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Satoru Iwata has admitted that Nintendo has been disappointed in the performance of its downloadable games services. During his keynote speech at GDC 2011 in San Francisco, the Nintendo president said: To date, our WiiWare and DSiWare services have not operated as well as they should have.” The Wii’s games …

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Reloaded inches closer to troubled game relaunch with test build release

Crysis 2 will push the console visual envelope when its released next month, but one thing it won’t do is add weight to the growing motion control movement. And developer Crytek says that’s because it simply doesn’t see motion control as the right suitor for FPS games at this moment …

Tonight, Apple takes the wrappers off its iPad 2 tablet. MCV’s sister site ME is reporting live from the London simulcast of the launch event, so you can see all the key features, stats and analysis in one place (without having to watch back the entire webcast). Bookmark this page …

Vicious Cycle engine joins the ranks of Sony handheld-supporting tech

CONTACT: 01273 746864Rupert Loman – FounderRupert@eurogamer.net EUROGAMER’S ABCe STATS5,216,449 (November 2010) 2010 was a very good year for Eurogamer. The company continued to grow its presence across both Europe and the UK – most notably with the launch of kids-centric games site Megaton and the expanded Eurogamer Expo, which attracted 20,000 visitors. …

The stars of next month’s highly anticipated Pokmon games are already on shelves – in trading card form. Released earlier this week, the Zoroark: World of Illusions gift box marked the beginning of a major retail marketing drive for Pokmon Black and White. The company behind the Pokmon Trading Card …

Simon Watts will be joining THQ’s US team next week. He will be leaving the publisher’s UK arm after three and a half years to start his Stateside duties on March 1st. Watts will retain his role as global communications manager, having spent a year liaising remotely with the US …

Recruitment agency Austin Banks has branched out into the games industry. The Doncaster-based firm is currently restructuring its business, and a focus on video games will be crucial to the company’s future. We are moving away from local, support-level recruitment and into national, executive-level recruitment within clearly defined niches – …