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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 …

Thatgamecompany’s three game deal with Sony is being concluded with a compilation of the three titles coming later this summer. As it sounds, the collection will pack this year’s critically-acclaimed PSN exclusive Journey, along with their previous efforts Flower and FlOw. The collection was first spotted as a listing on …

A PC re-release for Final Fantasy VII with all the bells and whistles looks to be in the works. A Google cache of the Square Enix-owned site finalfantasyviipc.com shows substantial evidence for an updated release on PC. According to the info, the game will add achievements, cloud saves (no pun …

Portal creator Kim Swift’s new effort Quantum Conundrum is now available on PC via Steam. The Steam version offers both the title individually ($14.99/9.99/€14.99), as well as a season pass ($19.99/13.99/€19.99) that includes the soundtrack and two upcoming DLC packs along with the game. A console version is coming to …

Sine Mora is heading for a PS3 release on top of its already confirmed Vita effort, publisher Digital Reality has today announced. Originally an XBLA-exclusive, Grashopper’s shump is set to arrive ‘soon’ on PSN for Sony’s console. After having an extremely successful launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade and revealing the …