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The US arm of online retailer Amazon has suspended sales of Nintendo’s new handheld the 3DS. While this item is available from other marketplace sellers on this page, it is not currently offered by Amazon.com because customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the …

New localisation office to be led by former analyst William Hugo Yang

Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard has been added to this year’s Edinburgh Interactive bill. He will discuss ‘The Multiplayer Revolution,’ and explain why the industry needs to catch-up in meeting gamers’ multiplayer needs. I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak at this year’s Edinburgh Interactive,” commented Gerhard. The gaming …

Two of Rockstar Games’ co-founding group have climbed the Guardian Media 100; the annual list of influential people who shape UK entertainment and news. Sam and Dan Houser this year featured at 27th in the list, meaning they are ranked higher than Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, BBC political editor Nick …

Online multiplayer is key to the progress of the games industry, Gerhard says

Develop Award-nominated new game made an impact, but not enough, studio chief says

Sony has not just surprised fans with the announcement of a new free-to-play game set in the Resistance universe – it’s also made the game live. Called Global Resistance, the game was revealed this weekend at the Comic-Con event in San Diego. It’s completely free-to-play but unlike its console cousins …

505 Games’s Zumba Fitness holds onto the top spot of the UK GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, despite the arrival of several new entries this week. This is the sixth consecutive week at No.1 for the dance workout game, making for a total of nine weeks at No.1 since …

Digital race to the bottom doesn't affect us, says Xbox Live Arcade boss

Nothing is too expensive if enough people are willing to pay the price, and Microsoft says that it may not yet have found the price ceiling for titles released over Xbox Live Arcade. XBLA portfolio director Chris Charla has admitted that the average price of a title on the service …