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Though yesterday’s decision to slash the price of the 3DS is no doubt good news for the machine’s prospects, it has proved disastrous for Nintendo itself. Bloomberg reports that shares in the company fell by a huge 21 per cent in Japan Osaka Securities Exchange yesterday. That’s an all-time record …

French publisher Ubisoft has risked stoking the fires of hate towards its controversial PC DRM strategy by proclaiming it a success. Yesterday it emerged that upcoming release Driver: San Francisco will require a permanent internet connection to play, even if only in single player mode. The game requires constant authentication …

MCV recently spoke to Grant Davies, managing director of Endgame Studios in Melbourne, about the overstated usefulness of stereoscopic 3D on the 3DS. Davies explains: "We’ve been involved in the development of 9 DS games in total, mostly working with brands such as Spider-Man, Shrek, and Spyro, but more recently …

GameStop has closed its two UK High Street shops. But the firm says it is now targeting UK gamers more aggressively than ever: through a .co.uk e-store that offers cheaper games, exclusives and – eventually – downloads. GameStop.co.uk had a soft-launch last week, but was officially announced overnight by the …

Konami has announced that it will be distributing the UTV Ignition title El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. El Shaddai sees players take place in an epic battle of good versus evil, saving the human race in a stylised, minimalist world on PS3 and …

US retail giant GameStop is encouraging customers to come in to its shops to pre-order downloadable PC games. It’s not as daft as it sounds, as it lets customers use trade-in credit against the cost of the game or buy with cash. The first game that customers can pre-order is …

The Metropolitan Police has arrested an 18-year-old man believed to be the spokesperson of hacking groups LulzSec and Anonymous. The man – known as ‘Topiary’ – was tracked by the police’s e-crime unit and has been transported from an address in the Shetland Islands to London.He was arrested under section …

Games studios across the UK are already booking their place for the next Develop Quiz, which kicks off in just a few weeks. The Wednesday September 14th event will bring together eighteen teams to the Sway Bar in Holborn, London. On the night, teams will have the chance to flaunt …

Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere has revealed via Twitter that both he and Manchester United and England team mate Wayne Rooney will feature on the cover of FIFA 12. Rooney is an old-hand at the FIFA cover game, with this being his seventh successive appearance on the game’s box. …

Capcom has announced the discounted RRP handed to the upcoming HD re-releases of Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica X. Both titles will cost either 1600 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live or a more simple 15.99 on the PlayStation Network. Resident Evil 4 will arrive on Xbox Live …