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With tongues wagging about what Nintendo may have in store for its next machine, president Saturo Iwata has suggested that the Wii successor’s controller is unlikely to follow in iPad’s footsteps. Speaking of the popularity of gaming tablets, he told investors: "I think it is an interesting device if it …

Australian smartphone developer agrees to buyout

Saturo Iwata has claimed that there’s no evidence that the success of Xbox 360 Kinect has played a part in the slowing of international Wii hardware sales. "When we talk about whether Kinect contributed to significantly expanding the number of Xbox users, the number of Wii users has grown to …

Remedy CEO says he wonâ??t shed a tear if retail dies

The Wii Vitality Sensor has not been abandoned and is still on track for a launch at some stage, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has confirmed. "I imagine that you are worried about that because it hasn’t been put on the market even though a long time has passed since it …

Dev master wants to teach the craft to a new generation

Saints Row studio co-founder departs to take a break

Developer Silicon Knights has stated that it still intends to press ahead with two further instalments in its Too Human series. The game was famously in development for over a decade. It was originally scheduled for release on the PSOne before becoming a GameCube title and subsequently becoming an Xbox …

'Five Facebook releases before 2012' as social dev ZipZapPlay is bought

The latest DLC release for Call of Duty: Black Ops goes live today, and we’re offering one lucky MCV reader a chance to grab the content for free. Black Ops: Escalation includes four new multiplayer maps as well as a brand new zombie level starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert England, …