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A Kirby anthology collection is in the works for the Wii, Nintendo has revealed. The announcement came yesterday via the Nintendo Direct event in Japan. The compilation is being put together in celebration of the Kirby franchise’s 20th anniversary. The company had little more to offer then the announcement itself, …

A firmware update for the Nintendo 3DS is scheduled to arrive in the middle of the week. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced the news during the Nintendo Direct conference yesterday in Japan. The update comes about due to lack of organization for the device. Users were voicing complaints specifically about …

A new Mario sidescroller is coming to 3DS this summer, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has announced. New Super Mario Bros. 2 is to be a follow-up to the popular Nintendo DS title New Super Mario Bros. as well as New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The sequel was revealed during a …

Sim City 5 is just the forerunner of always online, multi-platform games

Windows phone game deemed offensive in Asia, denied release

Obsidian developer urges crowdfunders to consider 'interns or juniors'

Sony will not bury the axe into its games division as the company prepares to slash some 10,000 jobs from its global entertainment empire, Develop understands. Information of the company’s restructuring operation suggests that the television, marketing and chemicals business will bear the brunt of the cut-backs. Targeting a six …

Chemicals, TV, sales and marketing to bear the brunt of global cut-backs

Valve will pursue its experiment with the free-to-play games model with a new plan to release its upcoming game DOTA 2 for free, the company’s managing director has said. Gabe Newell claimed Valve is not applying a wholly conventional freemium model for the online action strategy game.Usually, freemium games are …

Ten years of MCV Awards and, yep, things have changed. Even the most leaden-footed industry will have evolved in that time. But there was a sense last night of more shifts than usual over these past 12 months – and not just to a new venue. As the curtain rose …