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A sequel to recent 3DS release Kid Icarus: Uprising looks incredibly unlikely. The 3DS game itself is 25 years in the making, with the original release of the NES game dating back to December 1986. However, after a prolonged development period for Uprising – which was initially presumed to be …

Increasing intricacy could rapidly see making mobile games mimic the triple-A console space, predicts Total War Battles lead

Hitman’s hybrid marketing-development tricks like this won’t happen often, but is sure to raise some eyebrows, says Michael French Do game announcements still wow you? I’m probably not alone in feeling a bit lackadaisical about the announcement of Game X or Sequel Y, sometimes a year or more before anyone …

Square Enix thinks its new Hitman: Absolution pre-order deal can help the game become one of 2012’s top five game releases Today the publisher unveiled Sniper Challenge, a download available from Tuesday to those who pre order the game, which launches on November 20th. The clever digital game trick is …

Retail is in for a busy November, with Square Enix confirming its Hitman: Absolution will arrive in the midst of the Q4 boom time for games. The latest game in the acclaimed series is due on November 20th. It is yet another game due on a Tuesday. Already this year …

Gamers will get to play the new Hitman: Absolution as soon as next week thanks to a digital spin-off available to those who pre-order the game. Called Hitman: Sniper Challenge, the digital bonus has been built from scratch by developer IO Interactive. The download gives sets players the challenge of …

iPad title removed from App Store for re-development

Eelusion to develop location-based social game for iOS

Hardware sales down across the board

Hirai stresses the importance of third-party studio partnerships