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The Wii U and its innovative controller will look almost exactly like the model seen at this year’s E3. Speaking to VentureBeat, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that the design of the prototype hardware is almost final and explained why the new console is larger than the original …

The Nintendo 3DS has sold more than one million units in Japan. It has taken 13 weeks for the firm’s latest handheld to reach this milestone since its launch in February, according to CVG. The original DS topped 1m sales in just one month after its launch, with the DS …

New York studio informs staff of fate; THQ Montreal to take over Homefront; UK studio axed

Publisher puts team of 46 on notice, Develop understands, after almost a decade of work

One of GAME’s most high profile execs will leave the High Street retailer on July 29th. Martyn Gibbs is regional MD at the Group, looking after stores in the UK, EIRE, Scandinavia and Czech Republic. He is leaving to ‘pursue his career in other areas.’ GAME has moved swiftly to …

MoMinis' Anat Resnick explains the five major hurdles for mobile game developers

CryEngine will also have 'deep support for Kinect'

Publisher EA says it added Kinect compatibility to Mass Effect 3 in order to target the large casual gamer demographic. That’s according to EA Games label president Frank Gibeau, who told Eurogamer he wants Mass Effect 3 to grow the audience and make it more accessible”. He said: We wanted …

John Riccitiello is confident his company has got Kotick’s goat” with Battlefield 3. The EA chief was speaking to Reuters about claims from Bobby Kotick that all of the BF3 footage seen so far has been from the PC version. Riccitiello assured fans that it was console footage, and cheekily …

Nintendo exec Reggie Fils-Aime continues to evade questions on new system's performance