of $500 million” for the sale. To date Gaikai has raised approximately $45m in venture capitalist funding from companies such as Benchmark Capital and …

Online world Vindictus benefiting from Entertainment Creation Suite productivity 'boost'

Embassy Interactive renamed Roadhouse Game Studios

Surprised by the 3DS XL news? Will get this – Nintendo isn’t developing the new Smash Bros. Namco Bandai is. Yoshito Higuchi and Tetsuya Akatsuka of the Tales and SoulCalibur series respectively are leading the project, with a number of members of the Tekken development team working alongside Smash Bros …

Nintendo has confirmed the news posted by MCV at the beginning of the month – the 3DS XL is real. And furthermore, it will be out in the UK in a little over a month. It will be released in the UK and Europe on July 28th. It boasts a …

Ubisoft has been conducting its Ubiday events around the world for a few years now, and the event heads to India for the first time, with Ubiday Pune scheduled to take place this September. Ubiday is an all-day gathering of industry representatives to share experiences and best practices, and to …

An odd addition in Diablo 3’s latest patch has garnered more and more attention over the past 24 hours. It seems a ‘feature’ similar to the game’s Starter Editionhas been packed in that puts various restrictions on players who purchase a digital copy of the game for ‘the first 72 …