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Only blockbusters and indie curios are viable, says Epic design director

The co-developer of EA’s console and PC shooter Bulletstorm has said it is hopeful that the game will beat the 1m unit sales mark. "We got a reorder on day one from one of the big US retailers that focuses on games," Epic Games president Mike Capps told IndustryGamers. "That …

Nintendo can celebrate a double triumph this morning with confirmation from UKIE GfK Chart-Track that Pokemon White and Pokemon Black have claimed first and second spots respectively in the UK charts. It’s the biggest release ever for a Pokemon title and the second biggest launch ever for a DS game. …

Disney is taking its evolution from a boxed product publisher into a digital games firm very seriously; it’s just snapped up a Finnish start-up focused on HTML5 games. The entertainment giant has bought Helsinki-based Rocket Pack, a start-up which grabbed headlines for its work on a ‘Google Docs for games’ …

Nintendo has a huge mainstream audience in its sights with the 3DS. It says that 85 per cent of the UK will have seen its TV ads three times in the run up to launch, while almost half a million will have had time to go hands on with the …

The 3DS arrives just in time. For retailers and publishers, a new launch and all the associated excitement is much needed. For Nintendo, still riding a six-year wave of DS, it’s an expansion for its most successful platform. And for consumers, it’s quite the cultural touch-point. 3D has blossomed into …

It’s official: 3DS will have the most successful launch of any console yet in the UK. How do we know? Pre-orders. Nintendo’s machine has already been pre-sold more times in the UK than the Wii, and is on course to surpass 100,000 come launch on March 25th. The format-holder confirmed …

SCEE President Andrew House wants to sell PSN games on the High Street. Microsoft is already active in this space: GAME started selling XBLA titles in-store two weeks ago. We actually already have the same programme in place with GameStop in the US,” he told MCV. We would like to work …

Studio insists its previous confirmation of rumour was, in fact, 'a joke'