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Zenimax-owned Tokyo studio at early stages of production

It has finally been confirmed that the UK has once again entered into recession. The Office of National Statistics has confirmed the double-dip recession this morning, delivering a blow to the austerity-led coalition government whose main task when entering Government was to stabilise the country’s economy. The economy officially shrank …

EA has confirmed that just 29 out of the 53 international squads featured in the Euro 2012 DLC for FIFA 12 are licensed. The publisher had never said anything to the contrary, of course, but nonetheless many consumers have been left surprised having become accustomed to EA’s licence-rich football series. …

ZeniMax will be the publisher of a new survival horror title from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. Currently going under the codename of Zwei, the game is being developed by Mikami’s new studio Tango Gameworks, which was acquired by ZeniMax in late 2010. Development is at an early stage, Andriasang …

The Eurozone crisis, global debt levels and international recession. None of which are terms respected by Apple. The company last night reported revenue of $39.2bn for its fiscal Q2 – that’s up from $24.7bn in the same period last year. Profit shot up from $6bn to an incredible $11.6bn. iPhone …

Sony has announced updated sales figures for Naughty Dog’s Uncharted franchise. The company shared that lifetime sales for the IP have hit 17,320,000 units as of April 12th of this year. That figure includes all three games on the PS3 and the recently released Golden Abyss title on the PS …

Nintendo of America has announced the re-release of Pikmin 2 on Wii. The game was originally released on Gamecube back in 2004. It was later retooled to take advantage of Wii Remote, and the updated release hit Japan and Europe in 2009. No US release date ever came about at …

Playstation Plus members are getting some nice rewards this May, including several free games. This month Plus subscribers can download the brand new PSN game, Awesomenauts, as well as two PSN Atlus titles in Trine 2 and Rock of Ages. It doesn’t stop there though. Plus subscribers will also score …

The mobile version of Mojang’s indie hit Minecraft has received a significant update for iOS and Android devices. Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.3.0 adds a crafting interface similar to the PC version. Players can now build new items and materials, which most would agree is a big part of Minecraft (hey, …