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The new games dailyfor Nordic territories is rapidly growing its targeted readership. According to Google Analytics, MCV Nordic attracted 31,623 unique visitors in May and 42,001 page views. The site is edited by Mats Nylund (Sweden), Thomas Berger (Denmark),Jukka Moilanen (Finland)andadditional local journalists. Recent stories include exclusive news on the …

CEO's comments about potential Dublin relocation of the Angry Birds developer 'taken out of context', says Heijari

News that Nintendo’s Wii U WILL support two GamePads after all has come as a relief – but don’t expect the feature to be ready for launch. Nintendo had initially stated that the console would only support one GamePad at a time, but this stance was changed at E3 last …

Police investigators request records into state dealings with bankrupt developer

Nintendo president Saturo Iwata is open to partnering with developers on exclusive Wii U titles – but not if he has to pay up for the privilege. While rivals Sony and Microsoft both have a history of paying for exclusivity deals for key IP, that has never been a road …

US firm to move main offices from California to San Francisco

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has released a list of companies who have bid to secure their brands as one of the new TLD (top level domains). A host of new TLDs will soon be offered, complementing existing ones such as .com, .co.uk, .biz and .org. …

Advertising regulator the ASA has rejected complaints claiming that EA mis-sold Mass Effect 3 by deceiving players about the extent to which they could alter the game’s ending. EA’s ad for the trilogy-ending RPG stated that the decisions you make completely shape your experience and outcome”. However, the game’s release …

The maker of the new Tomb Raider has distanced itself from the use of the word ‘rape’ to describe an incident in the new adventure title. In last week’s E3 trailer for the game, protagonist Lara Croft is forced to endure sexual advances from her captor. When things get physical …

The new game from developer Playdead will be a spiritual successor to its award-winning debut – Limbo, Danish newspaper Politiken has reported. More details were revealed by the Danish government grant website. The game is currently codenamed Project 2, and will be a 2.5D platformer scheduled for release on PS3, …