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US retail results have arrived for April. NPD’s latest report states hardware sales accounted for $189.7m, accessories brought in $148.6m, and software sales contributed $292.1m. In terms of year-over-year, accessories saw a very marginal increase, while hardware and software sales saw dramatic drops. Microsoft continued to dominate the US hardware …

Atari has reported a decrease in revenue for its fiscal 2012, and in the wake of the results the publisher has begun some major restructuring. The company’s reached $51.3m in revenue for FY 2012, down from $77.8m the year prior. Atari was able to decrease its losses from $8m to …

The man who dedicated his life creating Metal Gear Solid 4 needs something back from the community

Second fund offered by company in a year available for iOS and Android

Company says the removal of 'kompu gacha' will have little effect on virtual good sales

Social giant has given investors faith in games developers

Darren Jobling talks up the studio's F2P driving game

Independent developer wants to double staff headcount to 25 over next two years

Bethesda has put a firm UK release date on original looking action stealth adventure Dishonored. The game will be released in the UK on October 12th. It will hit North American retail a few days earlier on October 9th and Australian gamers will be able to buy it on October …

The age of the 3DS is upon us, so it seems only right that Nintendo moves now to slash the price of its last generation handheld. The DSi will be cut to $99 and its bigger brother, the DSi XL, is to drop to $129. That’s represents a saving of …