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A limited edition red Nintendo Wii will arrive in Japan next month to mark the 25th anniversary of Mario. The bundle will include a Wii, Nunchuck, MotionPlus Remote and a copy of the original Super Mario Bros NES game pre-installed on the console’s hard drive. This will feature new touches …

id Software and Bethesda owner partners again with Providence Equity

Poor or average Sonic The Hedgehog games can no longer be bought new at retail. Sega has de-listed certain Sonic titles in order to ‘increase the value of the brand’ and avoid confusing the consumer. The firm plans to launch three new Sonic games this Christmas – Sonic Colours and …

The wide-spread efforts by publishers to earn extra money from pre-owned games hasn’t dented GAME’s second-hand game business. This year EA, Sony and THQ have introduced new measures that mean owners of games like Mass Effect 2, SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 and UFC Undisputed 2010 must pay for an extra …

A total of 234 Asda supermarkets in the UK will accept video games trade-ins from next week, MCV can reveal. That number represents two-thirds of the supermarket giant’s total store count, and is a significant factor in the massive growth pre-owned games are now enjoying on the High Street. MCV …

Publishers hate it, but punters love it – and now it’s official: pre-owned is everywhere. The number of outlets offering second-hand games and trade-in services has grown by 1,000 stores this year, MCV research has shown. Tesco and Argos have both taken second-hand schemes national in recent months. Meanwhile, MCV …

Cambridge outfit Ninja Theory on its new mission to revamp Devil May Cry

Social gaming outfit to showcase tech at GDC Online

THE NEW PLATFORMS: FACEBOOK, MOBILE AND THE CLOUD Next year is my 20th in the games industry and I have seen a lot of things come and go. I’ve seen hyped things that worked and hyped things that didn’t. What do we actually know? We know that great games find buyers. So we need …

Speaking to MCV, Sega’s Sonic’s brand director David Corless has countered claims that Sonic fans are hard to please”, adding that the publisher is now obligated to tailor modern Sonic titles to the IP’s younger fanbase. In August Sonic Colours producer Takashi Iizuka said that there are so many fans, …