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New Super Mario Bros Wii has become the first Wii game to sell 4m copies in Japan. The latest sales results show that 4,001,276 units have been sold since the game first hit Japanese stores on December 3rd, 2009. Famitsu.com reported the sales milestone today which was picked up by …

Riccitiello snubs the social firm that may have out-valued EA in just three years

Uncharted 3 is the latest title rumoured to be officially announced around the Spike Video Game Awards next month. The follow-up to Sony’s popular third person action games Uncharted and Uncharted 2 will also be set in the desert, reports suggest. Kotaku claims to have spoken to an informed source …

THQ is setting its sights on the motion sensing market after it revealed three new ‘core’ games are in the works. The publisher’s executive VP of core games Danny Bilson made the announcements on Twitter. We will be announcing one core Kinect game soon,” he said. Two core games are …

The boss of Electronic Arts has popped inflated rumours that the firm wants to buy for-sale developer Harmonix. John Riccitiello said buying Viacom’s Rock Band developer would be like catching a falling knife”. There is going to be a time when perception catches up with the facts,” he said. I’m …

The Xbox 360 could receive a paid-for online TV service next year, according to reports. Microsoft is planning to introduce a virtual cable service that charges users a monthly fee to view a range of channels. Reuters has allegedly spoken to a number of sources which are familiar with the …

CEO John Riccitiello publicly snubs chance to buy Viacom studio

CEO Heiko Hubertz says developers shouldn't place all eggs in one social network's basket

Infinity Blade will be available to download on iOS devices from December 9th. The game previously known as Project Sword will be priced at $5.99 (around 3.99) and will be compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and third and fourth generation iPod Touch devices. It’s the first game for …

A fact sheet released by Capcom US has confirmed that upcoming digital-only title Dead Rising: Case West will be released some time in December, VG247 reports. The game is an epilogue to console hit Dead Rising 2. It follows the success of digital prequel Case Zero, which was downloaded half …