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Nintendo has announced that the 3DS’ digital Netflix service will integrate with the Wii in the US. Users will be able to view movies, trailers and programmes on their handheld console, pause them, then finish watching them on TV later using their Wii. The platform holder made the announcement at …

Access’ NetFront will be the internet browser for 3DS. Reports emerged that Nintendo will be dropping the Opera browser – which has been used on Wii and DSi – when Access boss Tomihisa Kamada confirmed his company’s software will be used by the new device, according to Siliconera. Kamada added …

Ahead of its release in the UK on March 11th, THQ has said that shooter Homefront is the most pre-ordered game in the publisher’s history. Over 200,000 pre-orders have already been placed in the US alone, Eurogamer reports. However, these numbers alone aren’t completely enough to alleviate fears concerning the …

Double Fine has lifted the lid on its newest XBLA project: Trenched. The game was revealed the game during the Game Developers’ Choice Awards by notable developer the studio’s boss Tim Schafer, who leads the team behind recent downloadable hits such as Stacking and Costume Quest. In Trenched, players fight …

Platform holder Sony has seemingly back-tracked on claims that its NGP handheld is as powerful as the PS3. That was the line being fed to publishing and development partners earlier in the year before the machine’s official unveiling. However, Kotaku reports that speaking at GDC SCEA platform research manager has …

Just days after Microsoft revealed its Kinect SDK for PC hacking, Sony has declared a similar set-up will be available for PlayStation Move. The company will launch a new application for PS3 called ‘Move Me’, which can allow researchers, students and hobbyists create new types of software applications. With the …

John Broomhall profiles the audio team at Lionhead

The â??Move Meâ?? app will transfer PS3 data to PC, allowing for free manipulation

Unreal Engine 3 video strives to set the standard for future hardware platforms

Quantity muscles over quality for the likes of Apple and Google, Nintendo president claims