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E3 2010 wasn’t about the games. The software took a backseat in favour of 3DS, Kinect and Move. And although the titles on display certainly looked nice, there wasn’t much in terms of innovation. Except when you wandered by Ubisoft’s booth – the publisher’s E3 offering was by far the …

Around 6,000 retired NFL players have filed a class action lawsuit against EA over its use of their likenesses in the historic teams that featured in Madden NFL 09. According to a report on IGN, the lawsuit claims that publisher knowingly and intentionally” used the content in such a way …

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When pressed about the long-term prospects of Nintendo at a briefing with investors, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has outlined how he believes the company will ride the turbulence created by falling sales of the WIi and DS. Last month Nintendo reported a 42 per cent year-on-year drop in income for …

Nintendo has already confirmed that development of the Wii 2 is well underway. But don’t expect any more information than that for quite some time, as president Satoru Iwata has told investors that the silence to ensure that the mystery tech will be a surprise. We are of course studying …

Having previously announced that its upcoming reinvention of the NBA Jam series would be exclusive to the Wii, EA has now revealed that the game will be also be coming out on Xbox 360 and PS3… for free! Well, for free as long as you’ve paid out 49.99 for a …

With the release of Xbox 360 (and later, PC) RPG Fable III now under three months away, the creative director of Microsoft Games Studios in Europe and Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has confirmed that the studio is to take a break from the Fable series. I’m introducing something at Lionhead,” …

Fast food chain signed up to sponsor morpheme creator's iPhone game

Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that last week’s new release Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty sold over 1m copies worldwide in its first 24 hours of availability. The numbers have already cemented its position as the best selling game of 2010. Furthermore, it went on to sell in excess of …